I was in Timor-Leste for two years, Thailand for more than four years, and other places like Bangladesh for short stints here and there. But after meeting a bunch of people here at SOAS, I feel like I may as well have been at a bake sale for the past few years. It’s enrollment week at SOAS and I’ve moved …

I’ve been in Timor-Leste for a little more than two years and today I’m leaving, flying to Bali then KL then London, going back to school to do a master’s at SOAS. I remember when I first arrived in Dili. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I knew nothing about the country and my career as …

There may have been only one car, but I like to think of this as the first Dili Motor Show, complete with two women whose job was to stand in front of the car looking pretty. It all seemed a little random, there at Dili's first Sunset Fair, but it was perhaps an indicator of some people having more disposable …

I'm back in Dili now. It was a strange weekend, and one that's left me wondering about many things. On the plus side, Dili's first sunset fair, held on Saturday, was a great event that showed just how peaceful Timor-Leste is at the moment. I have some photos from the fair up on my FlickR.

Rohingya in Bangladesh.