Mostly pictures

Today, some pictures to show you what I've been talking about.

First, one that I haven't talked about.  I sometimes see men taking their chickens for a walk. I have a feeling that the chickens are cocks, to be taken to a fighting ring.  I don't really want to know ... but today, I happened to follow two men who each had two chickens.

Notice the fancy plastic carrier; notice the man is talking on his cell phone.

Second, a rather fancy planter outside the classroom where I watched the American election results.

Someone carefully cut, painted and strung together one litre plastic water bottles. Each has a bit of soil and some portulaca plants.  They don't get much water, so they aren't thriving.  But I thought it was a good idea. 

Here's a view of the waterfront, near the American embassy.

I'd like to thank Bill Gates and friends for the handy utility that fixes wonky horizons.

Here's a view of the gate of the American embassy in Dili:

At first, I thought the abundance of motorbikes was because of an election related event. Then I realized that I had never seen the front of the embassy on a work day, and the bike belong to workers.

A wedding in a church last weekend:

A house in Tutuala. Pretty ordinary contemporary house in a small community.

Countryside on the east side of Timor-Leste:

oops.  didn't correct the horizon on that one.