TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
PHASE VII: CARLIA (IN A) SPOT

The upside was that on top of my other computer work I was able to bring the Expedition Field Notes blog almost up to date and post it on the internet via a curious little "internet cafe" which consisted of some tables and chairs and a couple of ethernet cables leading to a wall-socket - but no computers.

Baucau "internet cafe"

We were also able to do a little shopping. Andrew decided to try chewing betel-nut, or buai as I know it from Papua New Guinea. We bartered for betel-nuts, the mustard stick and the lime in the market and when we got back to the hotel he set about trying it out, ending up with a red-stained mouth and a slight buzz but a horrid after-taste. I did not say I recommended buai.

Sven decided to pass up his opportunity to partake.

Andrew with his stash of bettle-net, mustard stick and lime, Sven looks on	The end result, a red mouth, hardly worth the effort