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It is going fantasically well, although we have been having some difficulty still with the online donations site. Hopefully will be resolved shortly. Everyone we have met in Brunei have been most accomodating and extremely friendly, just as i remember it. The people are very warm and i would love to get back sometime to actually explore the area. It is very beautiful.
As well as undertaking many interviews, and meeting the local media in Brunei, we have been live on the radio, and tomorrow we visit RIPAS Hospital where Salvatore Natale (Consultant Urologist) will meet his counterpart, to chat, be shown arround and we will also be donating some Plymouth Argyle goodies, and signed Plymouth Albion Rugby Shirts.
You will also see from one of the links that Salvo, has found a new career in advertising!!
http://www.bt.com.bn/en/home_news/2008/04/22/on_the_run_for_worthy_cause
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/tue/apr22h21.htm
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/apr23h31.htm
With a visit to the local hospital, it was the chance to hand over presents we had brought for local children. Some of the faces looked a little confused at the sight of Argyle and Albion shirts, but they seemed to be well received.
Salvo had the opportunity to meet an expert in urology to talk work, and was very happy to see the facilities here in Brunei.
Following the visit we actually had some free time, so drove to the border with Malaysia. It was a short visit, but our stop in a small town caused the locals to wonder where these white skinned people had come from - apparently no foreign visitors stop in the town we went to.
On returning to Brunei we took a boat into the jungle to see the local breed of monkey which is an endangered species, and they entertained us during our trip along the water.