Published: September 17th 2006September 14th 2006
Some may say we stuffed up by taking the Royal Brunei airlines..... okok it did take 38 hours to get from home to the hostel in London, But we did get to see a very underrated country of Brunei...
OK firstly the architecture was fantastic, brunei is a very surprising place hot as, no summer no winter just HOT and Dry or HOT and wet, FUEL don't choke but it was 53Brunei cents (AUD$0.40) per litre, unbelievable, like most countries that are tied in with oil.
We arrived at Bandar Seri Begawan (Airport) expecting not to get into the country, but shane covertly slipped past immigration to score some visas (oh yeah!!!!) We took a taxi to Downtown and saw a huge mall where we ate some spicey food. We were constantly stared at and were surrounded in the call to prayer.
We walked to the water and were attacked by boat people wanting to take us on a boat trip. 5 brunei dollars gets you the wildest boat ride down the cannal. There are no concievable rules in the water it seems.
We only had 3 hours to check stuff out so that's about it. Next
Shane and Steve
On the plane
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Matty on the plane
Shane nearly falls out
Crazy boat people!!
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Date: 20th September 2006
glad to hear from you
hi aaron have a happy birthday for the 25th ........loved the photos...mattie you looked tired or hung over ???? heres mum....hi matt photos are great thanks aaron hope you are having great time i believe you are now in amsterdam garry spoke to nan last night today is wed 20th we miss you matt rochelle sends her love and i know she is missing you too look after yourself and sms again soon luv mumxxxxxxx
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glad to hear from you
hi aaron have a happy birthday for the 25th ........loved the photos...mattie you looked tired or hung over ???? heres mum....hi matt photos are great thanks aaron hope you are having great time i believe you are now in amsterdam garry spoke to nan last night today is wed 20th we miss you matt rochelle sends her love and i know she is missing you too look after yourself and sms again soon luv mumxxxxxxx
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Date: 21st September 2006
bonus on the way over
Hi Mate like the pix of the boy's sleeping on the plane see you all soon in Munich. You were lucky to have had time to check out a little of Brunei. Dad/Mum
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bonus on the way over
Hi Mate like the pix of the boy's sleeping on the plane see you all soon in Munich. You were lucky to have had time to check out a little of Brunei. Dad/Mum
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38hrs??????????
What did you do walk there?? Glad you're having fun anyway, looking forward to the next instalment of Aaron's travel adventures! XXOOXX
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