As we come into Brunei, we start seeing see-saw pumps here, slowly bobbing up and down like giant birds feeding on the oil they pump up to the surface. They run along the coast, only a hundred feet apart. This place must be soaking in the stuff, and judging by the fact that they built a hotel here that cost a billion US dollars, that has to be a correct assumption.
Bandar was very quiet for a capital.
Brunei is far more Muslim than Malaysia, so Nic gets the gawping and staring that accompanies a woman who isn't wearing a scarf on her head. Weird because the Malays can walk around here exactly the same without anyone blinking an eye. I think Nic is sexy as hell though so I can't blame them.
They have a cool museum with a collection of all the presents that the sultan has been given by heads of state. They had gold model mosques from Saudi Arabia, silver models of Angkor Wat from Cambodia... and a small flax basket with a feather stuck on with sellotape from New Zealand (no joke!)
We took a ride to Bangar in one of the speedboats. Our man was a dude and could easily have won the F1 equivalent on water.
No comments:
Post a Comment