This is almost the closest to home we’ve come so far. Timor-Leste is less than 700km from Darwin, which in Australian terms is nothing. That’s closer than Sydney and Melbourne are to one another. Yet what a mystery it is! Possibly because of the small population, or the fairly recent independence, we don’t seem to…… Continue reading Week 55: Timor-Leste
Month: July 2021
Week 54: Central African Republic
In hindsight I feel bad for my reaction when I pulled the slip out of the jar. I literally rolled my eyes and groaned, prematurely dismissing what might be on offer. My knowledge was limited to CAR being landlocked in the centre of Africa (I know, regular Einstein here!) and debilitatingly poor. Image credit: britannica.com…… Continue reading Week 54: Central African Republic
Week 53: Kiribati
Things I knew about Kiribati. 1) It’s in the Pacific. 2) Nothing else. The main thing that struck me was how spread out it is! It has a teeny tiny population of 120,000 (half of whom live on the one atoll) spread across 32 islands. But, it’s not an archipelago where you just hop in…… Continue reading Week 53: Kiribati
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