One night in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

I have made many trips to the other ASEAN countries but not to Brunei yet until June this year. So, I was quite excited to see how is this country.

The airport arrival area

Another view of the airport

Airport parking

My first impression of the road system is that it is very similar to Singapore. The roads are built to high standards. Also with the few number of cars, it is not congested. So, the car ride is very comfortable.

View of a suburb area

Commercial area

View from the taxi

Nice roads

A large office complex

View of another suburb

City's commercial area

Another commercial area

Some Government building

The buildings are also very spacious and the surrounding areas are kept really neat and clean. I am really impressed with the country. They have spent the oil money well. I was surprised that there have only a population of 300,000. However, I understand that there are a large foreign worker population here (more than the population).

Due to the clean, neat and uncrowded surrounding, you literally have a stress free feeling. No wonder a number of Malaysians who work here do not want to go back.

However, night life is almost a no no here. So, party animals, there's nothing much for you here.

There is a large mall next to the hotel where I am staying. It is called The Mall. Although it is small by the standards of large malls in Malaysia, one can obtain almost anything one needs here.

A view of The Mall

Another view of The Mall

There is quite a large food court here and you can get quite a large range of food. The majority of Bruneians are Malay and the food is similar to Malaysia. There are also a lot of Indonesian influence.

A view of the food court

A nice bowl of bak mee

It's been a long time since I ate at Jollibee's. So, I had to order some take away. The fried chicken was good but the cheesy nachos is really great (but a killer for those on diet).

Jollibee takeaway

Well, there's nothing much for a tourist to see in Brunei as it is so small but if one were to stay here, I think the standard of living is very high and very good. However, their money is pegged to the Singapore dollar and things are not cheap here.

Until the next time, cheers.