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Jalan Tasek Lama Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 673-2243554
Our Malaysian bus driver taking us upto the border crossing was just the nicest guy in the world. Knew him for an hour and he even walked upto our new bus and waved us off. Malay's are so friendly it's untrue. Just had to get that in. I wanted to run back across the border and hug him but also didn't want to get shot by a border guard. As our hangovers brew on in our heads we stamp out of Sarawak and onwards into Brunei, the darn richest place ever. It's billed as a fairly strict Islamic Stat...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei danstravelworldOne of the amusing aspects of this trip is that you come across the odd country, which you hadn't originally intended to visit, and in some cases didn't even know exactly where they were! Well, one of these is Brunei, a tiny sultanate on the northern coast of Borneo island (sharing the island with Indonesia and Malaysia). So, if you've got some time, and some space in your passport for the obligatory additional stamps, then hop on to the plane (or boat) to Brunei. My first, and probably last ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei garybarnesWe started our day by hiking around the town. First we went to get some breakfast and check out the CENTRAL MARKET. It was very small but had some food we could buy. Then we continued on to explore the town. Literally you can walk around the town in 30 minutes. We checked out the YAYASAN COMPLEX which is a giant shopping mall. Then when we were leaving the rain started to fall...then storm. We had to hang out at the mall for awhile and then saw in the distance a little cafe on the river...we ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei heather555Sat Sep 18th - Day 145 We spent the morning at the Labuan War cemetry, paying our respects to the nearly 4000 Commonwealth Servicemen who lost their lives in Borneo during the Second World War. Mostly Australian nad British the row upon neat row of headstones also contains those men who died on the Sandakan to Ranu death marches. The vast manuicured lawns have beds of beautiful flowers and shrubs between the rows of white headstones. All the headstones house a small bronze plate bearing an ep...
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia leeandcathy... village was another water taxi ride. This ramshackle and worn out mass of wood and tin really interested me and I was trying to figure out how to get there separately from my friend.
So my good buddy insisted that the previous two debacles had taught him how to enter and exit the boats and he even pointed out that these flat bottoms boats were even safer than their canoe like cousins in Kuching and wouldn't tip as easily. Being the benevolent friend I ...
... painful hours of mountain climbing just to look at a few limestone spikes. However, she needn’t have worried, as on the morning of the climb it was raining so hard that the trip had to be cancelled. The other climbers left as soon as the excursion was called off. Being the hardcore trekkers that we are, we had booked a further day of trekking for the following day which meant that we were forced to stay in the prison camp alone with nowhere ...
Limbang, Sarawak, Malaysia butterfills... somewhere between 'Rapid Decompression' and 'D & V'! (Watch this space for the full Top 100). The airport waiting room, I am glad to say, was an air-conditioned greenhouse, constantly battling against the ever intrusive outside air that would relentlessly attempt to gain access and subvert the conditioners realm. It would follow any unsuspecting passenger as they entered the terminal through the ever vigilant automatic doors. It would hide in their hand luggage, under hats and ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei onemanonedrum... est de marbre, or, mosaique, marquetterie, bois sculte, tapis persan. Le hall d'entree de 6 etages avec fenestration (6 etages aussi) vue sur l'ocean bien sur. 3-4 picines avec plage artificielle et bien sur la vrai plage a cote!!!. Le tout dans le golf designer par Jack Nicklaus. Bon on a pu visiter les toilettes, comme a notre habitude. C'est notre piece favorite et c'est gratuit. On a planifier notre retour ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei france_rejeanGood news, Kate has made it to Brunei. It is a 7 hour flight from Brisbane to Brunei, and she's only a quarter of the way to London. Movies of choice on the high definition 3 inch LCD screen in the back of the seat were Iron Man and Maid of Honour... an interesting choice.. covering the dodgy Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey, and the awesome Robert "I'm Ironman" Downey Jr. angle. Kate ...
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei kateintransit... to have organised 8xAA batteries but stupid enough to not have checked out how the battery bay locks up. damn screws. Reads on the box: "Agile moves and realistic voices!" "A warrior that can glide in S-shaped course to attack!" "Multiple unique programming functions!" "I have magical power!" cant wait to pick up a srewdriver tmro. Im off to do some bedtime reading. Picked up "A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart ...
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