Friday night in Brunei isn�t exactly the most exciting time you are ever going to have but at least there�s plenty of elbow room.

In the fact there�s plenty of room all over this country because the population is only 350,000.

I ran into many expatriate workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, some of whom told they had been here for 10 years.

At the Dairy Queen I chatted with the staff and the man said he was from Luzon Philippines, the woman from Banguwanggi Java, just across the Bali strait from me. I asked her why on Earth she�d choose Brunei over Bali and she said the wages were �sedikit� better.

Plenty of large mosques if you need them.