We finally made it to Tasek Lama as a family last weekend. Another place we have been meaning to visit since Liams class trip there. It was yet another public holiday weekend in Brunei, which is great for Aaron but the boys are already on school holidays so no advantage to them. The walk was extremely hot and Aaron soon realised his lack of fitness, he was using Jordan as an excuse to stay back but really it was him that was tired. The view from the top of Tasek Lama is well worth the walk as you can see all over Brunei. After making everybody trek 5 kms through the heat, Jordan and Aaron opted to wait at the playground for Liam and I as we did an extra circuit. About 2 minutes into it I wished I had stopped as well as we had to climb another steep set of stairs. Soon after so did Liam, a monkey run in front him only about 5 cms away, he got a big fright, it seamed to take me forever to make the 10metres he was in front of me, (not sure what I was going to do when I got to him) there were several more monkeys in the trees above us hissing at us. I was very pleased to see a group of Taiwanese men approaching with a large stick, Liam and I made a hasty retreat to the playground. It was great for the fitness and I am planning on doing it more regularly when the boys are back at school.
Jordan and Aaron found this along the way
The monkeys that think they own the place, this one walked right in front of Aaron
Yet another long weekend in Brunei so headed to a new beach that we heard about from new kiwi arrivals. Finally a beach that is reasonably clean, well to Brunei standards. Once again the boys had a fantastic time building sandcastles and Liam playing touch rugby on the beach. This part of the beach had waves and we have since learnt a rip that has cost many people that can't swim their lives. It also has shaded picnic areas (a rearity for a hot country) and a playground so we are planning several more trips back.
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