Dolphins in Brunei?

A few weekends ago, my family and I went for a break in Brunei. We stayed at the Empire Hotel... one of the most lavishly decorated hotels in South East Asia. How lavish? Most of the utilities in the bathrooms e.g. handles, taps had hints of gold trimmings or is gold plated... does that give you an idea?

It was a wonderful stay albeit the cost of the rooms were on the high side! The children loved the pool area and played at the pool most of the time we were there. We had dinner at "Li Gong", a chinese restaurant there and the menu says, "No MSG". Very impressed. We even watched "Open Season" with the kids (Josh loved it but Jess fell asleep half way) as there was a multiscreen cineplex within its compound... it's big! Disgustingly huge compound as one need a buggy to get around the area! Ok, go to their website and see what they can offer.

The highlight of the stay had to be the 'dolphins'. "Dolphins?", I hear you say. Yes, but dolphin statues la. The statues were made from marble (I think) and very well designed. See for yourselves in the pictures below... very creative landscaping... a real work of art!

There was an interesting incident when we wanted to look at those dolphin statues. As we made our way there, it started raining! The kids were horrified as they wanted to touch the dolphins. They could see it from afar but that wasn't good enough. So Mummy ask Joshua to pray to ask God to stop the rain. He did and soon after his prayer, the rain stopped! He was overjoyed and we made our way to the 'dolphins'. God answers prayers.. even a simple requests as such. What was amazing was that He allowed us enough time to enjoy the sculptures (taking photos as well) before it started to rain again. Both kids were happy and satisfied that they "rode" on dolphins! Praise God!

















Two of the dolphin statues... I think there were about half a dozen of them there.
















Jess and Josh riding their dolphins.































Had to use a rubber dinghy to get to the dolphins! Just kidding.































See how happy they were?































Nice dolphin... don't bite me now...



































Mummy and Jess on a dolphin.



















































Bring me home, Mr. Dolphin!