Most people will think that Brunei is the richest country in Asia. A very Mini, polygamous country. However, as long as they don't have a deep understanding, people who don't travel actually don't know the other side of Brunei: simple folk customs, men and women don't give and take, and there are few gambling, theft and nightlife. Let's take you to know it with the magic of Marriage.
1: golden toilets, brand-name tableware and stewardesses with headscarves
Brunei Airlines has its own characteristics, which shows the wealth of this country. In order to receive the royal family and relatives, the airlines provide the first-class passengers with toilets about seven square meters in size. As long as gold is used in the cabin, it will never be saved, and it shines dazzling everywhere. From the gold seat belt buckle to the gold toilet and faucet in the bathroom, as long as there is a metal part, all of them are plated with a layer of gold, which is very generous. The tableware used in the first class is also very exquisite, all of which are famous brand exquisite ancient porcelain, crystals and silverware to set off the dazzling cabin.
The clothes of flight attendants in Brunei are also unique, all of which are covered with headscarves, and they are 111% Islamic, which has attracted many tourists to take photos with them. There is also an arrow on the plane. No matter how the plane turns, it will always point to Mecca, the holy city, so that passengers can regularly worship their homework. Before the plane takes off, there will be a prayer. Please ask Allah to bless everyone's safety.
three hours later, the plane has circled over a blue sea. Looking down from the air, there are two or three-story houses scattered along the long coastline. These independent colored villas, like colorful beautiful building blocks, are among the green trees. This is the destination of our trip-Brunei.
2: The Imperial Hotel shakes your eyes.
Just entering the lobby of the Imperial Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Brunei where we stayed, it feels like accidentally stepping into the palace of princes and nobles. This six-star resort hotel is heavily gilded and extremely luxurious. Although the word "splendid golden wall" is about to be overused, it is more appropriate to describe the Imperial Hotel in Brunei today. Someone joked that you must wear sunglasses when entering the Brunei Imperial Hotel, otherwise the splendor of the hall will dazzle your eyes.
Art decorations can be seen everywhere in the lobby. At first glance, they are all priceless. A crystal camel facing the gate is worth 251,111 Wen Yuan, equivalent to 1.25 million yuan (one Wen Yuan is equivalent to five yuan). There are only four in the world, and there are two in the collection here.
This hotel, built by Sultan's younger brother, * * * costs more than 7 billion Wen Yuan. The suite is not only comfortable, but also very scientific and technological. The mattresses, windows and other facilities inside can be controlled electronically.
The next day, people from the hotel showed us the most luxurious presidential suite here. This presidential suite has hosted presidents from many countries, and it is said that Clinton likes it here very much. The design of the suite is very unique, which is rich in local traditional characteristics of Brunei, and also incorporates the factors of western European decoration, and seems to contain the style of China architectural art.. It is divided into six entrances, the first entrance is a porch, the second entrance is a small living room, the third entrance is a round-table conference room, the fourth entrance is a reception room, and the fifth entrance is a master bedroom, which is covered with a French window on three sides, a top luxury surfing tub facing the sea and three showers. The sixth entrance is a standard indoor constant temperature swimming pool with various facilities such as a bar. Staying here for one night is naturally expensive. Let's just say that staying in the presidential suite of the Imperial Hotel for one night is equivalent to buying a domestic Bora car.
3: Capital with few pedestrians
The next day, we visited bandar seri begawan, the capital of Brunei. Brunei is a very small country with a total population of only 361,111, and bandar seri begawan has a population of about million. It is the capital and the largest city of Brunei. The urban area is very small, and you can walk around the urban area in an hour. There are neither super high-rise buildings nor commercial streets here. Mosques, royal archives, parliament buildings and other buildings are in various forms.
Walking on the streets of Brunei, you can rarely see pedestrians. In a quiet city, there is only the rustling sound of traffic. It turns out that Brunei people are rich, with an average of 1.5 people owning a car. Brunei people have long been used to riding by car, so people drive and rarely walk wherever they go. Driving in Brunei is also very cost-effective, and a liter of gasoline is only 1.45 won. According to the tour guide, if there are still people walking in the street at dusk, especially women, all the people passing by will stop and ask you what happened. Did you quarrel with your family and run away from home? The police will also come to help you, thinking that something important must have happened in your family, haha!
