The beautiful woman walked into the hotel lobby.

Most people will think that Brunei is the richest country in Asia; A very small polygamous country. However, as long as people who don't travel don't know the other side of Brunei: simple folk customs, uncompromising men and women, and few gambling, theft and nightlife. Let me introduce you to the magic of marriage.

1: flight attendants are equipped with golden toilets, brand-name tableware and scarves.

Brunei Airlines has its own characteristics, which shows the wealth of this country. In order to receive the royal family and relatives, the airline provided first-class passengers with toilets about seven square meters in size. As long as gold is used in the cabin, it will never be preserved, and it shines brightly everywhere. From the golden seat belt buckle to the golden toilet and faucet in the bathroom, as long as there is a metal part, it is plated with a layer of gold, which is very generous. The tableware used in the first class is also 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 very unique, all wrapped in headscarves, and 100% Islamic flavor has attracted many tourists to ask for 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 worship their homework regularly. There will be a prayer before the plane takes off. Please ask Allah to keep everyone safe.

Three hours later, the plane was hovering over the blue sea. Looking down from the air, two or three floors of houses are scattered on the long coastline. These independent color villas, like colorful beautiful building blocks, are hidden 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, felt like accidentally stepping into the palace of princes and nobles. This six-star resort hotel is extremely luxurious with heavy gold plating. Although the word "resplendent 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 to enter the Brunei Empire Hotel, otherwise the splendor of the hall will dazzle you.

Art decorations can be seen everywhere in the lobby. At first glance, they are priceless. A crystal camel facing the gate is worth 250,000 Wen Yuan, equivalent to 6.5438+0.25 million yuan (a Wen Yuan is equivalent to 5 yuan). There are only four in the world, and here are two.

This hotel was built by Su Dan's younger brother and cost more than 7 billion yuan. The suite is not only comfortable, but also very scientific. The mattresses, windows and other facilities inside can be controlled electronically.

The next day, the hotel people took us to visit the most luxurious presidential suite here. This presidential suite has received presidents from many countries, and it is said that Clinton likes it very much. The design of the suite is very unique, which is rich in the local traditional characteristics of Brunei, and incorporates the factors of western European decoration. It seems to contain the architectural style of China ... It is divided into six entrances, the first entrance is the porch, the second entrance is the small living room, the third entrance is the round-table conference room, the fourth entrance is the reception room, the fifth entrance is the master bedroom, with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides, a top luxury surfing bathtub facing the sea and three showers. The sixth entrance is a standard indoor heated swimming pool, equipped with bars and other facilities. 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. A sparsely populated capital

The next day, we visited bandar seri begawan, the capital of Brunei. Brunei is a very small country, with a total population of only 360,000, and the population of bandar seri begawan is about 65,438+10,000. It is the capital and largest city of Brunei. The downtown area is very small, and you can visit the downtown area in an hour. There are neither super high-rise buildings nor commercial streets here. Mosques, royal archives, parliament buildings and other buildings have various forms.

Walking on the streets of Brunei, you can rarely see pedestrians. In a quiet city, there is only the rustle of traffic. It turns out that Brunei people are very rich, with an average of 1.5 people owning a car. Brunei people have long been used to taking cars, so they drive everywhere and rarely walk. Driving in Brunei is also very cost-effective, and a liter of gasoline is only 0.45 won. The tour guide said that if there are people walking in the street at dusk, especially women, people passing by will stop and ask you what's wrong. 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: "Pick a piece of gold and take it away!"

It is such a mini country, but it is very rich, or very rich. With the advantages of oil and natural gas, Brunei's per capita GDP reached $20,000 at the end of the 20th century. This account is easy to calculate. This country only has a population of more than 300,000, but it can produce 200,000 barrels of oil every day at a price of 30 dollars per barrel!

Gold is an important decorative material in Brunei. In order to show its status, Brunei's luxury buildings must use gold as much as possible. Golden domes can often be seen on the streets of Brunei. This must be the royal residence. In Brunei, mosques with different architectural styles are the most common, many of them are magnificent, and the tops are made of gold foil, so tourists' favorite joke is: "If you want to buy any souvenirs in Brunei, 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, known as the "King's Mosque", was built by the present Sudan. It is very large, and the two worship rooms for men and women can accommodate 3500 people and 1000 people respectively. All the facilities inside are electronic, including the most basic automatic sensing faucet-it is installed in the spacious front hall outside the worship room, and the faucet is installed on marble for washing hands and feet, and the division of labor is clear-before worship, Christians have to bathe all over and wash their hands, feet and faces before entering the worship room.

5. Unexpected encounter with mini

Brunei's roads extend in all directions, Brunei people are rich, and it is not surprising that famous cars gather in Brunei.

For example, this time in Brunei, I will feast my eyes. In Guangzhou, I have only seen yellow and silver-gray Mini, and they are all modern MiniCooper models. This time in Brunei, I suddenly saw many modern and classical Mini, different colors, different styles and different ages, which made me addicted.

