Travel Blogs from Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
The rich cities not looking so nice....
Well its a definite fine line between rich and poor here, with the poor having what looks like nothing, and the rich having huge houses (especially the ambassadors) so I didn't like this one so ...
Brunei for a day
... 's largest Water Village with 30,000 people living in houses on stilts, snaking along the banks of the Brunei River, in the heart of Bandar Seri Begawan. The village includes schools, a fire brigade, a police station and a mosque. Every one enjoyed this ...
tin tin and the end of the road
... is just ok- do i need to say those words? forever 21. yes, i went there! anyhoo, before singapore i went to brunei. on the ferry there i met a kid on holiday and we hung out the whole time we were there. it was really ...
water village
So I finnally made it to brunei. This is a country that has interested me for years I'm not sure why but it did! I took my ferry over from labuan which was comfy they had fast and the furious playing from the last trip so we got to watch the ending first ...
Land of the Sultan
... it smelt really good. We ended up getting a Biriyani, Chicken curry and a Pad Thai, all of which cost us a grand total of $4 Brunei dollars (about $5 NZD). After another rest we went down for dinner at 8pm in our Hotel. The Hotel too had a Ramadan ...
Ulu Temburong National Park
I took an overnight trip to the Ulu Temburong National Park, which is in the South East part of Brunei. This was an absolutely incredible place. I stayed at the Ulu Ulu Resort (www.uluuluresort.com) in the middle of the rainforest. The trip ...
Feb 2012
... from a huge top gear fan. It was a sign! So the car is a new toy that will hopefully give us many reliable trips around Brunei. The good thing about it is that because it is a station wagon, my son's fold up bike will fit in great and we can ...
Boring Brunei
Well, what an excititng place Brunei was. Although I canät say that we really gave it a chance...To get there we took 3 buses, a boat, than another bus. There really is not alot to do there. We checked in to our hostel, and we had to have separate rooms, ...
Moving to Bandar Seri Begawan
... , since when I arrived at night, I found ticks in my bed, so that I had to sleep on the floor, and spraying DEET. Bandar Seri Begawan is a kind of Dubai of the East, with luxury and at the same time poverty (in particular on the other side of the river, ...
Kampung Ayer and a Magnificent Mosque
... if I implied that it didn’t possess its own particular appeal. We flagged down a water taxi, blasted across the Sungai Brunei and began strolling the boardwalks. Cathy hadn’t been keen to go at first; from a distance the water village looks ...
River and Benevolent Piranha
... of Cirque de Navacelles, dans les Cevennes. The benevolent pirhana refer to the little fish at the waterfall near Ulu Ulu, Brunei (which Google maps cannot locate) who nibbled at our toes supposedly consuming the dead skin from our feet. In my case, one ...
Overnight Trip
It was about a 2 1/2 hour boat to Labuan, another town in Sabah, and then another hour to the Ferry Port in ...
The preparations
Well, its still more than a month to go before our flight to New Zealand but my family and I are full of anticipation already. We are really excited since we never been to NZ before, ore so to the southern Hemisphere. First trip is always ...
random airport
... and suddenly this random prayer thing starts happening lol . guess you have to be of the religion to get it. was cool to witness though. looking forward to seeing my baby at auckland airport lol. its 7.56pm in brunei. i arrive auckland tommorrow at 10am ...
Brunei stop over
9 hours without a drink was hard going, Royal Brunei airlines is a dry carrier, but hey, you cant have everything. A nice place, very tidy motorways and shops, but nothing to do really. Had a great trip up to the rain forests, and into. Climbed a ...
Two hours in a horrible transit lounge
... that were less relevant to us) it was both an alcohol free airline, and alcohol free country. The transit lounge at Bandar Seri Begawan is tiny. There are only a few shops - which mostly peddled tourist wares. Eating options were limited, ...
Brunei
... of Borneo now!! Getting close. in Dubai we had to wait in the airport, but here, we get to leave the airport and explore!! we have a whole day in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei and it is the Sultans 60th Birthday!! They love the Sultan - does ...
Brunei
After visiting Niah, we caught a morning bus to a new country, Brunei, arriving in the capital of Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB). Brunei is one of the smallest countries in the world. It is located on the island of Borneo surrounded by, and even divided by, ...
Brunei in a day
... pak hoger als in Maleisië, en de sultan zou een van de rijkste mensen ter wereld zijn. Het centrum van Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), de hoofdstad , lijkt op het eerste zicht ook luxueus. Brede straten, indrukwekkende gebouwen en overal nette bloemenperkjes. ...
The Journey Begins
... we are able to while away the hours until we reach Brunei. After seven hours even we touched down in Bandar Seri Begwan at Brunei International Airport but we gained two hours as only 17:15. Now to fill in the next couple of hours in the ...

