Author: jambodoeslife
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Last Christmas 😐 In Timor?
I say this is the “last Christmas” here in Timor-Leste as that is the current plan. I decided to travel a little in Timor by bicycle for Christmas. My bike has seen some recent mechanical issues. The bike is not a premium bit of kit, and I’ve hammered it….. things wear out. Its tough to…
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Class Christmas Outing
It’s been a while since I last posted. I have been on a week’s holiday in South Korea since my last post, but I decided not to create a post about that (I did have a nice time). We are nearly into 2026, and I will likely leave Timor in November 2026, so the end…
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The Halfway Point
I couldn’t think of a better title. But we are about at my halfway point through my planned service here in Timor-Leste. My time continues to be busy here with some new activities on the horizon. This time of year has many holidays in Timor-Leste (leading up to the New Year) and so it feels…
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Marathon and Maths!
I’m writing this blog from Dili the day after running the Dili Marathon (we ran the half marathon) yesterday morning. I ran with 5 of my fellow volunteer friends. The theme of the marathon was a “run for peace”. The actual full marathon had about 30 people running (these were proper runners and all Timorese),…
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1 Year In!!
Yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of our volunteer group “staging” event in San Francisco. The day after that, we flew to Taiwan and then Timor-Leste. As I look back at the photos of those days we all definitely had a little more “fuller” faces 😁 compared to now. Has it gone fast/slow? I’m not…
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Culture, Coffee & Mountains
August 2025 turned out to be a very busy month for me with lots going on (more than I can post!). Posting these blogs has been a good way to reflect on my time here in Timor-Leste (which is relatively short) and I am already able to look back and recall things I had forgot.…
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Letefoho
Well, I am now firmly back in Timor-Leste and continuing my activities with my organizations in the community. I have the following new activities I am working on (to give you a flavor of some activities I do here): Letefoho Visit Letefoho is a small village deep in the heart of Ermera (my municipality) and…
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Cambodia Trip
I am very fortunate that I have a little money saved to be able to go on vacation outside of Timor. I may have ranted on this before, but it is very expensive to fly out to anywhere from Timor. To get to the nearest flight hub, Bali Indonesia, costs approximately $420 return. This is…
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Atauro Island
This will be a relatively quick blog about the 3 day trip which Mailys and I took to Atauro Island. Atauro is part of Timor-Leste and sits to the north of the capital Dili. It takes about 2.5 to 3 hours boat ride to travel there. There is a boat service that runs a return…
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Movie Day FJDE
OK, well this is a quick post I am making only a couple of days after my last one. I wanted to post about our Movie event yesterday with my Disability group, FJDE 😀. We had been planning this for a while (see my prior post) – A trip to Dili to watch a movie…