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August 16, 2019
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Alice Springs to Dili
August 16, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Mum and Dad dropped me at Alice Springs Airport and I boarded a plane to Dili, via Darwin. I met Andrea in the Darwin Qantas club for a few drinks prior to our Dili flight. Alinda and a group of other young Timorese relatives collected us from Dili airport and settled us in at a room in Alinda and Jordan's house in the suburb of Rai Koti. Jess lived two houses down in a small house she shared with two young Timorese relatives.Read more
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Yoga with Jess
August 17, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We stayed our first few nights in Dili with Jess's brother Jordan and his wife Alinda and her family. Jess lived in a little house several houses down the road. Jess took us to her local yoga class which was one of the best yoga classes that we have ever done, lots of back flexibility stretches. After yoga we walked down the beach a little to a great dinner at AnnaRead more
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Breakfast with Karen Myer
August 18, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Rode out to Christo Rei and met up with Karen Myer, a colleague and friend from our time working in TL.
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Kathys house
August 18, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Turned out the Kathy was living in the same house that our friends Tim and Meredith Budge lived in. When the trouble started in 2006 we moved in with them. The place had hardly changed in 12 years. Kathy shared with 3 other people, Jack and Abbey, and a PhD student Emily.Read more
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Ride to Liquica
August 19, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We rode out to Liquica (40km) and back along the coastal road. There was quite a bit of industrial development along the road west of Dili, a big new port development and lots of concrete and quarry works. The villages along the way had changed very little, lots of small concrete brick houses being built to replace the older bamboo/wicker type construction. We visited the old Portuguese fort at Aipelo, which was a Military Command Post.Read more
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Our old house in Bairro Pite
August 19, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Visited our old house in Biarro Pite. Still looked much the same. Biarro Pite has become the China town of Dili, with lots of development by the Chinese community. There were many more factories, warehouses, and businesses particularly on Banana road.Read more
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Dinner with Azzi
August 19, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Andrea's former colleague Alzira Reis, her husband Helder and two gorgeous kids joined us for dinner. Azzi has just finished 6 years as CEO of Alola Foundation and is now moving into Planning and Monitoring for the Prime Minister's Department. She has come such a long way and is now a real leader.Read more
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Aileu - Project Montanha
August 21, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We set off from Dili just after 8am for a 48km uphill ride (total over 2000m climb) from Dili to Aileu, via Dare. The road to Dare was sealed and in pretty good condition. The road deteriorated a bit beyond Dare, but was a bit more rolling rather just uphill. The last section into Aileu joined the new road from Dili and was a nice flowing downhill. It started to rain just as we hit Aileu, so we sheltered in the little market and then found our way to Project Montanha where we enjoyed a really nice lunch. We stayed the night at Project Montanha in a very nice room, and enjoyed the really great food and atmosphere. The breakfast was particularly good: fresh strawberry juice and banana bread, amongst other delights.Read more
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Ride Aileu to Dili via Railaco
August 21, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Set off riding back to Dili, via Gleno road and Railaco. The first 5 km was a big climb on a great road, then turned off towards Gleno onto a Timorese pave, rough and dusty. After about 8km we joined nice little sealed road that wound its way down past the Gleno turn off eventually to Railco. We found the Geko cafe that Kathy had recommended, which turned out to be a large Timorese Coffee processor and wholesaler. We enjoyed a good coffee and discussion with Timorese staff about the coffee industry.Read more
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Coffee in Railaco
August 21, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Good coffee at Geckos in Railaco. We stopped in on our ride back to Dili and had a great coffee and chat with the locals.
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Dinner at Jess's house
August 21, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We joined Jess, Jordan, Alinda and all the kids for dinner at Jess's little house. Anna brought a huge snapper which I filleted and steamed. This complemented excellent local Timorese dishes cooked by Jess's nieces.Read more
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3 day trip to Atauro - Timor Leste
August 22, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We walked from Kathy's house to the local docks to catch a ferry to Atauro island. It was total chaos loading, unloading, boarding the boat. Eventually everything and everyone was on board and we sailed away. We arrived at a small concrete jetty and everyone piled off. We walked a short distance through the local market stalls to Barry's Place, where we were quickly introduced to our room and provided with lunch. We stayed in a large cabin built mainly from bamboo that had 3 sleeping rooms and a nice balcony metres from the beach. After lunch Kathy and I joined a group going snorkeling on a reef a short distance directly offshore. The corals and abundant fish life was astounding. We enjoyed a few gin and tonics before a nice buffet meal in the big communal eating area. It was nice sleeping on the second level with the shutters open letting in the wind and sound of the sea.Read more
Luck you. We did that ferry trip and visited Barry's. But there and back in one day unfortunately. Nanette
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Walk to Abara - Atauro - Timor Leste
August 23, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Woke to a nice sunrise over Timor Island. After a great breakfast at Barrys, we collected our packed lunch and headed across Atauro towards Mario's at Abara. A rough dusty road led up the mountain across rugged limestone ridges. Over the top we followed little local tracks through shady gorges, past villages and pig pens eventually teaching the cost on the other side of the island. We followed the beach to Mario's, where we took to the water for a snorkel over the reef just of shore. There were thousands of colourful fish over the shallow parts of the reef, and a steep deep bank leading into the depths with loads of larger reef fish dashing around. We warmed up on the bamboo pontoon and made our way bank to the little resort to eat our lunch. It was a hot but enjoyable walk back, tempered by some cold Cooper's ale.Read more
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Movies at the beach - Christo Rei
August 24, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Some of Kathy friends picked us up to go for dinner and a movie at Christo Rei beach. The movie screen is set up in the water and dinner is served on tables set out in the sand. "Zach's Ceremony" is a documentary made by an Alice Springs born filmmaker and is set in QLD and the NT - a very good film.Read more
Nice spot
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Hera loop ride
August 25, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We joined a group in the centre of Dili for a ride around the Hera loop (30km), a ride we did many times when we lived in Dili. Everything along the way was very familiar, nothing much had changed on the way. Kathy walked to Christo Rei beach where we all enjoyed breakfast with some of the other riders.Read more
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Last dinner in TL
August 25, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Our ride was followed by a relaxing day with Kathy, and some of her Timorese friends Anacleto and Fidelia who came visiting. We lunched at a Portuguese bakery and shopped at a Portuguese supermarket before cooking our last dinner at Kathy's house. Kathy baked an awesome chocolate brownie.Read more
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Dili - Alice Springs
August 26, 2019 in East Timor ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We slept at Jess's house in her little bed, as she was off in Townsville on course. We put our bikes back in their boxes and Alinda delivered us to Dili airport. It is an easy 1.5hr flight back to Darwin. After a few drinks and nice food in the Qantas lounge we joined the flight to Alice. Dad collected us from the airport and Mum had made us a nice home cooked dinner.Read more
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Trip end
August 26, 2019