Word: pousadas
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...raged, he looked dramatically different from the enigmatic figure who inspired many East Timorese in 2006. In the days following his revolt, from a dilapidated mountain pousada at Maubisse, he successfully directed the battle to control the outskirts of Dili via mobile phone, all the while calmly strolling the building's spectacular battlements in his pajamas. Later that night, over dinner of curried chicken and beer in the dining room, he spoke lyrically of his desire to see East Timor succeed as a nation. With his death, as rumor and propaganda blur the details of the latest slaughter in Dili...
...Founded in 1995, the government-funded Institute for Tourism Studies is grooming the next generation of workers to man the front desks, kitchens and boardrooms of this former Portuguese colony's booming leisure sector. But learning isn't restricted to the classroom: students also help run the Pousada de Mong-Há, www.ift.edu.mo, a 20-room hotel housed in old Portuguese army barracks. If you've had your fill of casino hotels, the Pousada-situated on a hill near the scenic ruins of a 19th century fort-is one of Macau's better-kept secrets. It's also affordable (spacious...
...Next door to the Pousada is the unimaginatively named but decent IFT Educational Restaurant-another student-run enterprise that's easy on the wallet. Among its features are a menu of traditional Macanese fare and a well-edited list of wines priced as low as 40% cheaper than the local norm. It's enough to make you order that glass of 30-year-old reserve port and toast the value of vocational education...
Strolling the ramparts of the mountaintop pousada (inn) in his Army-issue shorts and thongs, rebel commander Alfredo Reinado is directing an effort to besiege Dili. Mobile phone glued to his ear, he mutters orders to subordinates 45 km away, who are fighting to recover the body of a fallen companion. "I want to see the battle," he says, "but my men will not let me. They are worried for my safety...
...caller who asks about the arrival of Australian troops, he says: "What do the Aussies do here? Why aren't they out having a look around? Are they here for a holiday?" Later, over curried chicken and fried rice in the pousada's once grand dining room, Reinado holds court among his admiring followers, whose automatic rifles are left loaded and ready at the door...