WHY - WHAT - HOW: Timor Leste, East Timor

East Timor was colonized by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal's decolonization of the country.

Timor Leste 2013/09/24

Fire Truck

Dili port - Om Nando said American ship carrier had stopped here but did not fit

Lots of ships

TO'O IHA NE'E

graffiti

Nuns (^^)-(^^)

Flower shop

Stadium

Traffic

Stray dogs ▼o・ェ・o▼

Can't remember what this is - probably just some random red gate

Village

Colorful umbrella roofs

One sunny day

Santa Cruz cemetery

Where they bury the Santa Cruz massacre victims - the shooting of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor.

The priest just came out

During a brief confrontation between Indonesian troops and protesters, a number of protesters and a Major, Gerhan Lantara were stabbed. Stahl claimed Lantara had attacked a group of protesters including a girl carrying the flag of East Timor, and FRETILIN activist Constâncio Pinto reported eyewitness accounts of beatings from Indonesian soldiers and police. When the procession reached the cemetery, the leading section of the procession entered the cemetery while many continued their protests before the cemetery wall, waving flags and chanting pro-independence slogans. Indonesian troops had been standing by during this time, then a new group of 200 Indonesian soldiers appeared and began shooting. Fleeing people ran through the main entrance and deeper into the cemetery and were pursued by the soldiers.

Me taken by Romo Andi “(`(エ)´)ノ

Om Nando's sister's grave

Om Nando & I (=ﾟωﾟ)ノ

Beautiful flowers on the graves

Romo Andi taken by me ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/

grave - gate form

I accidentally knocked my head to this grave's roof (。_＋)＼

Praying place

Cross on the ground

Taman Makam Pahlawan Indonesia (Indonesian Heroes Garden Tombs) which is located just near by the Santa Cruz cemetery

The composition of the graves are much more neat than the ones at Santa Cruz

Borrowed this gardener's chopping knife as photo prop ｢(＝＞o≦＝)ﾉ

So tiny (ノ>ノ)

Close up (*´ω｀)o

Indonesian flag

Romo Andi under the Indonesian flag ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Me under the Indonesian flag taken by Romo Andi ლ(⌒▽⌒ლ)

Bottom left picture with fence around the graves belong to the governor and his child (if I'm not wrong)

Christine & Kucu was sleeping in the car (-, – )…zzzZZZ

TJING FA HO (A Chinese store?)

Largo de Lecidere

Colorful boats

Random house

Ramos Horta's house

It has traditional Timor nuances

Trees on the hills

The view of the other side of the island from the top of the hill

The beautiful Hera

As if we were driving on the sea ヾ(。￣□￣)ﾂ

Very beautiful scenery

Mountain

And more shots of the scenery

Back to Dili, we see people jog a lot there ε=ε=ε=ε=┏(;￣▽￣)┛

Bulldog statues ｏ（Ｕ・ω・）⊃

A great time for exercise

The beach under Cristo Rei don't know what it's called

It is a pretty nice beach

Kucu and her sunglasses

Christine helped me bringing my camera and tripod (っ*´□`)っ

Thx for helping me with everything dear :p

Ripples

Layers of mountains

Romo Andi standing right under Cristo Rei

Jesus Christ statue facing the ocean at the tip of the hill

Kucu & the beach ＼（＠￣∇￣＠）／

o((*^▽^*))o

The weather was just nice

Christine taking pics of the bulldog statues

(U・x・U)

And she was taking a picture of Kucu

Me by Christine (/^▽^)/

As we were waiting for the sunset to come, I asked Christine to be my model for my camera

I asked her to walk around the beach further away and coming back

was busy texting

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

＼（＾▽＾）／

☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

ヽ(；▽；)ノ

ヾ(＠^∇^＠)ノ

ヾ(＠゜▽゜＠）ノ

ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

ヽ(＾Д＾)ﾉ

(★^O^★)

＼(^▽^＠)ノ

Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

(* >ω<)

(ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

\( ‘з’)/

＼（Ｔ∇Ｔ）／

ヽ( ★ω★)ノ

Romo Andi watching kids playing with the sea waterヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ

ヾ(＠^▽^＠)ﾉ

ヾ(@°▽°@)ノ

ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ

A close up of Kucu tooヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿

Me walking on the beach by Christine (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ

ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ

Waiting for the sunset to come (((＼（＠v＠）／)))

(*≧▽≦)

(ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ

Our feet

Ripple

and my foot

My name on the sand

ARDINA

Love this pict so much, by Christine (‘∀’●)♡

I meant to take pictures of the people behind Christine

Not sure if they're Melanesian or African lol

Mother and baby

Counting seconds til the sunsets

Beautiful sun

Christine's silhouettes

☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

Grasping the sun ヽ(;^o^ヽ)

Blowing the sun ヾ(＠† ▽ †＠）ノ

Fail picture of carrying the sun -_-"

Sun setting

Lifting the sun ヾ（＠＾▽＾＠）ノ

About to eat the sunヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

It's getting dark

Horizon

More shots of the sunset

Christine and Kucu silhouette

Getting back to the car

Love the colors of the sky

Brightness

Last shots

Portu snack in the hotel room

Tree trunk with the form of a crocodile

Christine, Romo Akbar, Romo Akbar's aide named Casio, and Kucu

Display in the hotel

Restaurant menu

BNU ATM machine, one of the 3 banks there in Timor

Waiting for our ride in the lobby

Like a boss ヽ(^。^)丿

Took random shot of the tourists while waiting for Ko Carlos to come :p

On our way to Romo Akbar's friend's restaurant

We have finally arrived the restaurant (too bad I don't know what's the name of this really good restaurant)

The restaurant serve really good Portuguese food

Really nice somewhat sour appetizer

sauces and wine

Our marvelous chefs bringing out the pork

Barbaric style pork lol (；ﾟ(OO)ﾟ)

Me, pork and the amazing cook governador lady, Cesar Maria Serpa Rosa family of Xanana Gusmao

How pork is served in Timor Leste - the best pork I've ever had in my life. Crispy on the outside, very soft and tender on the inside

(っ˘ڡ˘ς)

Salad, olive rice - very very extraordinarily delicious ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

Group shot taken by me from left to right - Christine, Roland Emil Frey (director of acacia mutin ida), Maria (adviser of Xanana, and sister of 2 of the ministers in Timor of which one of them is the minister of finance and the other one, can't remember lol), ku-tju, Romo Akbar, Ko Carlos