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    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 177–179

      Exploring Dili - again 😅🥰

      January 17 in East Timor ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

      Relaxing a few days in Dili was needed and very relaxing, the DaTerra hostel, part of an amazing permaculture project in Baucau, is a great place to stay.
      I decided to go to Atauro island, next , to explore the outstanding reefs there, but wanted to heal my wounds, first, so some more time to go around in Dili.
      Thanks to Sara, volunteering in the DaTerra hostel, I have seen a local handcrafts workshop, producing awesome craved artworks from mostly woods, stone and bones.
      Furthermore we visited a very small private "zoo" from a local businessman. This was quite sad to see, animals were not really kept and cared for properly, the crocodile there was in a very bad shape and really looking heartbreaking.
      Passing by some extraordinary artworks, especially a huge one, close to the museum of resistance, stood out: Building a bridge between the cruelties of the past, the diversity of local cultures and tribes, the relationship to the world's people, the struggles of present days, the nature, the future of Timor Leste, so many aspects put in that amazing piece of street art!
      This country and this city are something special, it's hard to describe, but it's definitely a unique place.      Read more

    • TravelerWeltreise
      Day 59

      Wieder zurück nach Dili

      July 4, 2023 in East Timor ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

      Nun ist es soweit und es heißt heute Abschied nehmen von Atauro. Mit einem lachenden und einem weinenden Auge packen wir unsere Sachen im Schlafsaal zusammen. Auf der einen Seite war es absolut wundervoll hier. Die Leute waren herzlich, das Essen war gut, die Tauchspots sind absolut einmalig hier und die Insel liegt so paradisisch und abgelegen wie im Verschollen in dem Tom Hanks sich seinen besten Freund Wilson aus einem kaputten Volleyball bastelt. Die andere Seite ist die, dass wir uns beide wieder auf anständige WCs und Duschen freuen und allgemeine eine zuverlässige Gewährleistung von Strom & Wasser sehr schätzen. Für uns beide war es hier auf Atauro eine erstmalige Erfahrung mit solchen Zuständen und das nächste Mal wenn einen so etwas erwartet ist es klar nicht optimal, aber man weiß besser mit der Situation umzugehen. So wie wir das jetzt auch gemacht haben. Einfach das Beste daraus machen 😊👍
      Beim Mittagessen gab es noch eine "böse" Überraschung. Direkt am Hafen sind ab und zu mehrere junge Frauen die hier Fleischspieße zubereiten und diese dann über einer Feuertonne braten. Super lecker und absolut einmaliges Erlebnis. Ich habe mir direkt vier Spieße bestellt und diese auch mit Heißhunger verzehrt. Das Fleisch in den Boxen da aus wie Hähnchen und schmeckte auch sonst. Allerdings ist mir beim Essen aufgefallen, dass das seltsame Knochen sind. Letztlich hat sich herausgestellt dass es Hundefleisch war. Alles in allem jetzt nicht super schlimm aber für uns Westeuropäer dennoch seltsam auch wenn es im asiatischen Raum sehr normal scheint.
      Gegen 15 Uhr mittags legte dann die Fähre zurück nach Dili ab und zwei Stunden später waren wir dann auch schon wieder in Dili. Vom Hafen aus ging es auf direktem Weg etwas Abendessen bevor wir dann wieder in das selbe Hotel wir schon auf dem Hinweg sind.      Read more

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    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 161–164

      Timor Leste: Dili - city impressions

      January 1 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Timor Leste is the first new sovereign state of the 21st century, after fighting for independence for nearly 25 years against a cruel Indonesian occupation and suffering from a Genocide. Depending which figures you want to believe, Timor Leste lost around 20-40% of it's whole population, during that time, between 1975 and 1999.
      Nowadays Timor Leste is a role-model, how peace building under UN-support can work out, as they're now living in peaceful and cooperative neighborhood with Indonesia.
      Nevertheless Timor Leste is still one of the poorest countries in the world, working hard on rebuilding a functional country and self sustainable economy. Due to a lack of industrialization and a weak economy, relying now on an oil field, which will be worn out in around 8 years, the future of this country is on the edge. (Scroll down, for further information about supporting this country!)
      Visiting this country and seeing, how this country is rebuilt and how this very unique successful peace building process did work out, was one of my main goals of my whole travel.
      This country is very special in so many ways, these people are simply unbelievable and the vibes in this society are awesome, sometimes surprising, in good and difficult ways, always solidly united and helping each other's, full of lust for life, but still struggling with their past, but dealing with their struggles in a unique way, I couldn't imagine before.

      In the area of Dili around 1/3rd of Timor Leste's inhabitants are living, so it clearly is the center of this country in any way. After New Year's Eve the city was like sleeping for 2 days, slowly woke up during the 3rd of January and went back to it's vibrant life on the 4th. It's a Christian catholic country, even if their religion has widely integrated ancient tribal beliefs and rituals.
      As I've been the last 4 months in Indonesia, some comparisons will come up, even if there only the south east Asian or even oceanican roots are common with Indonesia.
      I'll try to tell more about my impressions from this country and go a little bit deeper in my following postings, but for now please enjoy some impressions from my first days in Timor Leste's capital city.

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      Learn about Timor Leste:
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

      Wanna help?
      https://www.unicef.org.au/donate/child-protecti…

      https://bettertimor.org/      Read more

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