Comments on: Heads up : should you come ? Yes/No http://dili-gence.wombathole.com/?p=257 Random observations from an English speaking foreigner in Dili, Timor-Leste Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » East Timor: Should One Travel to East Timor http://dili-gence.wombathole.com/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-1811 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » East Timor: Should One Travel to East Timor Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:30:42 +0000 http://wombathole.com/dili-gence/?p=257#comment-1811 [...] has a post on the current travel situation in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Australia and some other countries had issued travel warning to [...] [...] has a post on the current travel situation in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Australia and some other countries had issued travel warning to [...]

]]> By: Squatter http://dili-gence.wombathole.com/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-1802 Squatter Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:45:50 +0000 http://wombathole.com/dili-gence/?p=257#comment-1802 I tried to say it all as simply as possible and to cover the widest audience. Some friends & relatives appreciate it all distilled into one statement in plain English. I would think the return of some international groups is based on a simple economic argument. It may well be cheaper to get staff back here working and run the risk of another evacuation rather than pay them and have them sitting on their dates doing nothing in a hotel in Darwin. Two nights in Darwin covers an airfare. Add the value of work done here. Language note : "date" in the above text refers to "date locker". That is the place where one stores dates (of the Middle Eastern eating variety). Think about it. I tried to say it all as simply as possible and to cover the widest audience. Some friends & relatives appreciate it all distilled into one statement in plain English.

I would think the return of some international groups is based on a simple economic argument. It may well be cheaper to get staff back here working and run the risk of another evacuation rather than pay them and have them sitting on their dates doing nothing in a hotel in Darwin. Two nights in Darwin covers an airfare. Add the value of work done here.

Language note : “date” in the above text refers to “date locker”. That is the place where one stores dates (of the Middle Eastern eating variety). Think about it.

]]> By: Cari http://dili-gence.wombathole.com/?p=257&cpage=1#comment-1798 Cari Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:06:04 +0000 http://wombathole.com/dili-gence/?p=257#comment-1798 Volunteers (that means me) aren't able to return until they get the go ahead from their volunteer organisation - otherwise they are breaching their contract. As I understand it, we have to wait until the Australian Govt travel advisory goes back to 4, and then the situation will be assessed... Thanks for thinking about us and keeping us in the loop. (My mum told a friend I was evicted from East Timor - sounds more dramatic than evacuated, or least like I had some kind of role in it. The lack of control over decisions is one of the hardest things, I think, about an evacuation.) Volunteers (that means me) aren’t able to return until they get the go ahead from their volunteer organisation – otherwise they are breaching their contract. As I understand it, we have to wait until the Australian Govt travel advisory goes back to 4, and then the situation will be assessed… Thanks for thinking about us and keeping us in the loop. (My mum told a friend I was evicted from East Timor – sounds more dramatic than evacuated, or least like I had some kind of role in it. The lack of control over decisions is one of the hardest things, I think, about an evacuation.)

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