To Maliana with Rita
Rita of the Backpackers Guesthouse needed someone to drive her rent-a-car to her home town of Maliana so I volunteered for the job.
We picked up the car from Rentlo in Formento in the Comoro area of Dili. It is near the Dili Club across from Leaders Supermarket.
The fancy [...]
Maliana to Bobonaro
The next day we stopped at the market in Lepo. Everything there was cheap because most of the goods came from Indonesia.
It seems like you’re in the Scottish highlands when you travel from Maliana to Bobanaro.
It is cool and misty and the plant growth is very short. It is [...]
Backroads
Ermera to Maliana
The road between Ermera and Maliana is rugged and beautiful.
It is not heavily traveled because the road is in poor condition.
Most buses and trucks take the long way around from Dili through Atabae and Balibo even though it takes around 4 hours.
This short cut [...]