June 21, 2012
The beach. Again. But it doesn’t get any uglier....
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Atauro sits hazy across the bay, thinly veiled by a gauze curtain of mist. The blueness of the water grows steadily darker as the sun...
May 28, 2012
Children swim by a fishing boat in Dili at sunset....
May 25, 2012
It’s strange to see real poverty up close. Distended stomachs, malnourished children, children with disabilities crawling in the dirt....
May 24, 2012
I think that one of the hardest things to deal with when speaking in a second language is talking about death. I’ve faced this...
May 19, 2012
(Sorry, camera phone pic only) Last night, I watched President and Nobel Prize Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta thank the UN for their service in...
May 16, 2012
Woven goods and baskets for sale at the Maubara market in the midday sun....
The tiny kitten squirmed on the road, immobilised from the waist up but its back legs flailing from pain. I didn’t know paralysis could...
May 10, 2012
Rice fields in Lautem district, Timor-Leste, at dusk....
The 10th anniversary of Timor-Leste’s independence is coming up this May 20. There are lots of rumours swirling around Dili about...
A misty Dili morning. I love my balcony… it’s probably the only reason I didn’t up and move when my roof fell down and...
May 6, 2012
1. I went to Maubara on May Day and the fort cafe didn’t have banana smoothies or any food really except instant noodles. The road...
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