The First Day of Brunei

This one contains pictures of Brunei!

We arrived in Brunei on Friday 21^st august at 9am local time (2am UK time). It was a fairly smallish airport and the humidity really hits you. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be to be honest but it was 9am so it was the 'cool period' (!!!!) really but standing outside for more than 5 minutes was pretty impossible. The new schools head teacher, John Price welcomed us. We then went the place we were gonna be staying at which is called Rimba. The drive was amazing. It’s pretty much all motorway and dual carriageways- no little roads or streets.

We drove into our palm tree lined complex and I was just like WOW!!! It is a beautiful complex and our apartment just felt huge to us (its apparently one of the smallest apartments in Brunei!) it was all empty and white walls but it was more than big enough for us. It has three bedrooms, (ours has an en suite) and a bathroom plus balconies on every bedroom and the lounge and kitchen. It really is amazing. The kitchen is small but big enough for the three of us. The only down side is that the cooker is an electric one not gas but I’m sure I will get used to that. Here are some pics of the outside- the inside isn't all that impressive!

(the second floor balconey is our apartment)

We also hired a car for the first month as you literally cannot walk ANYWHERE. There are no corner shops- just nothing. Everything is a car journey away. The car we got has got to be the nicest car Zaheer has ever driven. AND its AUTOMATIC!!! Its like driving a go-kart everywhere. Its brilliant. Although the speed is in kmh so driving at 100kmh is NOT the same as driving at 100mph (though you can pretend your driving really fast...)

(the proud owner....)

Anyways that was the first half of the first day. There is just sooooooooooooo much to write about so you're just gonna have to wait..........(and yes the pictures do get better- i'm building it up...)

Take care xxxx

Introductions..........

My name is Shamim (hence the Adventures of Sham). I am 24 years old, married to a gorgeous man called Zaheer and have a boy called Yusuf who is 4 years old.




We are going to be moving to Brunei Darussalam in August due to Zaheers job. This blog is for everyone that knows me and wants to keep in touch and for those of you that are thinking of moving to or visiting Brunei and want to know more about it.

It is also a way of keeping myself sane and not going crazy with the nerves that hit me every now and then at the prospect of moving to a different country with a different culture and way of life.

So introductions over, I want you to message me, ask me anything you want about Brunei (bearing in mind I don't actually move until the 20th).

To all of you that know me- KEEP IN TOUCH!! And leave messages!

Well, hopefully I will post soon with everything leading up to the move (trial packing, airports, etc).

xxxxx