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Touch down in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste

Touch down in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste

We have only been here one day but so far we have:

Sneaked our way in to a press conference for the Timorese press at the Presidential Palace,
Met the race organisers Michael, Mel, Joel and Shaun,
Built up the bikes
Spent the night in a container.

We are now heading west on our own leaving the UN cotton wool [...]


Tour de Timor 23-28 August 09

Tour de Timor 23-28 August 09

Where is Timor?

What started as a bit of a joke has suddenly become a weird mountain bike race reality.  The Knitting Circle, (Alex, Ferg, Ivan and I) will once again unite, this time in East Timor of all places to race the Tour de Timor.  It looks nuts and is probably the most stupid thing [...]