While looking for volunteer opportunities we also had time to get to know this amazing country. There continues to be evidence of the wars that raged here, but the majority of buildings are new and you can find construction going on everywhere. There is a contrast between the attempts to rebuild and the many people living in grass topped huts throughout the area (although they now have huge TV dishes). They continue to fish and raise pigs, chickens and goats, while the government actively makes changes to turn East Timor into a modern tourist mecca. To date, we have met no other tourists, but the potential is here to be a major tourist destination.
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