Timor Leste 2 – Travelling south from Dili to Maliana (Timor Leste Mission, December 2016) – Mission for the Poor: Serving the people of Flores and Timor Leste

Last post we updated you on my trip from Brisbane to Dili. This current post shows you my travels from Dili to Maliana. Dili is situated on the northern coast of Timor Leste. The trip to Maliana involves travelling west along the coast for roughly two hours and then heading south for another hour or so to Maliana. This final section is particularly sluggish as the road is very slow and winding. The travel time from Dili to Maliana does vary depending on the road conditions (some sections are very good while others are very bad) and the weather, but we managed to do the trip in three and a half hours. On the way, not far before Maliana, you travel through the small settlement of Balibó where there is a museum, sadly dedicated to the Balibó Five who were a group of journalists for Australian television networks who were killed tragically there in 1975, due to unrest in the area. Past Balibó, it is not far then to Maliana which is roughly 250 m above sea level.

I arrived in Maliana late that afternoon, ready to visit Saburai the next morning. We will see you again with our next post when the brothers and I visit Saburai for a Christmas party for the locals.

See you then…!!!!

With every blessing

Trevor and Tina