Brunei
I believe things have moved on a lot since the bad old days: Credit where it's due.
Now they tie 'em to a post and reverse a big tipper truck full of rocks up in front and let go of the whole load.
Much more humane.
Now they tie 'em to a post and reverse a big tipper truck full of rocks up in front and let go of the whole load.
Much more humane.
hmmm...
even with your head firmly lodged up your primary orifice of pleasure, you were able to determine that it was me who paid for migs's ticket to brunei, and not only that but that i moonlight as the sultan of brunei in my spare time.
i will have to endeavor to be more oblique in future. thanks for that!
WARNING: this post is not intended for the mentally impaired perhaps search for the chicken's post and read them instead. thanks.
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Here it is:
Don’t boycott the Sultan of Bigotry – let’s turn him into the Sultan of Gayness and make him stone himself to death from the shame
Seems like the sultan's own son is a shirt lifter.
https://www.dallasvoice.com/perez-hilto ... uneis-son/
https://www.dallasvoice.com/perez-hilto ... uneis-son/
n the wake of reports that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is implementing Sharia law in his country, including the death penalty for gays, gay blogger Perez Hilton has outed the sultan’s second-born son, Prince Azim.
Hilton outed the prince via a video uploaded to YouTube. In the video, he said, ““Y’all know I don’t out people anymore. I used to do that back in the day, but I’m making an exception here. I’m guessing the Sultan of Brunei doesn’t know that his son, Prince Azim, is a big old homo. I would know because I have spent time with Prince Azim.”
Azim is fourth in line to the throne of Brunei. He has been photographed with a number of LGBT celebrities, including Caitlyn Jenner and Olympic athlete Gus Kenworthy, and for throwing ” lavish parties with celebrity-studded guest lists where the booze flows freely despite also being banned under the law,” according to LGBTQNation.com.
Various reports also indicate that the Sultan’s younger brother, Prince Jefri, is likely to run afoul of the tenets of Shariah Law. According to News.com.au, Prince Jefri is a “sex-obsessed” playboy who lives an “exorbitantly lavish lifestyle, flying in planeloads of women who he entertained and showered with gifts.” He also” once allegedly kept a paid harem of up to 40 women, and was accused of embezzling $14.8 billion,” had a luxury yacht he named “Tits,” and spent something like $50 million a month until his accounts were frozen.
Under Brunei’s new law, adulterers could be stoned or whipped, and convicted robbers could have their right hand or left foot cut off.
Ellen DeGeneres is one of the celebrities that has called for a boycott of the luxury hotels around the world owned by the Sultan.
Massive stalker
Sultan once kept gold diggers as sex slaves
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html
There is a funny article I can not locate at the mo, by a journo who visited Brunei during Ramadan; twice the usual ennui Brunei is known for, he would go to the cinema and watch the same film each day for 3 days running.
Fark, can a place be that dull?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html
There is a funny article I can not locate at the mo, by a journo who visited Brunei during Ramadan; twice the usual ennui Brunei is known for, he would go to the cinema and watch the same film each day for 3 days running.
Fark, can a place be that dull?
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
I bat for the home team, but I still wouldn't give this cunt or any of his knuckle dragging Sharia entourage a single penny.
It's depressing that sanctions can be imposed for dictatorships, unlawful nuclear capabilities, supporting terrorist networks, etc. - but they're not imposed on these dark age cretins who repress an entire population and infringe their human rights with their backward thinking.
I despise DJT as much as the next man, but we seriously need some of his "Fuck this, that's enough of your shit" attitude focused in the RIGHT direction, with very real consequences for these tinpot regimes.
Hurrumph.
It's depressing that sanctions can be imposed for dictatorships, unlawful nuclear capabilities, supporting terrorist networks, etc. - but they're not imposed on these dark age cretins who repress an entire population and infringe their human rights with their backward thinking.
I despise DJT as much as the next man, but we seriously need some of his "Fuck this, that's enough of your shit" attitude focused in the RIGHT direction, with very real consequences for these tinpot regimes.
Hurrumph.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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I’ll be there during Ramadan... I’ll let you know.kinard wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:29 amSultan once kept gold diggers as sex slaves
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html
There is a funny article I can not locate at the mo, by a journo who visited Brunei during Ramadan; twice the usual ennui Brunei is known for, he would go to the cinema and watch the same film each day for 3 days running.
Fark, can a place be that dull?
So is away gay and home straight?Spigzy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:14 pmI bat for the home team, but I still wouldn't give this cunt or any of his knuckle dragging Sharia entourage a single penny.
It's depressing that sanctions can be imposed for dictatorships, unlawful nuclear capabilities, supporting terrorist networks, etc. - but they're not imposed on these dark age cretins who repress an entire population and infringe their human rights with their backward thinking.
