Timor L'Este, Dili, Accomodation
 

we luckily found a super place to stayu in Dili after been hassled at East Timor Backpackers:
fully equipped private apartment in local environment (many pigs, chicken, ducks and cats). the place is someting between a local village, a chaotic truck-workshop and a beautiful plant-nursery.
Ms. Dos Reis Horta, Marscarenhas Vera Cruz (thats the streetname), thats close to the UN-head, 1km from DHL

15USD for as many people as u like.

the family is super welcoming and its perfect for working on bikes as well.


GPS
8.33'45.11" S
125.34'21.12" N

:welcome:

Excellent, thanks for posting that. I wish we could have stayed there. Spent far too much money on hotels!

I had a bit of trouble using your strangely formatted coordinates. Is this the correct location?

Almost!
you drive from your point maybe 100 m to south same road, then its exactly on the corner on your right hand. theres no signs, across the road are 2 "supermarkets".

try google earth!

cheers!

Sorry, both GE and MapSource barf at the format of the coords you have given. There are two decimal points in there and I can't make sense of it. Can you please give us the coords in decimal format, i.e. S8.3xxx E125.xxxx. Also, N should be E.:oops2:

Many thanks,
Peter.

S 13.22.136
E 103.50.601

try this
:mchappy:

TWO decimal points? Where do you get these coords from? MapSource and Google Maps don't understand them.

How about this: -8.56414, 125.57222?

i have the info from google earth!
the last coordinates are pretty good, just drive 100 m more south then its exactly on the corner opposite the shops. on google earth you can see some houses around a courtyard, thats the place.

:smiliex:

OK, how about this one:

-8.565151
125.572333

Is the name of the big road Marscarenhas Vera Cruz? I think on my map it's called something else, but then streets mostly seem to have been renamed at least once since the Portuguese left...

u got it almost! drive this road 100 m to the west. exactly on the corner u will find the family!
there is nothing like sign "guesthouse" ...

We found this place
 

So this has changed a bit because now there is a clinic on the front. But it is right in the curve and there is a sign for the clinic.
Bad news was: we went there to find the family and now they don not rent places anymore, they do only long term rent.
Good news: there is a nice family in the same place that have a flat with kitchen available. It's still 15$/night and this iss a perfect place to wash the bikes.
Very good news: there is also a portuguese bakery there, fresh good bread available in the morning!

Nilton is the guy that hosted us: niltonaniceto@gmail.com/ nilton.aniceto@dai.com

Ps: John, hope you'll read this, we lost your email adress!

Thanks for the info! Did they have internet?

Otherwise people often stay at the backpackers
East Timor Backpackers Hostel - Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor)