We start our trip in East-Timor. Our first stop is Dili, the capital of East-Timor. It is also the largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East-Timor. We visited here some curiosities.
First, we visited the
Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King of Dili). This statue represents Jesus,
standing on a globe. This statue is a 27 meter tall statue, facing the ocean
and is located at the end of the Fatucama peninsula. We had to climb 500 steps
to reach the main tourist attraction of East-Timor.
We went further to
The Church of San Antonio de Motael, the oldest Roman Catholic church. In 1955,
this church was rebuilt in the old Portuguese style. In the independence
struggle, this church played an important role.
Thirdly, we visited
the Integration Monument. It is located right in front of
the main wharf. This monument represents
an angst-ridden Timorese, who broke the chains of colonialism.
We also attended
Chega, Portuguese for ‘no more, stop,
enough’. It is an exhibition, housed in a prison where countless human rights
violations occurred and where hundreds of resistance figures were interned by the
Indonesian military. It gave us a glimpse of the realities of the notorious
prison.
A bit further, we
found the Santa Cruz Cemetery. Cemeteries are always very sad places. In
November 1991, Indonesian soldiers fired on a peaceful memorial procession. It
is said that at least 280 civilians died. The bloody attack was filmed by Max
Stahl. This massacre is cited as a turning point in the independence struggle.
Because of the good
weather, we visited as well a beach. There was a waterfront with a distinctive
Timorese personality that is why we liked to go there. This beach has a
boomerang shape and is starched for kilometres. At one end, we have the Farol
lighthouse and at the other side, the Lita Supermarket.
This was a good start
of our trip from East-Timor to Saudi Arabia.
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