About Brunei
Brunei (Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace) located in South East Asia and it is almost surrounded by Malaysia. This country is next to Malaysia and the border of South China Sea. Brunei is the only country in Asean which pays for the education, health care and most of the other expense to citizen because they have a massive natural oil and gas wealth.
Another unique thing about Brunei is "Selling alcoholic drink is banned in the country including hotels". However, if you are the non-Islamic people and you are older than 17 years of age, you could bring two liters of alcoholic drink (spirit or wine) into the country or you could even bring twelves cans of beer into the country in every 48 hours.
Regarding the clothing, you need to be careful of wearing shorts, due to the culture otherwise, people there will give you the fabric to cover your legs or body. Please read or ask more to your travel agent before traveling to this Islamic Country.
For more detail, let's see the below.
- Official Name: Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
- ASEAN Declaration: 8 January 1984
- Area: 5,765 Kmq
- Population: 45k +
- Calling Code: +673
- Driving Side: Left
- Official Language: Malay
- Spoken Languages: English
- Motto: Always in service with God's guidance
- Capital City: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ethnic Group:
- Malays
- Chinese
- Others
- Religious:
- Sunni Islam
- Christian
- Buddhism
- Others
- Currency: Brunei Dollar (BND)
- International Airport: There is only one airport in Brunei.
- Brunei International Airport - BWN
- Tourist Attraction: Nature, Culture, Foodie, Islamic
- Seasons:
- Summer
- Rainy Season