Well, first there was the usual (?) long distance (medium distance, in all honesty) air-travel craziness that's probably very familiar to many of you, but was novel for me. I eventually arrived in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, via Singapore, on the Seventh of Jan. My bag came a day later.
Unlike Singapore, when I was sitting outside the Brunei airport today waiting for my luggage to arrive, I experienced that thrilling feeling of being other. English subtended rather than over-topped the Brunei Malay and arabic signage and I was the only Pakeha in the seating. Before the incoming flight landed, I might have been the only Pakeha at the terminal.
Here is some photos & footage of a few critters and plants I've come across round the lodgings (University accommodation).
Below Mimosa pudica. A pan-tropical weed, but still entertaining. Found here infesting the lawn behind the tower block where I'm housed.
Here are the flowers:
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| Mimosa pudica |
Next, a couple of random lizard pics. One group (the ones I've seen may be all the same species, for all I yet know) like hanging out on shrubs and trees. They have these really long, thin tails. I saw one holding their tail out at an angle to the trunk, and it was jerking gently in the wind. Coincidence or something more cunning?
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| They swivelled around the trunk in response to my movement |
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| Random basking lizard. Same species as above? In any case it's a larger animal. |
Finally, two dead, more-or-less unidentified beetles found in the stairwell.
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| Lateral view of Rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae sp.). Male. |
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| Anterior view of Rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae sp.). Male. Amazing fore-claws and an almost sweet countenance. |
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| Unkown beetle 1. Maybe a female Dynastinid? |
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| The hind legs of Unknown beetle 1. |
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