Isabelle's Journey to East Timor

Current Location

Maubara, Timor Leste

Bemvindu (Welcome)! My name is Isabelle, and I am a Peace Corps Volunteer working in education! Follow along with me as I teach in sunny Maubara, Timor Leste!

Logbooks

Climbing up to the old Portuguese guesthouse above Maubara, you can see all the way to Timor Leste’s capital city, Dili, on a clear day
A Week in Dili

This week, I traveled to Dili to participate in a training event for Peace Corps volunteers. Dili is the largest city and the capital of Timor Leste so there is lots more to do there than in Maubara.

Journals

Saying goodbye to my first host family in Timor Leste. It was a tearful farewell, like I was saying goodbye to my own children
Farewell

Thank you for joining me on my journey. This may be the end of our travels together, but it can also be the beginning of your journey to explore the world.

Field Notes

Febrizia (or Sakin to her friends) is in the white shirt, to the left of her friend. Both girls are wearing a version of the school uniform
All About Sakin

This week, I interviewed one of my seventh-grade students Febrizia about her life as a kid in Timor.

Albums

Maubara also has an old Dutch Fort right in the center of town complete with two cannons
Living in Timor Leste

Check out what homes, schools and communities are like in Timor Leste. How do they compare to where you live? How does our environment affect the way we build things and live daily life?