TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
HURRY, HURRY, WAIT!

We were up early, we had to complete our personal packing and also put all the expedition field kit back in the container at TLH where we store it between phases, down-hire the final Troopie and depart for the airport (fortunately only 5 minutes away) to check in around 11:30. This we did, then the flight was delayed, around an hour and a half, so instead of departing at 13:30 we left Dili for Denpasar, Bali on our Sriwijaya Airflight closer to 15:00, at around the same time a Merpati flight was boarding for the same destination. Former Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta was in Business Class. He has been a long time friend of the project who gave us audiences at the termination of three of the previous phases, including an invitation to dinner at his home. Hinrich went forward to present our compliments.

Boarding the Sriwijaya Air flight from Dili to Bali with the Merpati flight also boarding astern

Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes later we were in Bali International Terminal from where we immediately transferred to the Domestic Terminal where more delays ensued, but the students entertained themselves (and those around them) by playing patter-cake or standing in front of the giant air conditioners - yes it was very hot!

The games children play!	There are a host of potential captions for this one! Take your pick.

We settled down for a very long wait, our flight was delayed first one hour then a further hour or so. Around this time a headache I had been harbouring for about a day started to take hold so I tried to catnap, something I planned to continue once we boarded.

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