http://www.odyssei.com East Timor, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:46:06 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:46:06 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24772.html Required travel documents for East Timor: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24772.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24325.html Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24325.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10876.html st Timor has lots of public transport options, like buses, taxis and mikrolets. traveling from one town to another is not a problem.You can rent ex-Australian post office motorcycles from East Timor Backpackers. Mountain bike hire is available, and centra [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10876.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10875.html East Timor is a cash economy, so bring enough with you. There are branches of the Australian ANZ Bank and Portuguese BNU Bank in Dili dispensing US dollars from ATMs. Credit cards are only recognised at some of the more expensive hotels, shops and restaur [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10875.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10874.html The best time to visit is just after the wet season, around late April to June/July, when the countryside is green. The hottest months are October and November. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10874.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10873.html Oecussi, also known as Ambeno, is politically part of East Timor, but geographically and culturally part of West Timor. It is a small town, quite calm and beautiful. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10873.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10872.html Baucau, the second-largest town in East Timor, is still charming, despite the ravages of 1999. The two-hour drive east along the coast from Dili via Manatuto is gorgeous, with clear water and beaches along the way. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10872.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10871.html East Timor's capital is a pleasant, lazy city with Portuguese touches such as villa-lined beach roads and the massive old garrison, built in 1627. It is a strongly Catholic city and it has plenty of churches. The Dili region has several good beaches and a [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10871.html