This morning I had the breakfast buffet at 730 and was still feeling a bit funny from last nites dinner buffet. I had half a day to explore Brunei some more before my late afternoon flight back to Malaysia.Brunei city can be done in about 4 hours if you have your own transport. However, since its so difficult to reach this country with few direct flights and I probably will never come again I wanted to spend the extra day and not be so rushed or use expensive cab...

As I was leaving the large Mosque near the hotel it started pouring with heavy rain and I wanted to get something to eat as it neared 6.45pm and the end of the daily fast. There were some restaurants behind the hotel so I went there to see what prices were and what was available.One had an Iftar buffet for $5BND ($4). 'Iftar' is the dinner at the end of the fast. Unfortunately they said they were sold out and they cant serve me. They said to try the restaurant op...

A short distance from my hotel was the Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, the second most famous Mosque in Brunei. This Mosque is outside of the city centre and not as touristy.The two reasons I chose the hotel I did was because it was one of the cheapest and nicest ones I could find in Brunei and it was close to this large Mosque which would have been difficult to reach otherwise .Being outside the city centre it was not as touristy and not as restrictive as the ...

Having finally left the airport and made it downtown I headed to the waterfront to get my bearings. The Kampong Ayer 'floating village' was easily visible. The river was alive with many speed boats buzzing around shuttling passengers to the village or giving tourists river tours.The first thing I wanted to head to was the iconic floating Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. At first they wouldn't let me in thinking I was a tourist so I had to tell them I was Muslim. Then ...

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