Tag: Australia
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What I do differently in Timor-Leste
How is life different in Timor-Leste compared to Australia? How is it similar? Last week I came across Haley’s brilliant blog, in which she documents her life as a Peace Corps volunteer living in a village in Aileu district in Timor-Leste. In a recent post, she prompted herself to share three similarities and three differences…
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Activist abroad
It was stinking hot in Dili today. The thick open-oven-door heat of a 40-degree Perth day blasting out into a wet, sticky, muggy tropical afternoon. A Bikram yoga class at my front door. Sweat at the small of my back. My landlady and I, chatting idly on my porch, both agreed that while we’d each…
Sophie Rai Liur 