BRUNEI

Not sure if you can tell, but Brunei is a wealthy Country

Brunei deserves an apology as I underestimated it on arrival into it’s modest airport yesterday morning and txt Louise telling her it was a royal disappointment. I had thirteen hours to kill on a stopover and was rather perplexed as to how I should go about it. I took advantage of the free tour on offer and set off to feast my eyes on the what this small country north of Borneo had to offer.

School Boat. Kids returning from school. 

The majority of people live in the water villages which consist of everything you would find on land – two primary schools, an elementary school, petrol stations, police stations, wifi, the list goes on. Hundreds of boats boost around as a key mode of transport, the school boat was even spotted dropping kids off to the water village school.

On the tour I met some new friends and ventured back into town with them to do some more expoloring. We went to see the monkeys and more of the wildlife, visited the mosque, the markets and museums before boosting back to the airport. All in all, it was a primo day in Brunei. 

This was right next door to the very top photo. Contrast? Yep.

Compulsary attire for Mosque visit

Local Petrol Station

Arriving in London, I got incredibly lost on the M1, M4, M11 and whatever other motorways were thrown at me. After a considerable amount of wasted lifetime, I finally arrived in Enfield where i am staying and then went to pick up Mike from Stansted. Training starts today and I am looking forward to picking up my new boat before this afternoon's session.