Dhahran British Grammar School Expedition 2006

22 March 2006, From the Longhouse to Limbang and the Purnama Hotel.

To share out the benefits of tourism in the local community, Richard took us to another longhouse for breakfast.  The students smelled very badly this morning and I don’t think there was a dry boot in the whole group.

On the way to breakfast we passed through the grounds of the local primary school, a nice place with beautiful gardens.  The local children have to board here, even if they live within easy walking distance.

By longboat and minibus it took about two and a half hours to Limbang, a small river port not far from Brunei.  There is not much to the town apart from a few shops and a market.  Across the river from our hotel, which is the only high rise building in Limbang, there is a Malay kampung or village.  The houses are all single storey buildings built of wood and are on stilts above the river.

We gave the students a lot of free time today, most of which they spent shopping, emailing or in the amusement arcade.  Pizza Hut made a change from rice at lunchtime, although we went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner.

We thought one of the boys was planning some mischief for the evening so we read the group the riot act, so to speak.

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