Wednesday We were presented with a wide range of free alcohol @ 10.30am in Cathay Pacific Lounge @ Melbourne Airport. Instead we opted for egg pies, cakes, orange juice and coffee. We were very pleasantly surprised by our hotel in Brunei - our room is very spacious with it's own lounge area, more to Kate's taste than the Customs House in Hobart!! Thursday Gosh it was a tad on the steamy side - hot with bucketfuls of humidity for good measure. After a bountiful and varied breakfast (we avoided the sushi offerings, but we both made a bee-line for the cook-to-order omlettes), we started exploring. The morning's highlight was the Royal Regalia Museum that houses, inter alia, an extensive collection of the Sultan's regalia and presents from overseas dignitaries. After wallking through the humid streets, we
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