4: "Just pick a piece of gold and take it away!"
it's such a Mini country, but it's rich as oil, or rich as oil. With the advantages of oil and natural gas, Brunei's per capita GDP reached $21,111 at the end of the 21th century. This account is very easy to calculate. This country has only more than 311,111 people, but it can produce 211,111 barrels of oil every day at a price of $31 per barrel!
Gold is an important decoration material in Brunei. In order to show its status, luxury buildings in Brunei must try their best to use gold. Domes with gold on them are often seen on the streets of Brunei. This must be the residence of the royal family. In Brunei, the mosques with different architectural styles are the most common ones, many of which are magnificent, and the tops are all made of gold foil, so the favorite joke of tourists is: "When traveling in Brunei, if you want to buy any souvenirs, just pick up a piece of gold and take it away!" Mosques are all over Brunei, and we visited the most distinctive Jamie Mosque. Jamie Mosque, called the "King's Mosque", was built by the current Sudan. It is very large, and the two worship rooms for men and women can accommodate 3,511 people and 1,111 people respectively. All the facilities inside are electronic, including the most basic automatic induction faucet-it is installed in the spacious front hall outside the worship room, and the faucet is installed on marble, which is used for washing hands and feet, and it is clearly divided-before worshipping, Christians should bathe all over and wash their hands, feet and faces before entering the worship room.
5: Surprise Encounter with Mini
Brunei's roads extend in all directions, and Brunei people are very rich, so it is not surprising that famous cars gather in Brunei.
For example, in Brunei this time, I had a good feast for my eyes. In Guangzhou, I have only seen a yellow and silver-gray Mini, and they are all modern MiniCooper models. This time, in Brunei, I suddenly saw many modern and classical Mini with different colors, styles and different ages, which made me addicted to my eyes.
Because Brunei people drive very fast, it's hard to appreciate them one by one, but it still leaves a deep impression on them four times. The first time I just walked out of the airport, I saw a beautiful Brunei girl with a headscarf driving a yellow Mini to wait for someone in the driveway. People and cars are a beautiful scenery. The second time was on the way to visit the Sudan Memorial Hall. A Mini antique car with a sky-blue white roof suddenly appeared in front of me. It seemed that God intended me to see it clearly. At this moment, the red light at the intersection was on, and the car just stopped in front of the left side of our bus. I enjoyed it up and down. The third time was at the seaside, a black Mini "Shu" whizzed by, leaving me only a proud back, just like a classic shot flashed in the movie; The fourth time is a red out-of-print Mini parked in the hotel parking lot, a typical classic car, although it is very old, but it still does not lose its elegant and noble nature. I wonder if its owner is a young and beautiful Brunei girl or an old gentleman with a big boy's personality. And she or he is the first owner of this Mini full of vicissitudes?
In the beautiful island kingdom, the quietest and most leisurely capital in the world, meeting so many cute Mini in a short day really makes me feel impulsive-this is a program arranged by God.
6: Kings, Queens and Princesses
In Brunei, wherever you go, you can see photos of their kings and queens at any time, hotels, restaurants, teahouses, railway stations and ferry waiting rooms.
There are many princes in the royal family of Brunei, and the four princes who make Brunei people crazy are very rich and love cars and beautiful women. It is said that BMW alone has dozens of them. The four princes' courtship of beautiful women is also unique. Without saying a word, they ask their followers to mention boxes of US dollar cash to the beautiful women until they are tempted. It is said that all Hong Kong entertainers like to spend their holidays in Brunei. Does anyone want to have a romantic encounter with a rich Wang Zizhong in Brunei?
