Dili Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Dili

Airnorth Embraer E190 linking Darwin with Dili, Timor-Leste	Welcome to Timor-Leste	Bintang welcomes you to East Timor	President Nicolau Lobato, Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) 1975-1978
The East Timor International Airport has been named in his honour	License plate of Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Timor-Leste Ministry of Tourism	Old Dili Lighthouse, 1896
Old Dili Lighthouse, 1896	Royal Thai Embassy	Timor Sep18 059.jpg	Church de Santo António de Motael, site of the 1991 killing of Sebastian Gomes
Predio Igreja Antonio Motael, the oldest church in East Timor, which had been colonized by Portugal in the 1500s	Statue of Youth (Estátua da Juventude) inspired by the East Timorese independence struggle	Many street signs have 2 names, the current one and the one from Portuguese Timor	Hotel Timor
Convenient and helpful Timor Telecom shop on the side of the Hotel Timor, open Sundays	Monument to the Lt. Manuel de Jesus Pires (1895-1944)	Monument across from the Timor Hotel from the Portuguese era	Monument across from the Timor Hotel from the Portuguese era
Port of Dili	New commercial block in Dili	Rolls n Bowls Eatery, a piece of the first world in the heart of Dili	Nice pho and spring rolls at Rolls n Bowls, Dili
BNU Timor, Dili	Too Lay Building dated 1959, Dili	Praça da Proclamação da Independência	Square of the Proclamation of Independence inaugurated in 2018
Portuguese monument to Prince Henry the Navigator	The independence of the República Democrática do Timor-Leste was finally recognized in 2002	Palácio do Governo - apparently built on the site of the old cathedral destroyed by (someone's) bombing during WWII	Shady trees help in the tropical heat
Boats moored off the Palace of Government in central Dili	Low tide finds the locals digging around the rocks	Lotte clock, Dili	Lotte Clock decorated with a crocodile (which are apparently mostly on the south coast)
Old cannon on the Dili waterfront	Cannon on the Dili waterfront	Banyan tree, Dili	Motorbike "showroom" along the Dili waterfront
Big tides here	International Peoples Park, Dili	UN monument dedicated on the independence of East Timor in 2002	Dusty football field along the Dili waterfront
Tourist Information Center, surely underutilized at the moment	El Legendario, an upscale waterfront bar and restaurant across from the Novo Tourismo Resort	El Legendario, Dili	El Legendario, Dili
Looking up the coast towards the Cristo Rei at the east end of Dili's beaches	Fatin Fa'an Al-Fuan Natural, a waterfront fruit and vegetable market	Produce Market - Fatin Fa'an Al-Fuan Natural	Produce Market - Fatin Fa'an Al-Fuan Natural
Produce Market - Fatin Fa'an Al-Fuan Natural	Jardim 5 de Maio	Jardim 5 de Maio	Some rather unloved monuments along Av. Alm. Américo Tomás
"World Clock" with 4 different times	Flag of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Meeting of the Central Banks of the 8 countries of the Lusophone Commonwealth	Central Post Office, Dili ... I wonder if they have post cards
25 cents for a ride around town in a Microlet van	Museum of the Timorese Resistance, closed Mondays	We joined an organized half-day trip around Dili with Timor Adventures	The tour company found by our group leader
Santa Cruz Cemetery, Dili, East Timor	The Santa Cruz Cemetery was the site of a massacre of pro-independence demonstrators by Indonesian occupation forces in 1991	2 weeks earlier, Indonesian troops killed a Timorese resistance member, Sebastião Gomes, at the Motael Church in Dili	The Portuguese colonized Timor-Leste for 400 years until 1975
Chapel of the Santa Cruz Cemetery - Pai Nosso - Our Father	The memorial service for Sebastião Gomes was the largest demonstration since the Indonesian invasion of 1975	Indonesian troops opened fire and killed at least 250, including a human rights activist from New Zealand	The 1991 massacre was witnessed by journalists who smuggled a video tape out of the country
The West had supported Indonesia's military invasion of Portuguese Timor after decolonization to prevent the spread of communism	The world witnessing the Santa Cruz Massacre was a the turning point of the Timorese Resistance Movement	United Nations forces were deployed to East Timor at the end of 1999	Tomb of Leovigildo de Mascarenahas Inlés, Portugese officer killed in 1912
