January 2011
3 posts
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque
A visit to what must be the most ornate and opulent mosque on the planet in Brunei. Commissioned by the Sultan, its cost is a secret, but just to give you some idea, that’s real gold on the roof, and underneath it, pretty much everything else is Italian marble and English stained glass windows. It was actually a little uncomfortable being surrounded with such a massive display of obvious and...
Finding Proboscis Monkeys in Brunei
On the return trip from New Zealand, I had another long lay-over in Brunei, so I got back out on the water with one of the local water taxis in Bandar Seri Begawan, and went hunting for the proboscis monkeys that had eluded me on my first visit. Turns out that early evening was a much better time to go looking.
Out on the water at Motuihi island
I went out waterskiing this morning with Mark (driving the boat), Haydn and Lucas. I completely failed to get on top of the water with the skis and wakeboard, but I did manage to get dragged through enough of it to get a lungful, and completely ruin the muscles in my arms that allow me to open and close my fingers. Haydn and Lucas had more luck. Yes, luck.