Today we woke up at 6 to go and see what it was like boats, the only certainty was the place to start!
So I sat there waiting, the versions of 'time were closing all around 11.30. At 7:30 Maura joined me and we called a number that was written on a faded poster and we have confirmed the time. So we walked around the streets and we bought some 'of office supplies. Then we returned to the hotel to take the baggage and 10.15 we were at the pier. Luckily there were already a bit 'of the boat people and one guy who wrote the data of those who wanted to take on, we also gave the paper to fill in to enter Brunei. To pass the time I went to the nearby market to buy some 'food.
Finally at 11, the boat arrived and after having his passport stamped, we embarked, at 11.30 we started, the boat was practically new and the trip went well.
At first we went along the river following the river quite tortuous. When we arrived in the Sea of \u200b\u200bChina and the curves were finished we started with the jumps! However we were wrong and we got good at Muara.
Here we passed through customs with a lot of scanning of the temperature! In Brunei there is a total ban on drinking alcohol and there is the death penalty for those who traffic drugs, but none of the many employees of the customs controllava i bagagli, mi hanno solo chiesto se avevo dell’alcool o sigarette! Poi abbiamo cambiato 200 RM in dollari del Brunei e abbiamo preso il bus per Bundar Seri Begawan, la capitale del Brunei. Questa città sembra meno lozza di altri posti che abbiamo visitato ma che sia una delle nazioni più ricche del mondo non si direbbe proprio passeggiando per le strade!
Noi abbiamo camminato fino ad un ostello ma non hanno voluto darci una camera mista allora siamo tornati a prendere un bus per l'Apek Utama hotel a 3 km dal centro. Le camere sono ok ma niente di particolare, è però economico.
Una volta sistemati e fatto una doccia siamo ripartiti per il centro, questa volta ha piedi. Siamo entrati in un centro commerciale a see what they sold, but not worth buying anything because the prices are high and outdated products! But very nearly fill the case of diesel fuel that costs 31 cents Brunei, about 25 of us!
Once out of the shops we took a look at the mosque of Omar Ali Saifuddien lit. Then we went to eat something in the river bank. And after we got back in the room along the river where there were shrimp fishermen intent on their work! We have been able to sleep and tomorrow we should wake up ...
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