Centrepoint Bandar Seri Begawan

... and friends look for each other on board and the flight attendants constantly making announcements over the PA.

So what does this have to do with Michael Jackson you ask? Three times now on three separate flights when Man in the Mirror has come on the cabin and boarding process have been absolutely transformed for those three minutes or so. A pin could drop and make a loud crash it is so quiet and for some reason unknown to me everyone is able to ...

... Brunei was an interesting stop...thou 10 hours was proberly enough for this small country. The airline was ok with ok food and lots of drinks being serve through the flight. Flight was uneventful in terms of weather...good weather all the way...must of been the blessing the aircraft got before taking off! ---again an interesting airline!

Thats our small trip to brunei, now its off to New Zealand!

... taxi driver had NO idea where it was. The more he repeated it, the less he seemed to know where it was. "North Borneo Lodge. North Borneo Lodge" And we were no closer to finding it. Got the Lonely Planet out again and managed to figure out where we were and where we needed to be.
FINALLY got there (a block from where we started) and had to pay the guy $5.
Then it was fully booked, so we went to the Best Western Hotel over the road and paid a ...

... to have it!

The main reason for our visit to Brunei had been to organise a flight to Bali, but when we enquired at a local travel agency, we were told that the route from BSB to Bali had been cancelled and that we would have to fly there via either Kuala Lumpur or Jakarta. This was most inconvenient as it meant that we first had to travel in the opposite direction. As we had no choice, we decided on KL and left BSB after 3 days.

... s using the beds opposite us who spent most of the night talking loudly, burping and then snorting with laughter.

The following day’s excursion involved climbing the Pinnacles, which is a collection of sharp limestone needles that cling to a volcano and poke up through the surrounding jungle. The hike to the viewing point takes four hours and is a very steep and slippery climb which involves the use of ropes and handholds, requiring free ...

... strange was, that while being in the mud, you floated on it rather than sinking into it. It felt kind of like in the Dead Sea, where there is such a high salt concentration in the water that you literally float on it. Only this time it wasn't salt water, it was mud mixed with volcanic gasses. It felt exhilarating, but weird at the same time.

After our mud bath we decided to go to the beach on the other side of the island rather than returning to the ...

... said that it wasn't $3, but $30 (15 pounds). We had only been in the boat for 10 minutes! David refused to pay and told him that we are not stupid and that he had said $3. The man then claimed that he hadn't said $3 and that he had actually held up 3 fingers and made a 0 with his little finger and thumb. What a load of rubbish. David told him that if he meant 30 he should have held up 10 fingers 3 times. I asked him why we would have refused an hour and a half for $25 if we were ...

... back into town I was sitting near a mosque during prear time and they blasted it out into the town so everyone could hear, it was acually really awesome and deft made the bus trip worth it!! Buy the time I got back into town I was hot slightly sun burnt and ready for a nap, which I took. Then got up had dinner slowly watching the world pass by 1am 9th nz time I'll be arriving in Singapore Peace out homies

... de bruit. Nous adorions tout ca. Nous avons commencer nos bagage et faire le journal. Il nous manquait une journee???? Apres de grande recherche nous avons trouver que nous avions pris 4 jours ici et non 3, Nous avons "rusher" tout ce temps. Enfin. la 4 ieme journee a ete relaxe. C'est ce que nous avons cru puisque le p/m venue, nous avons decider d'aller refaire notre 5km pour voir les chauve-souris. Un sentier nous intriguait en arriere de l'observatoire. Nous avons eu la ...

... to go there, but I followed along anyway for lack of anything better to do. I mean would you go visit a housing development built on reclaimed land in Miami? The only thing I really wanted to see was the Amusement park that the Sultan built for himself because he likes amusement parks. Apparently no one really goes there during the week and many rides are reported to be closed on weekdays. I don't know because it's far out of town and I couldn't be bothered getting out there and ...