Bandar Seri Begawan Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We had not originally planned to visit Brunei when we planned this trip, but the logistics of going around it were too difficult for us to organise so we decided to go through it. It is a very small country, not in the Middle East, but in the middle of Borneo on the coast. We took the bus across the border and then changed buses to head to Banda...

Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous avons vue la ville en marchant 2 heures (un peu plus peut-etre). C'est tres petit ici pour une capital. C'est vrai que le pays est pas tres grand aussi. Nous avons commencer par prendre le bus (he oui, encore) pour se rendre a l'hotel Empire. Le cout fut de 1.1 milliard. Nous avons bien regarder partou...

Our first stop over with no hitches. Had lovely rooms spent the day exploring the city, highlights included the Mosque and the largest water village in the world, also a glimpse of monkeys. Having afternoon tea at our boat guide's stilt house.

Friday 25th July We had a long lazy breakfast at the hostel this morning (mmm, kaya toast... however will I live without it), and generally wasted the morning drinking coffee and using the internet. Then after lunch we set off for Brunei, having arranged a lift in a private car as it wasn't too expensive, and the bus journey sounded like a bit o...

Up for 8.30 start. Went by taxi with 4 Germans. Crossed border very easily without getting out of the car. Total travel about 2 hours and we were then left with the Germans, who were dropped off at a Youth hostel in the City Centre. We strolled away down the road but soon found out which area we were in. Brunei was a rather strange place as we t...

All Brunei was to me was a couple more stamps in my passport. I burned through Brunei in a day, bus-hopping and not stopping to eat. The view from the bus confirmed everything I'd been told about this place - there's nothing to see apart from more of the same jungle, then opulent suburban houses, shiny sterile buildings in Bandar Seri Begawan a...

My Borneo trip is now over - one week ahead of schedule. I'm not sure if I would have been able to do much more even if I stayed for the extra week. I managed to cover most of North Borneo from the East coast to (almost) the Western border, from the North coast to the Southern Islands around Sipidan, from 35m under under to the 4,100m plus peak ...

Brunei is a quiet little place. Met some nice Kiwis at a night market and chatted. The only thing to do besides go to bed early, its that quiet. Lots of good jungle left still though. The mosques are amazing, espcially at night. The city is a good antidote to Jakarta. The youth hostel is $10 Brunei and very basic. If you can't find the reception...