It was so good to be back in warm the weather again, but as Brunei is a Dry State there was no ice cold beer available! Its also quite a conservative country so covering up is appreciated with the locals.
Brunei is tiny and they don't get many tourists there, 2 days was more than enough to see the capital Bandar Seri Begawan! It consisted of 2 Mosques, a shopping mall, a market and a Gloria Jeans Coffee House! We'd planned to do the sights over 2 days, but a quick walk into the town... and you've seen em all!
We stayed in a cute little hotel - and i think the only hotel in town, within walking distance to all the sights. Our driver doubled as the Hotel Security Guard, Concierge, Tour Guide and Receptionist.
We stayed in a cute little hotel - and i think the only hotel in town, within walking distance to all the sights. Our driver doubled as the Hotel Security Guard, Concierge, Tour Guide and Receptionist.
We headed to the Omar Saifudduen Mosque and river front first. The Mosque was beautiful and adorned with real gold - so we were told. It looked stunning in the evening with all the lights!After our wonder we headed to the shopping mall - my dreams of shopping big were crushed as there was not much to buy - except a magnet! After having dinner at a little cafe in the mall we headed back to the hotel.
The next day we headed to Ulu Temburong National Park to see the Waterfall and the Monkeys - long-tailed Macques are famous in the area. There was not waterfall as it had not rained and the monkeys were MIA! We did however see the entire population of Brunei enjoying their Sunday morning runs / walks in the park. We walked to the viewing point that had a spectacular view of Brunei.
Our driver and all round multi-tasker then picked us up and took us for a brief - 15 min tour of Brunei - first stop the Brunei Museum... its currently closed for construction. Next stop, the Sultans Palace! Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah was sadly not available to see us, but we were allowed to pose for a quick photo outside his massive palace.
After a visit to Gloria Jeans Coffee House for an iced Caramel Latte we headed back to the airport and made our way to KL -Malaysia!
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