the first few mikrolets i saw on the streets since the day I returned to Dili! I never thought i would feel so much joy seeing these micro-mini buses hog the roads! But yes, this would be one of the barometers indicating a gradual shift back to normality although last night there was still at least one incident of house burning and stone throwing.
most of the IDP camps are stressed by the overwhelming number of people living in it so the toilets etc are either out of water or broken or not enough. when i visited the Motael camp, the women told me they bathe at the well in their clothes because it is too tiring for them to haul water to the bathroom to shower. So they bath their kids there like in the kampong except that this is in the city! Some of the camps are right smack in the city centre - one in front of Hotel Timor! - so they really lack privacy. 
- Hanging out washing at the airport IDP camp.
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