Brunei Hotels

... or so, we will be backpacking (well as much backpacking as Charlie will allow - if she has her way it will be 5-star hotels and insect-free rooms) our way through Asia. The plan is to visit: India, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China as ...

... a commission/sales bonus. We saw no begging and never felt in the slightest way nervous or intimidated when browsing about. Apparently Brunei is one of those counties where the punishment does fit, if not in some cases exceed, the crime so petty street ...

... I went back to town to the Brunei Museum, which went through the various types of histories (political, cultural etc) of Brunei.  It was a little more interesting than the Royal Regalia building, which documented the Sultans of Brunei that I visited ...

... is B$106 including breakfast which turns out to be a cold beef hot dog with American style canned baked beans and eggs. Hotels are very expensive in Brunei which is one good reason not to overnight in the country if you can avoid it. But the Seaview is ...

... est tres beau. Puis vais visiter la gallerie faune et flore, tres bien realisee, qui nous montre tous les animaux vivant a Brunei, empailles et mis en situation. Tres instructif. Puis une galerie dediee au style de vie des anciens habitants de Brunei, ...

... a peine 40 minutes, j'ai trois sieges pour moi tout seul, le pied. Arrivons a Bandar Seri Begawan, capitale du Sultanat de Brunei. Remplissons un papier pour le H1N1, puis passe l'immigration, en trente secondes j'ai mon visa et mon tampon sur le ...

... the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the Sultan – Jefri’s older brother – had external accountants audit the Brunei Investment Agency’s books and discovered that good old, dependable, reliable and trustworthy Jefri had embezzled $14.8 ...

... /Sarawak side to pick up beverages for Vanessa. Brunei has no open sale of alcohol to the native people - not in bars, hotels, restaurants - but expats can purchase a limited supply from a hole in the wall outlet with an approved licence! Supper chez ...

... to live the way they have traditionally, with everything, including schools, police and fire stations, hospitals, and mosques (Brunei is a strictly Muslim country) all perched on stilts above the river. Their relative wealth becomes obvious when you look ...

... ! In stark contrast to the affluence that seems to dominate the neighboring land - with its high rise concrete buildings and upscale hotels - Kampong Ayer is an entire city of wooden shacks with tin roofs, connected by over 18 miles of walkways made of ...

... be time for them before heading back into Borneo to visit the caves and jungles of Mulu. Our first impressions of Brunei? Ignorantly, we’d been expecting steel and glass edifices poking up into the heavens; luxury cars; conspicuous wealth; ...

... of £8 a night for the two of us, we decided to offload our backpacks and then go and view a couple of nearby hotels.  After being shown various shabby hotel rooms that had dirty, stained carpets and mouldy shower curtains, we decided to stick with ...

... the parking ticket into the machine, so the toll gate poll came smashing down on the top of the van! Welcome to Brunei...a beautiful country...but Sumbiling Eco Village...a disaster waiting to happen!! We arrived at 9:30am, however, Leslie advised that we ...

... drunk when we left to go home to our real beds. This place is so geared up for travelers with lots of hostels and small hotels to stay in I don't know why more people are not seeing the delights of Borneo. It is a tad confusing though when the map and ...

... White Water Rafting. We went out for dinner with Sophie & Averil and had a little wonder around. For some strange reason all the hotels and backpacker lodges are full till Tuesday/Wednesday so we don't know what we are going to do. On our way back we ...