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East Timor, Bandits, and Komodo Dragons
from Integrity Belongs In East Timor · #130
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3 minHe recounts being warned off traveling to East Timor by his half-brother in the army, then venturing there anyway after being told the travel advisory was political, and searching for Komodo dragons in Indonesia.
- 21:13Tim travels to Indonesia and hangs out in Bali with a Facebook guy and two California women.
- 21:30The Facebook guy had a nice pad in Bali, spoke Bahasa, and had been there 50-60 times — basically a king of Bali on a 100k salary.
- 22:12Tim mentions being close to something, trying to remember the name of giant lizards near Indonesia.
- 22:31Komodo dragons — the Facebook guy tells Tim they're only three islands over and still in Indonesia.
- 23:05Tim asks about East Timor travel advisories, and the Facebook guy says they're just political — America maintains them for trade reasons.
- 23:17The civil war in East Timor ended in 2006 and it's safe now — no bandits, totally fine.
- 23:27Tim decides to go to East Timor anyway, still worried but committing to the trip.