Landed safely in
Brunei this morning, landing in the capital city of
Bandar Seri Begawan [BSB]. Part of the draw of coming to Brunei was that it is the most outwardly Muslim country on our trip. We knew we were not in Oregon anymore when, just as we were pulling away from the gate on our
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight to BSB the attendant announced that we were going to have our plane blessed, the monitors lowered, and on the screen we were treated to a long prayer in Arabic [though on the screen it was captioned in Malay and English]. While people have been friendly everywhere on our trip, the Bruneians are incredibly friendly, helpful, and welcoming.
The city of BSB is very manageable [the whole country has much less of a population than Wyoming!], and the Indian food here is as good as everywhere else [Indian, Chinese, Malay, and to a lesser extent Thai, are the dominant foods]. Nearly every woman wears a
Sari. As in Singapore and Malaysia, every sign is in English [as well as Malay in Malaysia and Arabic in Brunei], and nearly everyone speaks English. Also, alcohol is banned in the entire country.
The city of BSB is very manageable [the whole country has much less of a population than Wyoming!], and the Indian food here is as good as everywhere else [Indian, Chinese, Malay, and to a lesser extent Thai, are the dominant foods]. Nearly every woman wears a Sari. As in Singapore and Malaysia, every sign is in English [as well as Malay in Malaysia and Arabic in Brunei], and nearly everyone speaks English. Also, alcohol is banned in the entire country.
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