Category: Timor
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First 3 Months At Permanent Site
I am writing this from the Timor-Leste capital Dili. In a very nice hotel. Just had my first hot shower in 3 months🙂 (yes, it felt amazing). Our TL-13 group has now completed a full 3 months at our permanent sites and we are back in Dili for IST (In Service Training) for 1 week.…
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Tempu-Udan
There are two seasons in Timor-Leste, Tempu-Udan (Rainy Season – December to May) and Bailoron (Dry Season – June to November). We have had a lot of rain and lower temperatures these past few days. Some roads become like rivers and it seems we have power outages more often. I AM happy that the temperatures…
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English Teaching And Organisations
What a boring title to this Blog. However, these last 2 weeks since the New Year have been anything but boring. In fact, I’m ran off my feet. First off, my new bike has been performing awesome and has been essential for getting around between organisations, my classes, travelling into Gleno and visiting places. It…
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Christmas In Fatuquero & Activities
If all goes to plan, this will be my first of 2 Christmas’s in Fatuquero. I’ve been in Timor-Leste 3 months, but it feels much much longer. I am getting used to being here. I have a running route which I do some mornings, have got my first decent mountainous bike ride in and I…
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Swearing In And First Week In Fatuquero
Today It’s been just over a week here at my Permenent Site (Fatin Permanente) here in Fatuquero and I have just got the chance to sit down and write a blog. Fatuquero is only about 2.5 miles outside of our Pre-Service training site Gleno, so great for still getting to the Gleno Market. I already…
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International Volunteers Day
I could not resist another quick post showing the signs we created for local Kiosk owners of Gleno for Integrational Volunteers Day. Jocelyn and I covered 2 Kiosks and the other CED volunteers covered a bunch more. We had identified Kiosks which did not have physical signs outside of their shops. Our intent was to…
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Host Family Day, Lauala Visit & Painting
I thought I would get one more post in this week, mainly because I was able to capture some awesome photographs and a lot going on 🥵.. The week started with our Host Family Appreciation Event (Sunday 1st Dec). As part of the event, us Volunteers had a budget to cook some “American” Thanksgiving themed…
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Cornhole and Independence
I want to say that the time, for me, in Timor so far has been rewarding but tough. Its not one particular thing or issue that makes it tough, but rather so many smaller things that compound to make life stressful. Just this morning, I bought a can of spray paint from the local Kiosk…
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Youth Career Development At Chefe Suku Lauala
Life is going well here in Gleno. Those things that seemed alien when I arrived in Timor-Leste are starting to become more normal 😀. This is a short post showing one of our CED (Community Economic Development) training activities. We had the pleasure of visiting a bunch of young people (Joven) at one of the…
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Peace Corps CED And Pre-Service Training
I think I mentioned before that we are actually currently “Trainee” Volunteers who will be “sworn in” as Peace Corps Volunteers mid December. At that point we will be assigned our “Permanent Sites”, organisations and locations (with new Host Family) which we will be with for the following 2 years. The current Pre-Service Training (PST)…