I despise DJT as much as the next man, but we seriously need some of his "Fuck this, that's enough of your shit" attitude focused in the RIGHT direction, with very real consequences for these tinpot regimes.
Hurrumph.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
It's fluid.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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I don't get all the fuss, so gays tare o be stoned in Brunei....
Thats's a pretty liberal attitude if you ask me.
Thats's a pretty liberal attitude if you ask me.
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Beats being bored to death.
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I realized that I never gave an update.
I flew into Brunei from Malaysia back in May. There are just a few airlines that fly there, and I went with AirAsia. Tickets were about $130 round trip, I think, and then an additional $10 each way for the "hot seat", which is always worth it on Air Asia.
I only stayed one night. For accommodation there are a limited number of hotel choices, and the only higher end hotel is the Radisson Hotel. I ended up booking a room at the Jubilee Hotel - a one bedroom suite in the hotel was $60 (USD), which I felt provided a much better value than a standard room at the Radisson. The hotel was certainly dated, the room was large, and the water had a very brown tint to it. But, there was a mini mart attached, so that was good.
The city is very tiny, so you can really stay anywhere and be pretty close to downtown. There are a handful of AirBnB options, and staying at the floating village seems a popular choice, and plenty of very cheap accommodation options as well.
The Brunei dollar is pegged to the Singapore dollar, and you can use both interchangeably. This was useful as I had some Singapore dollars, so I never had to exchange or withdraw money there.
A taxi into the city cost $25 (Sing dollar). However, once we arrived to the hotel I was informed they would have picked us up for free, and would bring us back to the airport for free. That's a great deal considering the high price of the taxi and low cost of the room.
We walked around town a bit, and there are a few night markets. Being Ramadan we couldn't eat or drink in public, but the markets were quite busy with people stocking up on food getting ready for an iftar dinner once sun went down. They were all very friendly, and we were the only tourists about (actually I didn't see another white person the entire time I was there or on the airplanes). We bought a few very cheap food items to try (once the sun set), which was basically just Malaysian food. Later, we went to dinner and ordered the national dish of ambuyat, which is unique to Brunei. It's a rather flavorless sticky ball of sago starch, which is wrapped around a bamboo fork/chopstick contraption and dipped into different sauces. It comes out in a huge bowl, and is a replacement for rice, I guess. I would have rather just had a nasi lemak though.
As there is zero else to do after dark, we went back to our hotel to drink the wine we carried in. That was an easy process of filling out a form at the airport upon arrival, and then getting the bottles sealed in a bag and given a card that confirmed the quantity and that it was declared. It's illegal to drink in public of course, but you may consume in your hotel room (I'm also told there may be a few restaurants you can carry it into). At the mini mart I mentioned, I also decided to buy a non-alcoholic beer for the hell of it. The Hindi shop owner then whispered "do you want the real thing?" He would sell me a beer for $5, but needed to run to pick it up from another shop. I declined, as I had my wine.
The next day we set out again to walk the town. We hailed a taxi boat and negotiated an hour long tour for $30 (Sing). We had a pretty nice boat, and he even pulled a cover over to protect from the sun. We cruised out of the city, and within just a few minutes you feel like you are in the jungle. We passed the Royal Palace, and could see another royal residence up on a hill top. We cruised down the river, past a park and mangrove forests, and were in search of the long nosed Proboscis monkey. We were very lucky to find a few troops of them jumping all through the trees. Very cool to see.
We then headed back towards town, and received a tour of the floating village, which they call "The Venice of the East". Make no mistake, you won't be confusing it with Venice, but it was fascinating to see - an entire village of 15,000 people built on stilts. There were schools, a fire station, a police station, and even pipes from the land to provide clean water and a sewage system. In one area, there were newly built homes (Japanese designed), with a single level going for $60,000 and a double level for $90,000.
After the boat ride we continued our walk, as we couldn't stop for lunch. There were a few restaurants along the water, which would be nice to relax at, so don't go during Ramadan. We entered the mall for some much needed A/C, which was small and very quiet (and it was a Saturday, but the mall seemed like it was early on a Monday morning). Back outside, the main Mosque is certainly beautiful and impressive. You can't go inside, but you can enter the compound and walk around, searching for the perfect instagram worthy photo. We decided to skip the museum of all of the Sultan's stuff, which was basically the only other thing to do. So we went back to the airport. Most of the restaurants were closed, but you could buy some take away for the plane - but it was still forbidden to eat in the airport. Except, we went to the lounge which had food and nonalcoholic drinks available for us.
