Bali to Bangkok- a day in Brunei
Trip Start
Mar 01, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 2008
It's been way too long since our last entry- we've been to 7 countries since Bali, but now as we have an apartment in Buenos Aires with internet connection, I am committed to thoroughly catching up in the next few weeks. With that said, I continue our journey from Bali, heading to Thailand, with a stop in the tiny country of Brunei. We flew Brunei airlines, which I had never heard of, much less knowing there was a country in existence with the same name. It is on the northern tip of the island of Borneo, near Malaysia. As we had a full day layover in Brunei, the airport offers free day trips of the country which we decided to take- there was nothing else to do and why not see and learn about a new place for free? We learned this country has very little crime because there is death penalty for drugs, alcohol is illegal ( and not served on the plane ) as it is a Muslim country, and the government makes sure all the people go to school for free, give housing to all government employees, and being such a small country everyone knows everyone, and any suspicious activity would be reported to police by neighbors. They have a village that lives along a river, but we were told there is air conditioing in the homes and they have cars as well, not merely boats and shacks to live out of. It doesn't seem like there is a lot to do in this country, so not sure if I would reccomend visiting on purpose, but it was a nice day trip to make out of a stopover. Next up-Thailand!
