Timor Leste 2013/09/23
Going in to Timor Leste as we passed through the Atambua checkpoint - Indonesian customs, immigration and quarantine post at Mota'ain by car.
The kid that carried our luggage asked for 1$ at first, Itin gave him 3$ in the end and he asked for another 1$ ≖‿≖
We accidentally met the off-road champions that just got back from Timor Leste going into Atambua, as we were about to cross the border
Taking picture with the champion and the trophy “ψ(｀∇´)ψ
They said the the event is held every once a year
and we left our luggage on the road just like that ƪ(‾ε‾“)ʃ
Timor Leste border Timor Leste checkpoint
everything in Portuguese (their formal language)
Integrated Border Post at Batugede
Pictures of Ramos Horta (second president of Timor Leste) on the left and Xanana Gusmao (the first president of Timor Leste) on the right
Another view of the checkpoint
Timor Leste immigration staff's uniform
Timor Leste immigration
I was finally on the other side of the country ╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭
30 degree C, sometimes it reached up to 32
Timor Leste armies (ノ^∇^)
Road bridge
The ocean view from the bridge (^-^*)/
Telkomsel there is called Telkomcel (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
Traditional houses and the village
No signal area (*_*)
Sceneries at the Bobonaro district - still 3 more hours to drive to get into Dili
Going down and up the hills
Along the coast ♡
Another random view from the car
Traditional houses everywhere
Village view
More ocean
Trees
Green field (੭ु˙꒳˙)੭ु⁾⁾
Bridge again ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡
Trucks and village
Not sure what this is... like a traditional market perhaps? ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡
Stray dog (^・x・^)
Dusty road
Thew view was always the ocean, I napped for an hour and woke up to see more ocean [¬º-°]¬
Lots of wild hogs ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´(00)`ﾟ)ﾟ｡
Mini truck from China lol
Stray dog again U・♀・U
Secondary school students ヘ( ^o^)ノ＼(^_^ )
Banner in Tetun - their traditional language (＾○＾)オ(＾▽＾)ハ(＾０＾)
and more huts
I really loved looking at the scenery of Timor Leste from the car
｡*:★(´・ω・人・ω・`)｡:゜★｡
The historic site where Pope John Paul II came and held a very big mass in 1989
Water fountain under construction I guess?
Road to the international airport
Billboard advertisement in Indonesian language (yes they still speak Indonesian very well)（＾ｖ＾）
Don Bosco Timor Leste (the parish where they had already prepare rooms for us to stay at) - to meet up with Romo Andi (Kucu Ratna's friend) and transmit his books but turned out he was having a meeting ＼（－－）／
The garden in the parish
Lists of the pastors
Another Tetun language
Taxis in Timor Leste are always yellow
Telkomcel（ ´∀｀）
Not sure if these were dried items or goods for sell lol
Heading to Ko Carlos' place. Ko Carlos is a family friend of Christine's family FYI
Lots of goats (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ
At Ko Carlos' project
Kids riding bicycles (〃⌒▽⌒)八(〃⌒▽⌒〃)八(⌒▽⌒〃)
Random street
Funny writing on a dog's body ▼o・ェ・o▼
Timor Plaza - the only plaza there
Road & cars
(Tetun language) Koalia minutu 5, selu deit minutu 1; which means : Call for 5 minutes, pay for 1 minute
Arriving in Dili
The Church of San Antonio de Motael is the oldest Roman Catholic church in East Timor. It was rebuilt in 1955 in the old Portuguese style and played an important role in the independence struggle.
Monument to the Santa Cruz Massacre
Timor Hotel, the hotel that we stayed at (looks like an office from the outside)
Kid selling crocodile merchandize
At the hotel receptionist
Tais (a form of traditional weaving created by the women of East Timor) notebook being sold at the hotel lobby
Timor newspapers
No elevator, had to go up by stairs (;-_-)ノ
What our room was like
In the bathroom
What the (supposedly) best hotel at Timor bathroom looked like - and no hot water for shower.. aiyoooh（；￣д￣）
Christine putting her makeup on 。(⌒∇⌒。)
The hotel hallway
Kucu at the hotel (。⌒∇⌒)。
The hotel lobby was filled with westerners
Christine putting her makeup on again in the car (ノ＞▽＜。)ノ
Yellow flowers on our car
Palácio do Governo de Timor Leste built in 1960 is the most imposing building in Dili.
