Category: Travel
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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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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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A Busy July In Timor-Leste
It’s been a very busy few weeks since my last blog post and so I have a lot of photos to share 😁. The good news is that I have progressively gotten my health back after the Dengue and I have been able to continue my activities here in Fatuquero. I have been here in…
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Ainaro, Dili and Training
It’s not been long since my last post, but there has been a lot going on, so a new post is needed. As usual, I will let my pictures do the talking. Ainaro Trip We have two volunteers in the town of Ainaro (Ian and Christina). It was Christina’s birthday and, so, a few of…
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Maubara Cycling and Singapore
It’s a while since I posted a blog, but a lot has been happening during that time. I hope to cram a lot into this blog post. All Travel and adventure!😁 Maubara Cycling I am starting to plan more lengthy rides on my bike and I really hope I can make some epic rides while…
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Dili here we come!!!
We landed in Bali for a brief 1 night stay. The heat and humidity hit me and once we dragged our bags off the airport bus and into the hotel I was pretty drenched in sweat. But… the other volunteers were in high spirits even though the travels had made us tired. It’s funny, but…