Once, we lived in the land of crocodiles... piterbarginasia.blogspot.com/2009/11/en-la-…
in Spanish "El mito creador de Timor Leste es el cocodrilo, básicamente estimulado por la forma del cocodrilo que tiene la isla" Source: divetimor.com/the-legend-of-…
More here: asia.nikkei.com/NAR/Articles/W… "The Boy and the Crocodile: The Legend of East Timor," illustrated by children from Familia Hope Orphanage East Timor (Cover image courtesy of Familia Hope).
When we arrived still the ANZAC was patrolling the streets of East Timor flic.kr/p/5Sg49n
And Dili, like many other cities and villages, showed the results of the war, still 8 years after the war 
And one option was to live in compounds for "malays" or foreigners, or expats flic.kr/p/5NusND
A nicer view of the life in the compound flic.kr/p/5NusND
The capital city Dili is on the side of an amazing bay - Ships in the myst flic.kr/p/641f7Z
The mountains start right away from Dili, mid way up, the village of Dare witnessed many battles and revolutions - Dili from Dare and Atauro island in the horizon flic.kr/p/81nyYx
And you can have amazing views of the city from other parts of the hills
Just a few kilometers into the mountains, a complicated trip even for 4x4 into the valleys, in Aileu you can see the scars of the Second World War in East-Timor, #remember the massacre by the Japanese flic.kr/p/6QL4zQ
Approaching East Timor from the South is arriving into a fantastic land of peaks, valleys and forests - A new world flic.kr/p/5Nu8LB
The market is the center of comunal life in every city, Maubisse - People of East Timor flic.kr/p/6QG1it
Kids of East Timor, improvised road market in the way from Maubisee to Dili flic.kr/p/6QL5Gs
The main island and the north companion, Atauro, are surrounded by shore reef coral formations - Corals of Atauro flic.kr/p/6QL1FQ
The reef in Atauro are amazing and dramatic, with walls plunging down to 100m and then down the rabbit hole to 3000m - Exploring the Corals flic.kr/p/7ugFHe
Atauro has an incredible underwater ecosystem uw360.asia/atauro-island-…
Back in "civilized" urban life I get mad if my kids do not use helmets when riding the bikes; in Atauro they were swimming and exploring the corals, and discovering the amazing life: Lion Fish... flic.kr/p/7ukHPA
Also we were not too worried about our kids exploring the bushes barefoot flic.kr/p/9HAHUn
Going to the East, in the route you will find the typical traditional Timorese houses, here in Lautem flic.kr/p/7Vs7hw
and make and stop in K47 for diving, kayaking and camping flic.kr/p/6mmeWa
To arrive at the pearl in the extreme East, Tutuala beach flic.kr/p/7Vs7i3
And Jaco island: view from the small island to East Timor
And the crocodiles??? Here a few that we found around
When we arrived, in the North and East of the island, crocodiles were a rare sight. Crocs are coming back after the years during Indonesian occupation when they were hunted and killed. Being a sacred animal, salties are coming back in big numbers now plataformamedia.com/en/2020/09/30/…
In 2012 with the incoming elections in the new nation of East Timor flic.kr/p/bqDUoE
it was time to say good bye
Someday we will go back flic.kr/p/2kZGpMd
More pictures of East Timor check here: flic.kr/s/aHsjbjQtrP
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