Brunei Darussalam - the abdode of peace

no wonderland without kings and queens - beside queen Alice - me is volume three.
I accessed Brunei by boat and took the bus to Bandar Seri Begawan. bright sun reflected on the cupolas made out of gold. Gentle wind. call of the Iman summons the men for prayer. swallows cutting the air. standing in front of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque. breath taking. built to impress. and it works. Veiled and dressed I entered. his highness the sultan got his own golden escalator. yes, this is how I've imagined it. In spite of my veil - that really suits me - the guide tried to make his moves on me. Age - not married - that was all the information he needed to fall in love with me. Luckily I was adopted by an Indian\Canadian couple - I call it the Kaohsiung question: where are you from? - hm, you mean originally?!
I've learned that you need about 20 names to get engaged with a prince or king and it's quite difficult to eat rice with your fingers. the embassy of Germany is on the second floor of a shopping mall...
so far so good. have to catch my flight now. back to Kota Kinabalu. get the night bus to Sandakan. To be on time for the first feeding of the Orang-Utans in Sepilok tomorrow morning. Afterwards going to cruise the river for a couple of days.
the advice to buy leechsocks... hm.