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Hotel Dili

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Hotel Dili
Hotel Dili
Hotel Dili is located in East Timor
Hotel Dili
Location within East Timor
General information
LocationAvenida dos Direitos Humanos, Dili, East Timor
Coordinates8°33′7″S 125°34′58″E / 8.55194°S 125.58278°E / -8.55194; 125.58278
Opening1933

Hotel Dili is a hotel on the waterfront in Dili, East Timor, established in 1933. It was purchased by Australian Frank Favaro (1935-2000) in 1971.[1] In 1975, Favaro harbored six Australians at the hotel during a battle, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, although they were said to "consistently refuse offers of evacuation."[2] The "concrete structures of the Hotel Dili were deemed almost impervious to assault."[3] The hotel had to be evacuated at one point due to an attack. Jane Nicholls describes the hotel as "wacky" and "East Timor's own Fawlty Towers."[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Trahair, R. C. S. (2004). Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-31955-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ Jolliffe, Jill (1978). East Timor: nationalism and colonialism. University of Queensland Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-7022-1480-6. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ Kingsbury, Damien (2009). East Timor: The Price of Liberty (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave MacMillan, Springer. p. 223. doi:10.1057/9780230621718. ISBN 9780230621718.
  4. ^ Nicholls, Jane (January 1999). Flight 642: Jakarta to Dili. Bruce Sims Books. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-9577800-0-2. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Peacekeepers Patrolling Dili Silently Stalk A Small Hotel". The New York Times. October 3, 1999.(subscription required)
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