I may have to become a vegetarian after today.
I spent about 10.5 hours sleeping last night. It’s an interesting place, because it’s so laid back, but I feel like every day I am seeing/doing something new. It’s not a place that has been physically demanding…it’s just mentally and emotionally exhausting. I am not complaining, [...]
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“So we’re going to leave at 4:30am tomorrow morning so that we can catch the 7am to the Island of Arturo?” I ask in a clarifying manner.
“Yes, we’ll leave about that time.” Says Donna in her sweetly quiet inviting voice. (Donna is a volunteer who does dental work in Dili and at the Bakhita Centre. [...]
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Here’s a little, LITTLE, glimpse into what I’ve experienced so far when travelling into Dili, my way up and the things which encompass my every day.
The view from the plane as you land at the Dili Airport. UN planes and helicopters. I have never been to a place where I have seen such things. Come [...]
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The Bakhita Centre was awarded a grant for a 4×4 w drive Ambulance that they can use to help people pick up. They are the only ambulance right now for the region which means that they’re pretty busy, most days. Yesterday’s drop off wasn’t in the ambulance. I have been looking forward to going for [...]
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As always today was an amazing day. I mean every single day in this place is amazing. First of all I get to sleep eight hours. I can’t tell you the last time I got four nights of eight hours of sleep. Secondly, I haven’t gotten or felt sick the WHOLE TIME I’VE been here! [...]
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I just want to say, that I probably did one of the stupidest things today…
Riding on the back of a scooter down and up a mountain road that has been totally washed out, completely and totally no railing, with huge coffee trucks, IN THE DARK!
It was awesome.
Lets back up a bit, because honestly why in [...]
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I have to say that, Hau Kole, I am tired. I have been cramming, CRAMMING my brain full of Tetun. It’s exhausting.
This morning I walked down to the clinic and saw some amazing work going on (I’ll post more about this later). However while I was sitting quietly in the corner, Anders–the guy that I [...]
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There will be no pictures in this post. Just a little, large, update of my first day in Dili. I will try and get pictures up later. I am writing to you in the middle of no where..honestly.
I have to say that this world is such an amazing place. I left Darwin Australia this morning [...]
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Hey there blogger heads…hope all is going well.
I am going to the mountains of Timor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (tomorrow) I wrote about it a bit earlier, in that it’s been a dream of mine to go to a third world country and voluenter.
When people ask me ‘where do you want to do in the world?’
I respond ‘To [...]
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