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My Brunei adventure
... school bus. Each school had maybe 6-10 depending on their size. Two villages down and we were back on the main straight of the river and yet again heading towards the Palace. I passed the Mausoleum of the Sultans as well as another large Mosque before finally pulling up,close to,the Sultans Palace. Sadly this was the most disappointing part as all I could see was the roof. I have no idea if there's a better place to view it from but I'll try and find out tomorrow. Then we ...
First of two stops home
... for the Mosque, some random guy started talking to me and as I walked along found myself deep in conversation with the Phillipino named Al. Somewhere along the line I ended up walking with him through the water village and back to the house share where he was staying. The place was basically a shanty house barely standing up filthy and packed full of about 20 people living under the same roof. Strangely I wasn't at all scared, threatened or troubled ...
Fit for a Sultan? Then it's fit for us!
... fly over to Brunei and play polo at his palace! There is also a British palace for them to stay in (Palace of Edinburgh) and a road named after our Queen (Jalan Elizabeth 2). The Sultan flies himself over to the UK (he is a pilot too!!) from time to time including for the Royal Wedding of William & Kate and to see 2 of his sons graduate from military training at Sandhurst!
After the tour, we walked through the market near our hotel. they had every kind of ...
Affen unter sich
... es also heißen: Welcome to the Jungle! PS: Ich habe den Eintrag gerade zum zweiten Mal geschrieben, da Basti den ersten Versuch nicht gespeichert hat. Dafür musste mit Basti unter Inaussichtstellung eines zukünftigen Übels beim Schreiben des zweiten Versuchs helfen. PPS: Wir machen jetzt doch nicht die Dschungeltour, sondern in die Touristenhochburg Miri. Herr E. äußerte mehrfach Bedenken gegen meinen Plan. PPPS: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' ...
Wandering Around Bandar Seri Begawan
... whole thing, I knew they were gone.
However, I'm not one to get thrown into a massive huff about these types of things. I've had bad things happen to me in previous travels and I knew that to lose my head about this wouldn't lead to the lost items being recovered. Rather than panic about it, I just calmly went back to the hotel which I had made my unofficial base and explained what ...