5 articles tagged with brunei
I've spent my fair share of time in places that don't make typical travel bucket lists. Kuala Belait—Brunei's industrial backbone and oil industry headquarters—is precisely one of those spots. When my Tokyo design agency landed a contract with a major...
Standing on the weathered boardwalk overlooking Seria's coastline, I couldn't help but draw parallels between this humble Bruneian oil town and the working harbors back home in Chesapeake. The rhythmic nodding of oil pumps in the distance echoed the steady...
The taxi driver looked at me with genuine confusion when I told him I'd traveled to Brunei specifically to explore Kuala Belait. 'But why?' he asked, 'There's nothing there but oil fields.' His bewilderment only confirmed I'd made the right...
The moment my plane descended toward Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, I was struck by the juxtaposition of verdant rainforests against gleaming golden domes. As an anesthesiologist with limited vacation time, I've become rather selective about my destinations....
There are places that whisper their stories, and then there are those that boldly display their contrasts in magnificent technicolor. Bandar Seri Begawan—Brunei's compact capital—belongs firmly in the latter category. As someone who has traversed Southeast Asia extensively, I've found...