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A blue whale (pygmy blue whales pass Timor-Leste)

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A mikrolet minibus, Dili

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Used on: Getting Around Dili: Taxis, Mikrolets and Airport Transfers, Timor-Leste on a Budget: How to Travel Cheaply (2026), Getting Around Timor-Leste: Buses, 4WD, Ferries and Flights

A Portuguese-style breakfast, Dili

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A rough rural road near Baguia

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A street market in Dili

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Used on: Timor-Leste Travel Costs: Daily Budget and Prices (2026), Tetum Phrases for Travellers: Greetings, Numbers and Useful Words, Best Value Places to Stay in Dili

A village feast in Samalari, Baucau

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Used on: Timorese Food: Dishes to Try in Timor-Leste, Tukir

All Souls' Day offerings, Timor-Leste

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An uma lulik (sacred house)

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Areia Branca beach, Dili

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Used on: Solo and Female Travel in Timor-Leste: Safety and Practical Tips, Sol e Mar, Dili, Caz Bar, Dili

Atauro Island seen from Dili

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Avenida 20 de Maio, central Dili

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Bakso meatball soup

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Baucau market

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Baucau old town

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Used on: Restaurante Amália, Baucau

Beach near Liquiçá

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Beloi, Atauro Island, from the air

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Cassava tapai in woven baskets

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Chilli relish in a stone mortar

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Colo-colo, a fresh tomato relish similar to budu

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Cristo Rei at sunset, Dili

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Cristo Rei beach from the statue steps, Dili

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Cristo Rei, Dili

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Crossing to Atauro Island by boat

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Dawn from Mount Ramelau

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Dili's waterfront

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Feijoada à timorense

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Green coffee beans, Ermera

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Greens served in a palm-leaf basket, Baucau

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Grilled fish on a banana leaf

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Hato Builico, below Mount Ramelau

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Highland village in Hatu-Builico, near Mount Ramelau

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Used on: Projeto Montanha, Aileu

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili

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Jaco Island

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Jaco Island beach

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Jaco Island from Valu Beach

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Jaco Island, near Com and Tutuala

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Ketupat, the woven rice parcels related to katupa

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Layered coconut bebinca

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Leaf-wrapped fish, similar to ikan saboko

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Lifau monument, Oecusse

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Local corn varieties, East Timor

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Maubara fort

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Maubisse market

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Mount Matebian

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Pante Macassar, Oecusse

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Used on: Oecusse Travel Guide: Timor-Leste's Enclave in West Timor, Dominican Café, Oecusse

Pisang goreng (fried banana)

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Pousada de Baucau

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Praia de Cristo Rei, Dili

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Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, Dili

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Ramelau's shadow at sunrise

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Santa Cruz Cemetery, Dili

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Sunset on the reef flats, Dili

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Tais weaving, Lospalos

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Used on: Restaurante Belun, Lospalos, Restaurante Cinta Rasa, Lospalos, Timor-Leste Travel A to Z

Tais weaving, Oecusse

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The Berlin Nakroma ferry at Dili port

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The coast at Areia Branca, Dili

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The coast south of Beloi, Atauro

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The hills around Maubisse

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Used on: Maubisse Travel Guide: Coffee Country and Gateway to Ramelau, Where to Stay in Maubisse and Mount Ramelau, Timor-Leste in April: Weather and What to Expect

The old municipal market building, Dili

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Timorese Resistance Archive and Museum, Dili

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View from Balibo fort

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Wawata Topu free diver, Atauro

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