The Royal Palace in Brunei is the largest in the world. It is not open to the public at ordinary times, so we can only look out from the palace. According to the tour guide, according to the tradition of the heir to the throne, the king first married his cousin as the queen, and then fell in love with a civilian woman from a flight attendant, and married her back to be the princess. The king doted on the princess, and the princess gave birth to two children. The princess was later disgraced and demoted to a civilian, but she was still the richest woman in Brunei. In the Sultan Memorial Hall, I saw many photos of the princess and queen standing side by side with the king to attend the ceremony. The princess didn't look very beautiful. According to Brunei people's speculation, the princess must have used witchcraft to win the king's love. Unfortunately,
7: The world's largest water village
is in Brunei, and there is a very strange landscape, namely house boat, which is also the largest tradition in the world at present. All kinds of water houses supported by stone pillars and covered with wooden boards are all over the banks of Brunei River, with about 31,111 residents. There are schools, clinics, police stations and temples in Shuicun.
We took a speedboat and toured around house boat. Every house was decorated with green plants and colorful flowers. Don't mistake this for a slum. In fact, the living conditions of people here are quite good. You can vaguely see the home furnishings from the cracks in the hanging indoor curtains, and some families are quite rich.
After landing, we came to a house boat. The enthusiastic host served us plates of colorful Malay cakes. One of them was steamed with the skin of a local green broad-leaved plant, which was extremely sticky and sweet. When the skin was peeled off, it gave off a burst of fragrance and I couldn't help eating several of them. Later, I saw this kind of cake in a supermarket in Brunei, and I bought several big bags at one go, ready to take them back to share with my family and friends.
8: Drive to a neighboring country for a drink
Although Brunei is rich, its folk customs are simple. Brunei people don't drink, gambling and heterosexual massage are not allowed, so Brunei people who love drinking are keen to go abroad on weekends-drive to the neighboring border, then cross the border to drink, and then drive home to sleep. The public order in Brunei is very good. It is said that you don't have to lock the door when you go out to do business. We really don't see any security doors and windows in Brunei.
men and women in Brunei are not close to each other. In a barber shop, male customers can only get their hair cut by male hairdressers, while female hairdressers serve female customers. If a woman's dress is too explicit, there will be police questioning. But it is these rules and regulations that make Brunei maintain its rare and simple folk customs while its material conditions are extremely superior and developed. Although men in Brunei can marry four wives, men in Brunei are very traditional. They go home to accompany their families after work, and there is no nightlife.
9: It's so happy to be a Brunei person.
Our Brunei tour guide is a middle-aged lady, born and raised in Brunei since childhood, and her pride in Brunei arises from her mouth. Brunei people enjoy free medical care from birth and free education from kindergarten to university; Brunei people buy houses, open factories and do business tax-free; In Brunei, local people only need to pay a penny to the government to buy land to build a house! It is equivalent to about five yuan.
it sounds like a fantasy pool! But it is a living reality in Brunei. Building a villa is free of charge, buying a car is tax-free, and gasoline is only 451 liters. God, compared with those of us who work hard every day to pay for the building and maintain the car, being a Brunei is simply too happy!
Brunei people will be more comfortable at work! They have a slow pace of work and life. Civil servants go to work a lot like civil servants in small cities in mainland China at present. They go to work at 9: 11, have tea at 11, get off work at 11, go to work at 2: 11, have tea at 3: 11, continue to work at 4: 11, and get off work at 5: 11 on time. Even if there are things unfinished at hand, the big things will be discussed tomorrow. Rich, leisurely, peaceful, orderly and pious, Brunei people left the deepest impression on me.
Brunei profile
Language: Malay is the national language, and English and Chinese are commonly used.
currency: Wen Yuan is used. Usually, hotels and downtown areas have money exchange offices. Generally, 1 USD is exchanged for 1.7 Wen Yuan, which is about 5 yuan RMB.
Transportation: At present, there is no direct flight from Guangzhou to Brunei, so you need to transfer to Hong Kong and take the flight of Royal Brunei Airlines. The flight takes about 3 hours.
Tip: Brunei is a country where alcohol is forbidden, and there is no store selling alcohol in Brunei. Visitors can only bring 275 ml of wine into the country for their own use, but they can't drink in public places, and they are only allowed to drink in special bars.