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Overland by Motorbike

Overland from Gibraltor – to Timor
Dec 2006
Linda came to Kupang overland from Spain on a heavily loaded Suzuki 650.
For a full account of her trip take a look here:
www.haefale.de/linda/index.html
She was on her way to Dili where she planned to ship her bike to Darwin by boat using Perkins, an agent in Dili.
There is an Australian [...]

Tagged: Motorcycle

Dili to Kupang

Dili to Kupang
The trip from Dili to Kupang takes 12 to 14 hours. Travel companies make the trip every day with mini buses but they were booked through Christmas so I caught a lift in the back of a truck.
For 18 dollars Timor Travel will pick you up and drop you off at your destination [...]

The Horse Races in Tasitolu

Jockeys of East Timor
The Timorese people are nuts for horse racing. The jockeys thunder around the track riding bareback on these fine looking horses.

Horse races in Dili
If you leave Dili going west on a Sunday and glance off the the left you might notice the horses racing around an oval track at Tasitolu.
There are some [...]

waterfall

Viqueque waterfall
Heading north out of Viqueque there is a beautiful waterfall right alongside the road.
Sometimes the people will stop and wash their car here.
It is a scenic and fairly easy trip to travel between Viqueque and Baucau.
Figure on around 5 hours from Dili to Viqueque. The road is in good shape going through a beautiful [...]

Metanaro

Mamar Metanaro
There is a nice local restaurant 22 kilometers east of Dili towards Baucau called the Mamar Metanaro.
Sometimes we stop there for a beer or two after diving the eastern sites.
Yesterday I had fried rice, a chicken breast, 2 rolls, and vegetables for $1.35 but then added a cold coke for an extra dollar.
You [...]

Pousada De Baucau

Pousada De Baucau.
This is one of the nicest hotels in East Timor and has a lot of style for those that want to splurge.
The Pink Hotel
This big pink hotel is the Pousada De Baucau.
tel: 670 7241111
email: pousadadebaucau @ sapo.pt
The rooms are around 60.00 dollars a night.
There are supposed to be a couple of guesthouses in [...]

Malaysian Checkpoint

Malaysians
Tasitolu checkpoint
The Malaysian checkpoint is west of Dili past the airport and controls the traffic coming from the west.
They’re across the beach the dive site known as Dili rock.
These are a cool group of guys that patrol up and down the beach at night with their armored personal carriers.
They enjoy posing for pictures with the [...]

Gleno/Mermera

Gleno, East Timor
Gleno/Ermera is around an hour and a half drive out of Dili where a small orphanage housing 23 kids runs smoothly up there in the mountains. Susan from Singapore was there teaching English and helping with the day to day operation of the place.

gleno

K57 Dive Site

Free Flow Dive shop
There are many dive sites along the north coast of East Timor that can be reached by road.
K57 is abut 57 kilometers east of Dili just short of Manatutu.
Some call it Jim’s Crack but that seems a crap name for such a great dive site.
There is a long beach and a good [...]

Tagged: Scuba

Scuba Diving

Scuba diving East Timor
There are many great shore dives within 50 kilometers of Dili and dive trips are made to nearby Atauro Island.
On Atauro there is an Eco Lodge where the divers can stay and squeeze in a night dive and return the next day.
Freeflow Dive is one of the shops that take out [...]