Comments on: Dili to Baucau: attempt 2 http://www.moshtour.me.uk/2009/07/dili-to-baucau-attempt-2/ "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be" – Douglas Adams Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mosher http://www.moshtour.me.uk/2009/07/dili-to-baucau-attempt-2/#comment-2171 Mosher Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:10:22 +0000 http://www.moshtour.me.uk/?p=3165#comment-2171 Great info, Dave - thanks. I think the reason I did the journey quickly was partly down to having gotten about half way there a couple of days earlier before my tyre blew. As a result I didn't need to stop so often for pictures on my second attempt. That and it started to rain and looked like it was going to throw it down on my way back (which it did later in the evening) so I wellied it a bit to get back before I got drenched! Great info, Dave – thanks.

I think the reason I did the journey quickly was partly down to having gotten about half way there a couple of days earlier before my tyre blew. As a result I didn’t need to stop so often for pictures on my second attempt. That and it started to rain and looked like it was going to throw it down on my way back (which it did later in the evening) so I wellied it a bit to get back before I got drenched!

]]> By: David Conlisk http://www.moshtour.me.uk/2009/07/dili-to-baucau-attempt-2/#comment-2168 David Conlisk Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:27:48 +0000 http://www.moshtour.me.uk/?p=3165#comment-2168 It took me a lot longer to do this drive, five hours there (stopping a lot) and four hours back, due to being nervous with the gears, and with the massive holes in the road! I went and stayed at Wataboo beach, which is about 5km from Baucau on the coast. Midweek it was empty, I had the only beach bungalow to myself, along with miles of beautiful beaches. The Baucua Beach Bungalows where I stayed cost $15 per night, including a big breakfast, and they can also arrange dinner for $8 (which was good the first night, and less than average the second night). I had to make do with coffee and a packet of biscuits for lunch. There are plans to build a second bungalow in the next month or so, to replace the ones that were destroyed in the troubles here. Highly recommended. It took me a lot longer to do this drive, five hours there (stopping a lot) and four hours back, due to being nervous with the gears, and with the massive holes in the road! I went and stayed at Wataboo beach, which is about 5km from Baucau on the coast. Midweek it was empty, I had the only beach bungalow to myself, along with miles of beautiful beaches. The Baucua Beach Bungalows where I stayed cost $15 per night, including a big breakfast, and they can also arrange dinner for $8 (which was good the first night, and less than average the second night). I had to make do with coffee and a packet of biscuits for lunch. There are plans to build a second bungalow in the next month or so, to replace the ones that were destroyed in the troubles here. Highly recommended.

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