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Nell Dixon
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What wonderful pictures!

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I can't wait for more pictures- they were all great! Where is Andromeda now?
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I'm guessing she somewhere in transit now although I am expecting to recieve her any day now.

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I'm really sorry about the delay at getting the pics up. Been rather busy, I got married and moved to Australia. I'm working on posting them now. Apologies again.

I've also posted Andromeda to Singapore on the 29th October, so I'm surprised and rather concerned that she hasn't arrived yet :/ If she disappears I'll post a replacement Sylvanian from over here, but I'd hate for Andromeda to have disappeared...

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Brunei, October - Taman Damuan and the Istana Nurul Iman

Today I went to the Taman Damuan park. It's set on the banks of the Brunei River and is next to the Sultan's palace. One of the Pinkies took me to the park and took pics emoticon

That's the roof of the palace in the distance.

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The opposite bank of the river.
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View of the other end of the river.
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Mangrove
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The litte jetty that leads to the palace
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My guide and me!
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A fishing net, some people had fishing equipment set up by the river.
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Road leading to the Sultan's palace (Istana Nurul Iman)
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Unfortunately it was dark and we did not get good pictures of the palace front.
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Bonus shot of the house on the other side of the road.
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Brunei, October - The waterfront and the town at night

My new friend took me out in the middle of the night to get some cool shots of the waterfront and the Yayasan shopping complex. Or at least just the outside. We had to walk though, since she didn't have a car. We also took better night shots after figuring out how to use the camera properly...

This is the outside of the Yayasan shopping complex on the Waterfront. In the square, you can see the Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque on one end and the water village, Kampung Ayer on the other. A model fo the water village has been set up in the middle of the fountain in celebration of Eid. The local name for the celebration is Hari Raya.

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Us in front of the mosque!
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A few carts where people set things up to sell sometimes
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The mock village.
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The water front.

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The streets of Bandar Seri Begawan at night. It was about 1 am.

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Waaaah! It's raining light?!
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Oh, phew, back to normal.
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All's quiet in the night. Except for some random guys speeding around in cars and bikes.
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Brunei, October - Andromeda meets the local fruit

Whoa, a big green spiky durian!

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Mmm, *nom nom* It tastes...different...
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A load of durians
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Opening...
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This is a different variety if durian, it's small and has longer thinner needles. The flesh is yellow, as you can see, and it has a stronger taste as well as being firmer and not as creamy as the white variety.

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This is a mangkang, I believe. It smells rather like a mango.
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This is tarap, a really sweet fruit. If it gets overripe, it'll taste like pure sugar.

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Each of these little bulbs has a seed in it, and the seed is edible when cooked, I'm told. We didn't cook them because Pei's mother said that she would inevitably end up eating all the seeds herself as no one else likes them.
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Ooo, yeah, I found the fruit basket! Behind me is a fruit called langsat, and it's sweet but has a rather sticky white sap that's difficult to get off your fingers. The red, hairy fruit on my right is the rambutan, a nice sweet fruit. The top layer of the seed tends to come off onto the fruit, so you have to chew or cut it off. The last fruit in the basket is the mangosteen. I remember sitting in a basket of them in Malaysia. The mangosteen has a juice that stains your fingers purple emoticon

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Hmm, I think I'll go for the mangosteen...
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Bonus shot:

A stray prawn cracker! All mine! MINE!
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Brunei, October - The waterfront and Yayasan in the daytime
Freckles took me out in her car back to the waterfront. It's so different in the daytime! There were water taxis zipping around on the river everywhere!

Gyaaah!! Too fast!!
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Oh, phew, we've stopped. I think that sudden braking has caused my internal organs to rearrange themselves.
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We've driven up to the waterfront and these are some of the buildings we photographed at night
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Here are some pics of the busy river traffic. The water village is in the background.
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Here is a waterfront restaurant
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This place here is next to the restaurant and where you can board the taxis.
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People selling durians out of a car boot in front of the restaurant.
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Since Yayasan and the mosque was nearby, we took a trip down there too to get some daytime shots.

The village as seen from the Yayasan square.Too bad about the huge bus though.
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The mosque behind us.
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A closer look.
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This is a stone boat in front of the mosque, we did not get any pictures of it the previous night as all the lights on it had been turned off.
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There's also a little fountain there, we managed to catch it on one of the days it's turned on.
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Say cheese!
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We waited till nightfall to get some cool shots of the boat and the mosque with all the lights.
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After that we went into the Yayasan shopping complex to grab some dinner. There was live fish in tanks at the food court, you can choose the fish you want and the cook will prepare it for you.
Huge lobster!
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I have no idea what this creature is.
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We decided on dim sum, but only got a photo of the chicken feet. According to Pei, chicken feet are yummy and the flesh just slides right off.
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Some of the drinks available in the supermarket.
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Brunei, October - Pinky Manor

I should show you a few photos of where I've been living, while I was in Brunei (once Pei finally decided to introduce me to the Pinkies and move me out of that stuffy handbag). There are alot of girls at the Pinky Manor, I admit I can't quite remember them all, may new faces pop up all the time and disappear just as quickly. There is a Sylvanian cat who runs the household there and takes care of the girls (aka he makes sure they don't accidentally burn the house down), he's simply known as Mr. Butler.

Here he is back from the bakery with some breakfast goodies. He also made the rest of the meal :9
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Yuuichi trying to decide what to eat before work. That cat shaped sandwich looks good...
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Mmm, Andromeda wants orange juice!
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Mayura and Rei breakfasting before going to school.
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There are muffins fresh from the oven too. Mayura made them.
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Some pics of the breakfast.
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One afternoon I stayed home Mayura and I baked some muffins together. I think they tasted pretty good!
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I usually enjoy a cup of tea with Mr. Butler after I come home from travelling all over Brunei. I tell him all about the places I've been to.
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Ember shows me her skull cat doll. According to Ember, Cuddles (her doll) comes to life at night and walks around when everyone's asleep. It then watches someone and watches them sleep till morning. emoticon I hope it don't wake up with it on my bed one morning!
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Mr. Butler extolling the merits of wheatgrass.
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This is where I sleep. It's still too early to sleep, so Rei's reading me a story.
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The pictures are alll great; they all give me a vicarious thrill. However, I love the pictures of pinky Manor best, where Andromeda interacts with Pinky St. characters. I think the best part of trips is the chance to meet and befriend new people. Thanks, duckpuddle!
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