All in all, a very pleasant 24 hours in Brunei, with the boat tour the definite highlight. I would go back, and am certainly interested in diving in the area. It goes without saying, but avoid Ramadan, bring your allowed limit of booze in, and don't stay too long. There are two hashes, but I wasn't able to make it, and the Sailing Club seemed like it would have been a nice place to stop by for a meal.
I flew into Brunei from Malaysia back in May. There are just a few airlines that fly there, and I went with AirAsia. Tickets were about $130 round trip, I think, and then an additional $10 each way for the "hot seat", which is always worth it on Air Asia.
I only stayed one night. For accommodation there are a limited number of hotel choices, and the only higher end hotel is the Radisson Hotel. I ended up booking a room at the Jubilee Hotel - a one bedroom suite in the hotel was $60 (USD), which I felt provided a much better value than a standard room at the Radisson. The hotel was certainly dated, the room was large, and the water had a very brown tint to it. But, there was a mini mart attached, so that was good.
The city is very tiny, so you can really stay anywhere and be pretty close to downtown. There are a handful of AirBnB options, and staying at the floating village seems a popular choice, and plenty of very cheap accommodation options as well.
The Brunei dollar is pegged to the Singapore dollar, and you can use both interchangeably. This was useful as I had some Singapore dollars, so I never had to exchange or withdraw money there.
A taxi into the city cost $25 (Sing dollar). However, once we arrived to the hotel I was informed they would have picked us up for free, and would bring us back to the airport for free. That's a great deal considering the high price of the taxi and low cost of the room.
We walked around town a bit, and there are a few night markets. Being Ramadan we couldn't eat or drink in public, but the markets were quite busy with people stocking up on food getting ready for an iftar dinner once sun went down. They were all very friendly, and we were the only tourists about (actually I didn't see another white person the entire time I was there or on the airplanes). We bought a few very cheap food items to try (once the sun set), which was basically just Malaysian food. Later, we went to dinner and ordered the national dish of ambuyat, which is unique to Brunei. It's a rather flavorless sticky ball of sago starch, which is wrapped around a bamboo fork/chopstick contraption and dipped into different sauces. It comes out in a huge bowl, and is a replacement for rice, I guess. I would have rather just had a nasi lemak though.
As there is zero else to do after dark, we went back to our hotel to drink the wine we carried in. That was an easy process of filling out a form at the airport upon arrival, and then getting the bottles sealed in a bag and given a card that confirmed the quantity and that it was declared. It's illegal to drink in public of course, but you may consume in your hotel room (I'm also told there may be a few restaurants you can carry it into). At the mini mart I mentioned, I also decided to buy a non-alcoholic beer for the hell of it. The Hindi shop owner then whispered "do you want the real thing?" He would sell me a beer for $5, but needed to run to pick it up from another shop. I declined, as I had my wine.
The next day we set out again to walk the town. We hailed a taxi boat and negotiated an hour long tour for $30 (Sing). We had a pretty nice boat, and he even pulled a cover over to protect from the sun. We cruised out of the city, and within just a few minutes you feel like you are in the jungle. We passed the Royal Palace, and could see another royal residence up on a hill top. We cruised down the river, past a park and mangrove forests, and were in search of the long nosed Proboscis monkey. We were very lucky to find a few troops of them jumping all through the trees. Very cool to see.
We then headed back towards town, and received a tour of the floating village, which they call "The Venice of the East". Make no mistake, you won't be confusing it with Venice, but it was fascinating to see - an entire village of 15,000 people built on stilts. There were schools, a fire station, a police station, and even pipes from the land to provide clean water and a sewage system. In one area, there were newly built homes (Japanese designed), with a single level going for $60,000 and a double level for $90,000.
After the boat ride we continued our walk, as we couldn't stop for lunch. There were a few restaurants along the water, which would be nice to relax at, so don't go during Ramadan. We entered the mall for some much needed A/C, which was small and very quiet (and it was a Saturday, but the mall seemed like it was early on a Monday morning). Back outside, the main Mosque is certainly beautiful and impressive. You can't go inside, but you can enter the compound and walk around, searching for the perfect instagram worthy photo. We decided to skip the museum of all of the Sultan's stuff, which was basically the only other thing to do. So we went back to the airport. Most of the restaurants were closed, but you could buy some take away for the plane - but it was still forbidden to eat in the airport. Except, we went to the lounge which had food and nonalcoholic drinks available for us.
All in all, a very pleasant 24 hours in Brunei, with the boat tour the definite highlight. I would go back, and am certainly interested in diving in the area. It goes without saying, but avoid Ramadan, bring your allowed limit of booze in, and don't stay too long. There are two hashes, but I wasn't able to make it, and the Sailing Club seemed like it would have been a nice place to stop by for a meal.