the beauty of a rainbow, new espeed and tourism.

what happened today? hmm yes i drove to work, cold the air was fresh and the morning mist was fine, i saw a rainbow and snapped it.

to cut the story short, i went back from work and saw this tall english man walking beside the road in the hot midday sun, as usual he turned red...i noticed he carried a scroll of map on his right hand which gave me a click that he is a tourist,going back from tasek merimbun... so i followed my instincts and turned at bang pangan junction. i reached him and asked if he needs a lift...(jadi taxi sapu free). anyways he was delighted to see me ask him although he said he is used to walk 30 km once but he said that the sun was really harsh on him.

yep my instincts was right he was from tasek merimbun, he said the place was peaceful and he had a walk there.he also said he went to temburong and went for the eco tourist places.

we talked and talked and i introduced myself, he told me his nickname was vinnie, "vinnie the pooh, they call me..."he said. i asked him where he is from and he said he was from germany, yep germany. i told him sorry in brunei there are no taxis or buses going to merimbun, he answered yes i know i walked from lamunin to merimbun this morning and the air was pleasant, but this midday the sun was sooo hot!!!.

i told him where i work hence that is why i was driving on that road.i asked him what he does..( i thought he was a traveller 247) but eventually he owns and runs a computer business back in munich.

i felt ashamed of brunei promoting it's places of interest to the world, having one of the best forest reserve in asean. but i guess the place needs a private sector to maintain... it is sad to know that your country has the potential to promote tourist but still no action has been made to improve the places of interest.

ok back to the story we talked via the lamunin road untill we reached kupang, where i dropped him at the bus stand there. i actually felt sorry for him walking, but i admire his will to see Tasek Merimbun by himself.

ah i nearly forgot, about our e speed out of the eagerness of the modem being at home... finally we have to refund our modem to telbru because my home is out of range for the espeed Although in the rurals there is e speed.... hmm i don't know what will be their next action towards our places but a friend working in telbru told me soon we can apply when the new launcing starts next month.(i hope we can have espeed!!!!)