Dili Weekly, the local newspaper
Largo De Lecidere - the public park that provides free wifi
Lots of carts selling snacks and beverages along the road
On our way to Cristo Rei, the car was driven by Ko Carlos
Children playing soccer in the evening
Sunset in Dili taken by my iphone
Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King of Dili) from far
which is the 2nd largest Jesus Christ statue in the world after Brazil's
Christine buying some snacks (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
The beginning of the climb (＾○＾)オ(＾▽＾)ハ(＾０＾)ツ～
500 steps in total, around 2km to climb up by foot to get to the statue
Stations of the Cross
was really tiring to get up the stairs (;*´Д`)ﾉ
another stop
The dustbin in Tetun and English languages
Sun setting in pink ( ˘ ³˘)❤
The locals that took pics with me, so I took a picture of them too ( ＾◡＾)っ
A cute chubby kid who was pestering to his dad about her painful knees (｡’▽’｡)
I was left behind (●´□`)
The scenery from the other side of the island
The statue is situated at the end of the Fatucama peninsula
Big white cross
Almost there
Not sure what place this is called - probably a place for resting ( ؕؔʘ̥̥̥̥ ه ؔؕʘ̥̥̥̥ )?
Still a bit more stairs to conquer (oT-T)尸
Facing out to the ocean
Almost there (一。一;;）
Blue/pink sky ＼（Ｔ∇Ｔ）／
Finally there (★^O^★) the statue is 88.6-foot-high (27.0 m), designed by Mochamad Syailillah (Bolil), took almost a year of working to create the body of the statue, which was fabricated by 30 workers in Sukaraja, Bandung. According to Ko Carlos' when they were making the upper part of the body, some of the workers slept on the palm of the statue.
Had to go down a steep hill to take photos (* >ω<)
The view from the top of the hill
Ko Carlos was a really good helper (((＼（＠v＠）／)))
silhouette of Christine and Kucu
Very beautiful sunset sceneryヽ( ★ω★)ノ
Dili from above
Christine taking a picture with Kucu
Kucu & Christine and Cristo Rei
The three of us taken by Ko Carlos (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
City lights and evening sky ☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(^O^)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆
Christine and Dili by night ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ
The sky was getting darker and the lights were on
It cost more than 5 billion rupiah (US$ 559,000) to complete the project of this statue
Cristo Rei and stars
The stars there were amazing, could see it clearly with the naked eyes (★^O^★)
If only Jakarta sky was as clear as this
Getting down the steps
Dili by night was so much different than Dili in the afternoon
Dropped by Pateo, a Portuguese supermarket
The market entrance
The liquor section
Goat legs? ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
Produto ne'ebe kualidade diak liu ho preco diak (I'm guessing it's saying about how good the quality of the products)
Otw to the restaurant for dinner
In front of the restaurant
Windmill restaurant
The beautiful interior
the wine Ko Carlos' bought from Pateo, of which one of them was really nice and sweet (*^◇^)_旦
Menus and lobsters
The restaurant was located by the beach
Lanterns as the decoration
These plates sizes were huuugeeee and the food were great ( ˘▽˘)っ♨
Ferreira wine from Portugal
Stray dog and stray cat =＾● ⋏ ●＾=
We managed to finish the whole meal lol (； ｀ｪ´ ；)b三b
Romo Andi, me, Ko Carlos, Itin, Kucu “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ”
Close up picture ｡◕‿◕｡
Romo Andi & Ko Carlos trying hard to finish all of the liquor he bought from Pateo
Selfies using Christine's phone (*´∀｀*人*´∀｀*)
Egg lamp decor
I love this restaurant a lot, the ambiance and the food were great
The Palácio do Governo at night
Back to the hotel
Hotel Timor by night taken with my 5d camera
Coffee shop at the lobby
The stairs lights at night
Timor painting on the wall
Before going to bed (=ｘェｘ=)
Another view of our room
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