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Brunei Feb 12-15, 2014 After getting through immigration and collecting my bags, it was 1:45 AM. I was unable to reserve a room at either of the only two ‘backpacker hostels’ in Bandar Seri Begawan (pop 100,000), there was no … Continue reading →

The Sultanate of Brunei (Full name: Negara Brunei Darussalam) is a small but – thanks to natural gas and petroleum resources – very rich country located in Southeast Asia. It is surrounded by Malaysia and has two parts physically separated … Continue reading →

Philippines Jan 26-Feb 11 2014 Because I booked late, I could not get a direct flight to Manila, and instead flew Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh – Singapore – Manila over 22 hours. Singapore is the best designed airport in … Continue reading →

HISTORY Spanish Colonialists. Filipinos were claimed by Ferdinand Magellan for Spain in 1521 and began the bloody process of Christianisation. He was eventurally assassinated, but they returned in 1565 and conquered the local tribes one by one and Manila was … Continue reading →

Philippines – Travel Facts History Spanish Colonialists. Filipinos were claimed by Ferdinand Magellan for Spain in 1521 and began the bloody process of Christianisation. He was eventurally assassinated, but they returned in 1565 and conquered the local tribes one by … Continue reading →

Household income is a measure of the combined incomes of all people sharing a particular household or place of residence. It includes every form of income, e.g., salaries and wages, retirement income, near cash government transfers like food stamps, and … Continue reading →

This lists countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) (the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year). The GDP dollar estimates given are derived from purchasing power parity … Continue reading →

This is a list of countries in the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are calculated … Continue reading →

Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are … Continue reading →

The Big Mac Index is published by The Economist magazine as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing … Continue reading →