Because Brunei people drive very fast, it is difficult to appreciate them one by one, but they are still impressed four times. The first time I just walked out of the airport, I saw a beautiful Brunei woman wearing a headscarf waiting for someone in the driveway in a yellow Mini. 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 seems that God intended me to see this clearly. At this time, the red light at the intersection was on, and the car just stopped in front of the left side of our bus. I like it from top to bottom. The third time was at the seaside, a black Mini "Shu" roared by, leaving me with only a proud back, just like the classic lens that flashed in the movie; The fourth time was a red out-of-print Mini parked in the hotel parking lot, a typical classic car, although very old, but still elegant and noble nature. I don't know if its owner is a beautiful young Brunei girl or an old gentleman with a big boy character. And she or he is the first owner of this vicissitudes Mini?

In the beautiful island country, the quietest and most leisurely capital in the world, meeting so many lovely Mini in a short day really makes me feel impulsive-this is a program arranged by God.

6: King, Queen and Princess

Wherever you go in Brunei, you can always see photos of their kings and queens, hotels, restaurants, teahouses, railway stations and ferry waiting rooms.

There are many princes in Brunei royal family. What makes Brunei people crazy is a four-prince who is very rich and loves cars and beautiful women. It is said that there are dozens of BMWs alone. The courtship of the four princes to beautiful women is also a must. Without saying a word, they asked their followers to mention boxes of dollars and cash to the beautiful women until they were tempted. It is said that all Hong Kong artists like to spend their holidays in Brunei. Does anyone want to have a romantic encounter with wealthy Wang Zizhong people in Brunei?

The palace in Brunei is the largest in the world. It is usually closed to the public, so we can only look out from the palace. The tour guide said that according to the tradition of the heir to the throne, the king first married his cousin as the queen, then fell in love with a civilian woman from a stewardess and married back as a princess. The king doted on the princess, who gave birth to two children. The princess was later demoted to a commoner, but she is still the richest woman in Brunei. In the Sudan Memorial Hall, I saw many photos of princesses and queens standing side by side with the king to attend the ceremony. The princess doesn't look very beautiful. According to Brunei people's speculation, the princess must have won the king's love by witchcraft. Unfortunately,

7. The largest water village in the world

In Brunei, there is also a very strange landscape, that is, houses and boats, which is also the largest traditional water village in the world at present. All kinds of water houses supported by stone pillars and covered with wooden boards are spread all over the banks of Brunei River, with about 30,000 residents. There are schools, clinics, police stations and temples in Shuicun.

We took a speedboat and toured around the "house boat" Every house is decorated with green plants and colorful flowers. Don't mistake this for a slum. In fact, people here have good living conditions. You can vaguely see the furnishings at home from the cracks in the hanging indoor curtains, and some families are quite rich.

After landing, we came to a family who lived on a boat. The enthusiastic host served us plates of colorful Malay cakes, one of which was steamed with the bag of a local green broad-leaved plant. It is particularly sticky and sweet, and when the skin is peeled off, it gives off a burst of fragrance, so I can't help eating several in a row. Later, I saw this kind of cake in a supermarket in Brunei, and bought several big bags in one breath, ready to take it back to share with my family and friends.

8: Drive to a neighboring country to 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-driving to the border of neighboring countries, then crossing the border to drink, and then driving home to sleep. Law and 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 can't see any security doors and windows in Brunei.

Brunei men and women are not close. In a barber shop, male customers can only be cut by male hairdressers, while female hairdressers serve female customers. If a woman's clothes are too explicit, there will be police questioning. But it is these rules and regulations that make Brunei maintain its rare 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 from work to accompany their families, and there is no nightlife.

9: Being a Brunei person is so happy.

Our tour guide in Brunei is a middle-aged lady, born and raised in Brunei since childhood, and her pride in Brunei comes 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 and build houses! It is equivalent to about five yuan.

Sounds like a dream pool! But this is a living reality in Brunei. Building villas is free, buying cars is tax-free, and gasoline is only 45 1 liter. God, compared with those of us who work hard to pay for Gai Lou and car maintenance every day, being a Brunei person is simply too happy!

Brunei people are more comfortable to work! Their pace of work and life is very slow. Civil servants go to work a bit like civil servants in small cities in China at present. They go to work at 9 o'clock, 10 have tea, 1 1 get off work, go to work at 2 o'clock, have tea at 3 o'clock, continue to work at 4 o'clock, and get off work at 5 o'clock on time. Even if there are unfinished things at hand, big things will be discussed tomorrow. Rich, carefree, peaceful, orderly and pious, Brunei people left the deepest impression on me.

Brunei information

Language: Malay is the national language, and English and Chinese are widely used.

Currency: Wen Yuan. Usually, hotels and business districts have money exchange offices. Generally, 1 USD is converted into 1.7, which is equivalent to 5 yuan RMB.

Transportation: At present, there is no direct flight from Guangzhou to Brunei, so you need to transfer in Hong Kong and take the flight of Royal Brunei Airlines. The flight takes about 3 hours.

Tip: Brunei is a country where alcohol is banned, and there are no shops 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.