Maura, Brunei.  After two days at sea we arrived in Brunei.  Much of our time at sea was spent trying to beat the colds/flu/? we had acquired.  Tom took the short highlights tour and Noel stayed on board.  The tour included a look at "watertown".  Nearly 10% of Brunei's population live in homes built on stilts on the Brunei river.  There is a complex system of river taxi's and riverboats.  The river villages have their own schools, police and fire departments.  We drove by several mosques and had a peek at the Sultan's palace that has 1178 rooms, over 100 bathrooms and is run by Hyatt.  The Sultan has several hundred polo ponies and over 1000 cars.  He has several other residences including one in Singapore.  The royal family all have grand homes and even their own hospital.  One of the brothers owned a Jack Nicklaus designed golf course with a huge home.  It is now a hotel.
Our tour guide was Filipino, our driver was Indonesian.  Brunei citizens will not do this type of work.  There are 400,000 citizens and over one million non-resident workers.  It is a very clean, safe place, but also very controlled.  Some web sites are blocked, "R" rated movies mostly not allowed, No Isreali passport holders allowed, no alcohol allowed.  Different religions are tolerated, Sharia law was put in place two years ago but pertains to Muslims only.  There were some US based fast food restaurants.
Our last stop was the Royal Brunei Polo Club where they have two polo fields with large grandstands, 27 holes of golf and an amusement park.

Small portion of "watertown"

Floating Mosque in watertown

Glimpse of Sultan's palace

Where we had refreshments in polo club

Bar in polo club with no alcohol!!