Since living in Bandar Seri Begawan, we have only been to beaches a few times – once to Berakas Beach and twice (or thrice) to Tungku Beach.

The kids regularly ask for a beach outing but since the closest beach is around 20 mins drive, it’s hard to find the motivation to go – especially for me who is not a beach-person in any way.

Such a marked difference to when we still lived in Lumut.

Then, a beach trip would be at least once in two weeks because it is less than 5 mins drive away. So close that many times, when we went without any spare clothes and the kids were all dripping wet, we would stripped them down and drive the short ride home, without a stitch on!

We do not have the cleanest beach – the water is most times, murky at best. With the refinery sharing the same shore, health conscious moms would definitely raise their eyes at us for letting our kids come into contact with such water.

We do live such reckless lives in Lumut.