Brunei

We had a short trip to Brunei. I was curious about a place that has an absolute monarch, no income tax and friendly to Singapore.

It was as expected a quiet and tidy place with little signs of ostentatious wealth apart from what we were told the Sultan bought (the 100-odd Rolls Royces) and built (the Palace and the Mosque). We had few complaints from the local Bruneians. Who would, with free education and health services?

It is a place forgotten by the world, or perhaps ignored. No demonstrators (locals or overseas busybodies) to protest about anything.