Wednesday, June 20, 2007

UNMIT TIMOR 2007 PART 2

Looks like I am a bit more red than normal on this picture...
For my friend Gifri: yes, I am wearing the shirt of the seventies that you gave me in 1994...for special occasions only.
View from elicopter 2.
The pilots were russians, too.
I felt very safe in this cab...in the eventuality that I get stoned again...
Jamming till it hurts with the students from Arte Moris.
Crocodile is a sacred animal in East Timor. Look at the profile of these mountains and you'll know why. Dili bay, Dili.

Abandoned House, Border Liquica/Bobonaro
Opss...
Dili Downtown.
Evacuation with russian MI8 on August 9.
View from the Elicopter 1 (Dry Season)


Sometimes when the night falls and there is no electricity there is also not much to do...



Rwandese colleague socializing with locals. Considering his size I guess ...que le plus grand basketteur du Timor Leste c etait lui a la periode ou il etait la; surtout pour les jeunes poulettes.... Go for it, Yves!!
Fortunately there was a big sign warning that the road was interrupted so that I could brake on time ;-)




...and one beautiful day H.E. Dr. Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Prize and President of Timor Leste suddenly walked in the only restaurant in Liquica and invited us to join him for lunch...
Excellency, one more formal shot for the press... even though I guess it must be very ennoying for you...





Heat it up, Pedro! Thanks for the food...






When you weigh 45 Kg two beers are enough to get into the party...
United Nations means also United Sexual Orientations...







My room
Traditional cooking








What should I do next??






This and much more happens at the United Nations...







Just click to enlarge... a wonderful Desktop Theme. Gas Station near Los Palos.
Electoral Party on the beach, Areia Branca, Dili.
Timorese Lolita
Sunset near Ulmera
Don't know what to say.






Chati, my personal escort from Thailand.
Wanna take a picture with my (chinese) gun?
Street in Liquica.







Double voting

AK 47. Courtesy of Pakistani formed Police Unit.
Queuing people on election day. Just try to get through...
Tabulation Center late at night, Liquica.






For your hygiene and safety drink only bottled water.
Let's move guys!!! UNPol officers from Uganda and Senegal.
Putting the seals on the ballot box, Fatumasi.


Voting screen. Please use the nail to vote if you are not well acquainted with the pen (Thanks Pedro for the new word ;-).




Pilipinos eat only fish...
Changing a flat tire

U.N. Police station, Liquica.



Beware of other road users...

I think so...
Presidential Villa @ Patra Hotel & Resort on Complimentary, Bali. Thank you, Asian Trails!
Sounds & images from Angola, Dili.
No way that we put the fish in the car!
Come back...







Working hard before Election Day






Traditional House, Manatuto district.



Procession, Los Palos.












Beach boys and their taxi driver, Jako Island.








There are plenty of goats in East Timor...


With Luca Gansser, Swiss-Italian like myself and founder of Arte Moris. http://www.artemoris.org/

I called this " The Millenium Beach". What a privilege to come here before many others...









Sunset and building burned in 1999, Liquica.