This means you will be entirely responsible for your own visa, travel, health, communications and accommodation arrangements. An identical briefing in Bahasa Indonesia is held at 9.30 a.m. Additional briefings are sometimes held on weekends. Journalists will be advised of these during the weekday briefings. Travelling around East Timor Journalists are not permitted to travel in UN vehicles or helicopters.
Private vehicles are available for rent locally.
Please note that the roads are OK at best, and some inland and southern coastal roads are impassable except by 4-wheel drive. To date, it has proved possible to hire local drivers with 4-wheel drives, although there are a limited number. In Dili, there are two taxi companies. Translators In Dili, it is possible to purchase supplies and travel round without speaking Tetun-Dili or Bahasa Indonesia. However, your communications with local people will be severely limited if you do not speak these languages.