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Favorite thing: One of the highlights in Brunei is his Majesty the Sultan's Birthday celebration. Its a great time for Bruneians as well as for tourist.

Tourist can see the celebration, the streets lit up with decorations and sample all the different types of local foods at the night stalls.

Favorite thing: The Mosque is interesting to see and its surrounding. We just look at it outside, there were rules of compliance to meet. I am not a muslim so I was very scared I may not be dressed enough to their standard. The river is a busy place for people who cross to the other side by smaller boat. It is amazing people live in the river with their houses just above the water level. The water is always muddy. I wonder what happen if there is heavy rain and the water rises up. The house construction look so weak. There is nothing much to do in Brunei.

Fondest memory: We only spent 24 hours there, just a stop over to connect to our flight the next day. I would have love to see the palace of the Sultan of Brunei.

Favorite thing: I was very glad that there were many Filipinos in Brunei. It seems everywhere we go, there are filipinos!!! In the Hotel, Jewelry stores, Shopping malls, Souvenir shops, etc etc!!! What gave life to our somewhat boring visit is that there is a Jolibbee in Darussalam!!! Yehey!!!

Favorite thing: Brunei Darussalam offer a good place to visit but unfortunately most of the tourist didn't know that. Well therefore i better expose my country to world.

Brunei Darussalam is a small country and there are a lot of travel agent in Brueni which offer a good price. For example: Ulu ulu Temburung national Park offer you to stay one night. Well if you need more info just go to this website : www.uluuluresort.com.

Meanwhile Mona Flora Fauna Tours offers you Sungai Brunei Night Safari. Here you can see hundred fireflies and it reminds us christmas day. Beside that you can see the palace. And if you are lucky, you can see freshwater and saltwater crocodile.

For those who like Para sailing, banana boat and flying fish just contact Dolphin seasport.

Want to taste some traditional foods of Brunei. Then have an experience a Typical Brunei Fishing Village. It is operated ny Mona Fauna Tours.

Sailing, sailing sailing. Want to go sailing in Brunei? Vistor of the yatch can choose from a variety of activities which include Day sailing, Sunset tours, Fine dining, Business Meeting, Honeymoon Cruise, wedding pictures, family trip, fishing . Dont worry the captain is the experience person. He is from Germany. His name is Captain Peter Moeller.

Not enough! Well go to ulu temburong Day trip Adventure. It is protected and preserved for scientific research and low impact of visitor. If you want the adventure please contact freme travel .

Next, try Ulu kitani Package. Come and join at ulu melilas Longhouse. Experience the way of longhouse's living in their dailylife. Have fun in the hot spring, stunning waterfall and many more.

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Favorite thing: I will side more with cfank's post. if you want to get away and rest, traipsing to Sandakan and Mulu caves are not the answer. But bear in mind, Brunei has limited things to do. it is a very compact country.
I used to spend my school holidays in Kuala Belait where my father worked as a doctor, and i still remember my long summer holidays as magical.
Apart from doing the town and taking it easy, you could go down to Kuala Belait which is a rather sleepy town but charming ( rent a car which is even betterm and then stop at Seria on the way and also at the variou villages on the way. A day trip to the temburong park area is very interesting. day trip to labuan is also worthwhile.
when you enter the country, please ask for multiple entry visa, so that you can go an visit Labuan or Sarawak if you like.
There are many south indian restaurants and also a nice food court by the water in Brunei town.
Given the choice between Singapore and Brunei, both claimed to be boring by Asians, I would choose Brunei. The local people are very nice, not fanatic as the ones in Malaysia, I saw people drinking at the hotel i was staying in.
Peooples concepts of holidays are very different, Asians seem to want to do thousand things while they are travelling, but my next trip ( i dont consider travelling between Paris and Cuba as "trips"), is 15 days in Cochin and I am going to do much what you are planning to do: sit by the pool, read the books I have been missing, massage therapy, good food and quality time with those you love. Go to Brunei, with a positive attitude, it is a good place to get away from it all..

Favorite thing: As a stamp collector, I am fascinated by the Bruneian royal history.

Unlike other countries in the British Empire, it is the potrait of the Brunei Kings or Sultans rather than King George VI or Queen Elizabeth II that appears on the postage stamps.

Per history, the lineage of Brunei Kings or Sultans started back in the 14th century.

Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin ruled from 1924-1950. During his reign, "black liquid gold" or oil was first discovered in Seria in 1929.

Other significant event, the Japanese landed in Brunei in 1941 and the British returned in 1945. So there are stamps with with "Japanese War Occupation" that are rare and valuable. Just beware of fakes.

The Sultan has a long reign and celebrated his majesty Silver Jubilee in 1949.

Favorite thing: In my humble opinion, Brunei is relatively small and remote.

It is located on the tropical island of Borneo, facing the South China Sea and just 5 degrees north of Equator.

While Borneo is the world's largest island after Greenland and New Guinea, the land share occupied by Brunei is very small, with just 1%. The bulk of Borneo island belongs to Sarawak and Sabah states of Malaysia and Kalimantan of Indonesia.

Fortunately, Brunei does have a a lion's share when it comes to oil and natural gas deposits.

Brunei is physically divided into two a Western and Eastern section by sea and by the land strip Limbang of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Over 97% of Bruneians live in the western section. Two thirds of the population are Malays with a Chinese minority and other ethnic groups and foreign expatriates.

Geographical size = 5.8K sq km. Population = 372K

Favorite thing: Again, though I have seen many mosques of different architecture designs and styles, I was captivated by the unique dramatic sharp angles of the the 3 arched entrance of the mosque.

It probably make a deep impression to any devout Muslim worshippers entering the mosque.

It definitely made an impression for this traveller who thought of speeding through but stayed a little longer to enjoy this dramatic artwork of man for God.