General: Brunei

It's not often you come across people who have visited Brunei or have it on their list of places to go. Nine times out of ten if you do meet people who have been you will soon realise that they were their visiting friends or relatives, usually on their way elsewhere. The main reason people dont want to go is because their is no booze, which follows that there is no nightlife and as such the tourism industry there is not that stronge. This being ...
...that its Sultan was once the richest man in the world. This stands to reason as the average holiday brochure does not feature Brunei except for maybe on a borneo adventure. It seems that over the past few years the Brunei goverment has made a big effort to attract tourists with competitive packages and high class hotels but to date they seem still to have fallen short, more people have heard of Brunei but still few wish to go. I would say Brunei ...

nicolasreed 21.09.2001 · Read full review
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I am disappointed with the review made by the people above...needless to say I am a bruneian so before i start, i must say i will try not to be biased!!!... For me holiday is a time when we can spent doing activities that we usually do not have time to pursue. So there are trips for partying, shopping and relaxing. If what you are looking for is drunken nights and partying at the clubs then you might as well do not bother coming to brunei. What ...
...I mean if what you are looking in a country of your holiday is the availability of alcohol then Brunei is definitely not the suitable holiday destination. Don't you find it boring to see stuff that you can see back home? What I am trying to say is Brunei might not have the drinks and not a shopping heaven like SIngapore but what we can offer is the relaxing type of holiday. Brunei is lucky because we still have large parts of the country covered ...

fauzan 10.03.2004 (11.03.2004) · Read full review
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The Sultanate of Brunei is a mad old place, and no mistake. Firstly, (and most significantly for an Irishman) it is strictly Islam, and alcohol is not served anywhere. (You can bring in a bottle yourself, but it needs to be declared.) Having a crazy time in Brunei consists of playing pool in a coffee bar. Or you could go to Jerudong Park. This is a huge amusement park which was built by the Sultam of Brunei as a gift to the people - entry and all ...
...in the entire (huge) park, so you get all the rollercoasters to yourself! The Sultan has also built loads of five star hotels, which are all hugely over-staffed, and therefore excellent in terms of service. Ours - the Jerudong Park Hotel - cost 20 pounds per night, and we had a gorgeous courtyard swimming pool all to ourselves (two friends accompanied me). It was intensely hot - about 45 degrees, as Brunei virtually sits on the Equator. Everywhere ...

ildamiano 08.01.2001 · Read full review
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