Our guide giving us a history lesson few of us had heard before	The grave of Sebastião Gomes	The grave of Sebastião Gomes, 18 year old martyr for Timorese independence	Grave of Abilio Branco Caldas, assassinated 11-12-1975, Santa Cruz Cemetery
Enough! Exhibition (Chega! Exhibition) with the sad history of East Timor	A faction of East Timor declared independence from Portugal on 28 Nov 1975. Indonesia invaded on 7 December 1975	Turning points in the 1990s leading to UN intervention and eventual independence	Western powers including Portugal, Australia and the USA favored Portuguese Timor's integration into Indonesia
Proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 28 November 1975	Indonesia's president Soeharto got the green light from US President Ford and Secretary Kissinger for the military invasion	Operation Komodo - I respect your right to self-determination as long as you decide to join us	Incomplete list of prisoners detained in the Balide Comarca 1975-1999
Protesters sentenced to 12 years, their killers to 5 months	Enough! Exhibition (Chega! Exhibition), Dili	The building of the Chega! Exhibition was used by the Indonesians as a prison for Timorese resistance	Proibisciun da Diskriminasaun
Viva Timor Loro Saé	YouTube link to "Cold Blood: The Massacre of East Timor"	License plate of Timor-Leste	Roadside market, Dili
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	The new cathedral of Dili was built by Indonesia starting in 1984	Indonesian President Soeharto inaugurated the new Cathedral of Dili on 2 Nov 1988
Pope John Paul II blessed the Catedral da Imaculada Conceição during his short visit to East Timor on 12 Oct 1989	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Main altar, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Stained glass, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Stained glass, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Stained glass, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili	Stained glass, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili
Rich man's house next to Tais Market, Dili	Dili Tais Market	Dili Tais Market	Dili Tais Market
Dili Tais Market	Dili Tais Market	Portuguese Timor's colonial escudo banknote	Alola Esperansa women's weaving collective, Dili
Alola Esperansa women's weaving collective, Dili	Product of the women's weaving collective, Dili	Beach of Dili along Av. de Portugal	Long walk to Jesus
Beach of Dili in front of the Dive Timor Lorosae	The beach of Embassy Row, Dili	Weekend at Low Tide, the locals turn out to collect fresh seafood	The tallest building in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance, the tallest building in the country	Remains of a majestic banyan along Av. de Portugal, Dili	Dili Beach	Golden find for our group, Thai Herb (thanks for the recommendation from Rolls N Bowls!)
Thai Herb, a lovely spot in Dili	Shady trees are always welcome	Future shady tree	In front of the Korean Embassy, Dili
Timor Sep18 289.jpg	The Presidential Palace of Timor-Leste	Presidential Palace of East Timor, one of several Chinese projects in East Timor	Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs, another Chinese construction in East Timor
Masjid An-Nur, Dili, Timor-Leste	Avenida de Portugal, formerly Jalan Pantai Kelapa	The East Timorese island of Ataúro, diving Mecca a 90 minute boat ride from Dili	Outrigger on the beach in Dili
Not quite Singapore, the Centro Supermercado, Dili, Timor-Leste	Av Portugal with the big tree in front of Dive Timor Lorosae	$4.5 million for a new big church in East Timor, the second largest Roman Catholic country in Asia	The Jetty, Dili
A bike shop in Dili, Av. Américo Tomás	Outrigger on Dili Beach	Outrigger on Dili Beach	East Timor ATM...sometimes they work, sometimes......
Timor Plaza, the place to be (baby MBK)	Timor Plaza, Dili	Friday night at the Sky Bar, Timor Plaza, is the place to be in Dili	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza
Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza
Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza
Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Sky Bar, Timor Plaza	Aero Dili Cessna air taxi	Aero Dili Cessna air taxi
Boarding Garuda's Citilink for the flight from Dili to Bali	Boarding Garuda's Citilink for the flight from Dili to Bali	I was hoping to depart Runway 08 for a nice view of Dili	Antauro Island in the distance climbing out of Dili

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