Located on the northern coast of Borneo, this country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawalk. This country is under Sultan rule, the current Sultan's father worked out an arrangement with Shell Oil to change the enrichment of the of the country from mere trinkets to 51% of profits. Due to this and the Sultans laws the current status has Brunei residents sitting pretty well, free health care, free University, and no income taxes. The country has preserved rainforests, is clean and has lots of new infrastructure. I cannot proclaim to know much about how Sharia Law is working for them, but as a tourist we did not have any issues. Sailing to and from Brunei was very scenic, oil platforms (some burning gas) and gas ships abound.
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| River Anchorage -Belait |
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| Labi Falls |
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| Mushroom Inflorescence- Look closely there are fungus knats |
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| Labi Falls |
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| Jame’ Asr Hassanil Bolkiah: Brunei’s Largest Mosque- 5K people worship here at a time |
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| My sailing buddies (Leanne & Jo) and I donning visitor robes |
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| No photos allowed inside mosque, here we are outside |
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| Our 3rd boat trip of the day to get to Temburong National Park |
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| The climbing cage, that shakes when you climb up 50 metres |
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Not yet at the top- dizzying canopy climb 164 feet straight up (16 stories) -
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| Small snake with quirky unusual movements |
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- waterfall |
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Crocodile- My first WILD sighting
We had more touring planned in Brunei but a brewing tooth issue reared its ugly head and we fled the rally early to seek medical attention. |
Looks amazing! Safe travels.
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