27th October 2012

Timor Leste. It's kinda strange I'm still here, just happened. It's two months already. For a few weeks I moved to Oecussi, which is a part of this country but it's an enclave in the western part of the island, surrounded by Indonesian territories. the only connection with the eastern part of the island (without crossing the border which is an expensive hassle), is a ferry going for 14h. It costs 4$ -they didn't want to sell me a ticket for that price, anyway I ended up going for free - as usual. It's a very poor place, I wander how's the local economy going to cope with the departure of all the UN staff. Just in this province there's 30 foreigners plus 50 locals earning really good money, what from are they going to make a living of? In the whole country containing one million people, one thousand works for the UN, and a person like this often upkeeping many relatives. It's really an interesting country.
There have been a few boats, all going in the wrong direction. One encounter was particularly inspiring, maintaing a boat is expensive and a hassle, but it would be so much easier to move around!