#brunei #asia #travel

June 19, 2008

Brunei: Islam’s tiny corner of peace and tranquility — but you can’t drink to it

The mosque in Kampung Ayer, better known as Brunei

By John Henderson Special to The Dallas Morning News BENSAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei – It’s sunset in Brunei and school children are jumping from their front porches into water that engulfs their floating city. Their laughter and splashing are the only sounds I hear, other than the slow puttering of our motor boat as it […]

January 16, 2008

Brunei’s $23,000-a-night hotel room blows minds as much as budgets

By John Henderson Special to the Dallas Morning News JERUDONG, Brunei – See Borneo on $23,000 a day. I found that thought somewhat amusing, if not frightening, when I walked into the hotel suite. Only six days earlier I had pulled myself out of a leech-infested Borneo jungle following a three-day trek through ankle deep […]