Friday, 2 Mar 2012 | Views [322]

Nasty diseases like malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, tuberculosis, typhoid, and hepatitis all call Timor L’Este home. This is not a country where you want to mess around by not taking appropriate precautions against common diseases. ... Read more >
Tags: east-timor, oceania, travel-safety
Thursday, 20 Oct 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [173]

Timor L’Este has a very poor transport system. However one thing the territory does have is some decent roads connecting Dili with the regions. During the 25-year occupation of the county by Indonesian forces many roads were built – not just to improve ... Read more >
Tags: east-timor, oceania, transport, travel-safety
Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [161]

The first thing you notice when you walk the streets of Timor L’Este are the groups of unemployed young men sitting around. And it doesn’t take a genius to work out the lack of any real economy and the lack of any work is not only behind the frequent ... Read more >
Tags: east-timor, oceania, travel-crime, travel-safety
Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [124]

Timor L’Este is only just emerging from a bruising 25-year struggle for independence from Indonesia. In 1975, months after Portugal gave up its 400-year colonial rule of the country, the Indonesian military rolled across the border from West Timor.... Read more >
Tags: east-timor, oceania, political-tension, politics, travel-safety