Travelling

My travelling started with travelling

• 1 1/2 hours by car
• 16 hours by plane
• 10 hours waiting for plane
• 4o minutes by crazy taxi man

Systematically placed between all this travelling occured 2 stops in foreign countries. First was DUBAI "future city" a city situated in the United Arab Emerates. This was a 20 minute stop, so i was unable to sample the cuisine or banter with the locals. Instead i was cattled along esculated floorways and through metal detecting machines.

Our second stop was BANDAR!!!! the capital of a small but wealthy country called Brunei, which is situated on the island Borneo. During our 7 HOUR!!! stop in Bandar we were taken on a tour to sight the local delights and learn some interesting facts about the country.

FACTS ABOUT BRUNEI THAT I LEARNT

1. There is no tax in Brunei
2. It costs 1 Brunei dollar (exchange rate about 50 pence) for full medical insurance (one payment)
3. Each family owns an average of 3 cars in Brunei
4. THERE IS NO ALCOHOL IN BRUNEI (NOT EVEN THE AIRPORT!!!!!)

On the tour we passed many grand mosques with 25 carate gold all over them!!!!! and all of this was witnessed from the back of a minibus. BUT the tour did finally crescendo with a visit to a real life living Brunei shopping mall!!!! TRUELY AMAZING!!!

After half an hour in the shopping mall we got in the bus, to the airport, on the airplane, off the airplane and in Bangkok