Bucket List 196: Brunei!

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Country 9/196: Brunei. A nation I knew very little about before my arrival in the capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. I left three days later knowing even less than when I arrived, as this minature Muslim nation gave very little away. Mosques and markets were the order of the trip as I traced the history of Brunei’s all powerful Sultan. One of the few absolute monarchies left in Asia, I had to be careful not to offend whilst I was there, but now is another matter.

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December 28th, 2016 Jack Noah Rees

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Yesterday, I was atop Malaysia's tallest mountain. Today, I was aboard a flight from Kota Kinabalu to Brunei (officially named the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace). A nation overlooked by many Bornean backpackers (I may have too had it not been for Bucket List 196), although I was determined to discover as much…

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