Abdul Razak Apartments Bandar Seri Begawan

... in one piece, though we were knotted up like pretzels after sitting on board that cramped plane for two and half hours. So back to Borneo but this time it's a totally different flavor. Brunei is hardcore Islam and makes Malaysia look like the no calorie dietetic version. While I was waiting for my buddy to get some cash at the ATM in the airport, I wandered over to a touchscreen kiosk and started playing with it. This machine looks like an airline checkin ...

Brunei<br><br>After arranging for our "private car" from Miri to Brunei, we soon realized that this was not the case. In fact, there were 7 people crammed into a tiny car. We fought for Kevin to sit in the front seat so that we could actually fit somewhere. It was not a problem getting through the border as our driver paid off the customs clerk. At the time we were uncertain as to why this was necessary, but soon realized after the fourth stop and ...

... taxi driver had NO idea where it was. The more he repeated it, the less he seemed to know where it was. "North Borneo Lodge. North Borneo Lodge" And we were no closer to finding it. Got the Lonely Planet out again and managed to figure out where we were and where we needed to be.<br>FINALLY got there (a block from where we started) and had to pay the guy $5.<br>Then it was fully booked, so we went to the Best Western Hotel over the road and paid a ...

... our trek in Borneo so we were really pleased to have such a good view of so many of them as they swung in the branches above our heads and fed on leaves. <br><br>We had previously planned to mark the 6 month anniversary of the day we started travelling with a slap-up meal and a bottle of fizz, but as we found ourselves in BSB on that date, with no alcohol to be found anywhere, we decided to delay the celebration until we were somewhere ...

... The hike through the rainforest took us around 3 hours and we got absolutely soaked to the skin. We didn&#8217;t see any wildlife during the entire trek and we arrived at the camp drenched and feeling a little miserable. Then we saw our accommodation. Now we weren&#8217;t expecting The Ritz, but the place resembled a prison camp. Our room was a huge dark dormitory, open to the elements on one side, containing nothing but 22 plastic mattresses lain out side ...

... affectation of the Brunei people was a delight. If ever I looked lost, people would come up to me with alacrity, talk to me, and help me with anything from directions to bus routes, wanting nothing in return. On the second day, I went to the self proclaimed "six-star" hotel. It had been hyped up so much by other people that I was a little disappointed when I got there. I didn't see anything to make it more special than other ...

... said that it wasn't $3, but $30 (15 pounds). We had only been in the boat for 10 minutes! David refused to pay and told him that we are not stupid and that he had said $3. The man then claimed that he hadn't said $3 and that he had actually held up 3 fingers and made a 0 with his little finger and thumb. What a load of rubbish. David told him that if he meant 30 he should have held up 10 fingers 3 times. I asked him why we would have refused an hour and a half for $25 if we were ...

... thru customs etc in about 15mins... 13 of which was just waiting to get my bag. It was 26 degrees when I landed and humidly was at about 80% I felt like I had walked into a room where the dryer had been on all day. But I haven't found the heat all that bad little sweetly when you're out side but that's about it. After trying for 45mins and asking about 10people where to go for the bus stop... all of who told me to wait in diff places or that the ...

I am in Bandar Seri Begawan, which is the capital of the Kingdom of Brunei. This is a very interesting and also quite strange place. The city seems really empty, almost deserted. There are a few cars on the roads, but very few people. It seems they decided to build a big city, but didn't have the population to fill it ...

Thursday 31st July, 2008, 8:36pm. So its day 4 in Brunei and my first blog entry. I would have been blogging away from day one if it was not for the lack of an internet connection in the staff house I am staying in. So here I am for 4 weeks... and no clubs, pubs, shopping malls, entertainment. and they dont sell booze here at all. Its a 90% muslim community here so the sale of alcohol is forbidden. shucks. Which brings me to this blog.. a ...