Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre.

Last week I got back from the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Here are some of my traveling companions.
In the evening I’m starting to feel like I have a monumental hangover. Which is a marked improvement over what I was feeling at the start of the day.
In 2008 I went to East Timor with some volunteers from my high school to install an electrical system for a school in a village called Zumalai on the south coast. We brought over some tools and electrical equipment and I brought back a few words in Tetum and a cute little tropical parasite.