East of Dili

A new bridge under construction leading from Dili towards the eastern beaches	Fisherman's beach just to the east of Dili's center	A boat which won't be sailing anytime soon	Dili goes from nice, to very nice, to could be somewhere in Africa
A stone collector at work near Dili with Cristo Rei in the distance	Stones from the beach collected, sorted and bagged for sale	The farther east you go from Dili, the nicer the beaches get	What I believe is called Metiaut Beach is a string of waterfront restaurants
Waterfront restaurant with a thatched roof ready for a reception, Metiaut	Metiaut Beach ... I call this Restaurant Beach	Restaurant Caravela, Metiaut Beach, Dili	Restaurant Caravela, Metiaut Beach, Dili
Restaurant Caravela, Metiaut Beach, Dili	Restaurant Caravela, Timor-Leste	Turkish Restaurant, Metiaut Beach, Dili	A managled wreck left on the side of the road near Metiaut Beach, Dili
The coastal road leading east from Dili	I'm guessing he died in a motorbike crash	Timor Sep18 159.jpg	A burned out beached shipwreck
Guess I'll call this Shipwreck Beach	Cristo Rei from Shipwreck Beach	Shipwreck Beach, Timor-Leste	Dive boat of Sunshine Divers at Shipwreck Beach, Dili
Timor Sep18 170.jpg	Transitioning from Shipwreck Beach to Mangrove Beach	What I called Mangrove Beach on the way to Cristo Rei	There are some lovely houses in the hills by the beaches east of Dili
The junction of the road to Cristo Rei and eastern Timor-Leste	Young boy with a Timor-Leste flag on his cheek	Beachside Timor-Leste on a Saturday afternoon	Protecting sea turtles since 2004
Sea Turtle protection sign at Mangrove Beach	One of 4 wedding parties we passed along the beaches on a warm Saturday afternoon	Mangrove Beach	Seaside club with map of Timor, Mangrove Beach
Mangrove Beach	Areia Branca Beach, the best we saw near Dili, on the way to Cristo Rei	Areia Branca Beach, which I named Jesus Minus 1, as it's the last beach before Praia Cristo Rei	Statue at Areia Branca Beach
Swinging around, Areia Branca Beach	Swinging around, Areia Branca Beach	Beachside Hotel, Areia Branca Beach	Areia Branca Beach
Sol e Mar, Areia Branca Beach, Dili	Areia Branca Beach, Dili	Broken leftovers from Portuguese Timor, Areia Branca	In 12 dives, we did not see any seals... Areia Branca
Blue Ocean Restaurant and Bar, Areia Branca	Timor Top Backpackers with a nice little hillside rental house	...I thought the crocs were restricted to the south coast of Timor-Leste	Timorese teens, Areia Branca Beach
Beach football, Areia Branca Beach	Areia Branca Beach	Areia Branca Beach	The coast road leading from Areia Branca to Cristo Rei
Cristo Rei from Areia Branco	Cristo Rei	Evening dinner at Caravela, a lovely Portuguese-style beach restaurant	Caravela Restaurant, Dili
Dusk along the beach from Caravela	We had our tour drop as at Caravela for dinner	Rainbow Scuba (Koh Samui) organized this diving trip to Timor-Leste	Dinner at Caravela
Palatial hillside home next to the Heineken Brewery east of Dili	A village church past the Heineken Brewery heading out to dive the East Coast	Amazing dive site "Lone Tree" 50-something km east of Dili	The rocky beach at Lone Tree
Lone model at Lone Tree	A different lone tree along the east coast highway as we head back towards Dili	North shore of Timor-Leste	Another rocky beach at the dive site they called "Bihau"
Fishing outrigger at Bihau	Local children at the Bihau divesite	Local children at the Bihau divesite	Our Internet Idol at work :)
Max at Bihau with the local Timorese children	Max at Bihau with the local Timorese children	...someone forgot to get dressed after swimming....	Timorese children at Bihau
Timor-Leste at the end of the dry season	Dusty bumpy drive...sorta glad we didn't go all the way to the tip of Timor	Fishing nets hung out at the km21 dive site, 41 km east of Dili	Outrigger canoe, km41
Timorese teenager with snorkeling gear headed out to spearfish at km41	Lunch break during the surface interval, km41	mmmm...bacon! (the lechon ran away...)	Monkeying around in the trees at km41
km41	Surface interval, km 41	km41	They'r working on the road, so hopefully it will become a more pleasant drive from Dili