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It is not easy to visit East Timor overland. From Kupang, in the Indonesian side of the island of Timor you can take buses to Dili stopping along the way. Timor is a long island. The first day I only could arrive to a separated fragment of East Timor called Ocussi, although in some parts I read Oekusi, and Oe-Cusse, or Ocussi Ambeno. There I slept in the cheap hostel Aneka Jaya, almost for free, ruled by Chinese speaking Portuguese, and I was invited to drink Portuguese Vinho Verde very fresh in exchange for a short lesson of Portuguese language to my host children. Next day I continued my journey and after crossing two borders arrived late in the night at Dili, the capital of East Timor. Noticing that the hotels were expensive, especially the Mahkota Timor, I resolved to sleep in the beautiful white sandy beaches, under a coconut, relaxing with the pleasurable sound of the waves. In the morning I climbed the tree and had a coconut for breakfast.

Address: downtown Dili Timor Timur East Timor Phone: + no available E-mail: noavailable@yahoo.com Price: budget