The Remains of the Dutch Colonial Fort of Maubara in East Timor The old Dutch colonial fort of Maubara was hidden beneath creeping vines and overgrown trees on the main highway that extends from Dili to the border of East and West Timor. I stopped at the fading brown,...
The Ruins of the Ai Pelo Prison in East Timor The crumbling ruins of the Ai Pelo Prison in East Timor stare hauntingly out to sea on the windswept coast twenty five kilometres west from Dili. This stone walled and weather beaten prison is a colonial stain on the...
The Top Things To Do In Dili, East Timor! Dili is the seaside capital of the rarely visited island of nation of East Timor. It’s a city that sprawls along the coast of the divided island of Timor, offering intrepid travellers tropical, palm fringed beaches,...
Pictures From The Spectacular Coastline Of East Timor East Timor is an island nation, a place defined and shaped by its coastline, its ocean, its beaches and its marine life. I journeyed along the coast of East Timor, from the border with Indonesia right to the far...
My First Impressions Of Dili, East Timor I spent four days travelling across West Timor to reach East Timor. The island has long been divided into two, a legacy of division that goes back to the early colonial days of the 16th Century and that produced a history that...
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