Day three, October 4:
9 am: The studios of Radio and Television Brunei

The State-run television channel is the only one in Brunei. We are briefed by Mohammad Yusof Rahman, the acting director of the station. Soon we are taken to their recording studio and told that we would be interviewed for the breakfast show, Live!

Team leader Arora and Asian Age Bureau Chief Parwez Hafeez are nominated to represent us. It is clear that the host does not know much about India. He is taken aback when Hafeez informs him that there are 150 million Muslims in India -- the second highest Muslim population in the world. Before the host could recover, Hafeez also tells him that the Indian President is A P J Abdul Kalam, a Muslim. And for good measure names the other two Muslim Presidents as well. We are also called on stage and asked to stand behind Hafeez and Arora. We smile for the cameras as our mugs are shown as the credits roll.

The next stop is the radio studio. A youth programme is on -- live. The RJ is a sweet, fast-talking young lady. Other than the music, she knows nothing about India. She is impressed when we tell her that India has hundreds of independent 24-hour television and radio stations. She repeats in Malay what we are telling her, to the listeners. She then asks us what we want her to play. We ask her to play any Bollywood song. We settle on Tata Young's Dhoom Macha Le, which it seems is very popular in Brunei.

There is another cameraman and reporter waiting for us as we leave the radio station. 'It's for the news section,' we are told. Hafeez goes first. I am nominated to go second.

Hafeez is asked about the upcoming Ramadan festivities and how it is celebrated in India.

The question I am asked stumps me. I am asked how the media in the developing world can help spread awareness in the developed world. I gas about how the media in India is very independent and vital -- that there are hundreds of television stations, newspapers and Internet web sites that are being increasingly noticed around the world.

11 am: The offices of The Borneo Bulletin

It is the only privately owned English newspaper in the country. The Sultan's brother owns it. Deputy Editor Natarajan Prabhakar is Indian as the name indicates. He engages the media team to a lively discussion on life in Brunei. And shows us around.

He also shows us a copy of the day's paper, which has a picture of a group of us at the mock wedding and a bylined article on our visit to the country. We were getting famous.

Image: Kuala Belalong Park, a tourist attraction. More than 75 per cent of Brunei's 5,765 sq km of land is still undeveloped tropical forest