DILI — If there’s one piece of advice you can’t escape when traveling in Timor-Leste, it is to get out of the capital and head inland. For the East Timorese, the mountains hold a special reverence.

Surveys have confirmed that the finest montane forests in Timor-Leste, and possibly the whole island of Timor, are to be found on the inaccessible Mount Mundo Perdido -- literally, "Lost World." With ...

Timor-Leste, one of the world’s youngest countries, has become a mighty ocean destination Michelle Jana Chan has spent 25 years writing for The Telegraph, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, the LA Times and The ...