Brunei travel guide

February–April and June–August for the drier spells; the year is warm and humid throughout. Brunei is equatorial: hot and humid in every month with rain possible any afternoon. The northeast monsoon from November to January brings the heaviest rain and occasional flooding around the river and Temburong; February to April is usually the driest stretch, and June to August is a second drier spell. Temburong river trips are best when rivers are neither in flood nor too low to run the longboats; Ramadan changes daytime eating and opening hours, and the Sultan's Birthday in July fills the capital with ceremony.

The places that earn their nights, most important first, with how long each deserves. Nobody needs all of them on one trip.

A hired driver or taxi app covers the capital and the coastal districts; the Temburong bridge now links Bangar by road in under an hour, while speedboats still run through the mangroves. Purple public buses serve the capital and the coast road cheaply but slowly, water taxis cross the river, and long-distance buses reach Miri and Kota Kinabalu.

A mid-range trip usually needs about €60–€140 per person per day, before long-haul flights. Brunei is neither cheap nor extravagant: fuel and food are subsidised or inexpensive, hotels are limited and mid-priced, and the real costs are private drivers, boat charters and the Temburong lodge night. The Brunei dollar is pegged one-to-one with the Singapore dollar, and Singapore notes are accepted at par.

Each of these is a real request you could hand to Menta as written. Change the people, the month and the pace; the structure will hold.