Tag: Maubisse
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Travelling to Maubisse, Timor-Leste
The town of Maubisse in cloud-wreathed Ainaro municipality is one of my favourite places to visit in Timor-Leste. It’s an easy couple of hours’ drive from Dili, a welcome break from the often-oppressive beachside heat, and a chance to see a different part of Timor-Leste without forcing yourself into a madcap epic adventure you’re not…
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Everything we didn’t do in Maubisse
I’ve written before about how much I love the dreamy, mountain town of Maubisse, which sits just 30 kilometres inland of Dili in Ainaro municipality. With Timor’s wind-ey, potholed roads, it can take up to four hours to reach Maubisse by car, and the town thus feels like a real holiday spot: where 30km is…
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A weekend in Maubisse
This weekend marked the end of Timor’s second-ever Festival Kafe Timor, and as a diehard coffee drinker seeking any excuse for a trip out of the city, I joined with a pair of friends to attend the festival’s closing ceremony a few hours out of Dili in mountainous Maubisse. Beautiful, unassuming Maubisse town, viewed from…
Sophie Rai Liur 