Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei

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    Many mosques to see and a village on the sea!

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    ... , lit up green and gold with the moat around it acting as a reflection pool. From here we headed to the Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque (trying saying that after a few too many rums!) which is one of the grandest and most expensive mosques in the ...

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    Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) - Day 157

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    ... which can sit 4000 people. Makes Buckingham Palace look like a small terraced house. Then we moved onto the Jame 'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, another extremely impressive mosque just outside the city centre which was build in 1994 by the current Sultan. ...

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    From Kalimantan to Brunei

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    ... used to stage colourful religious ceremonies such as the Koran reading competitions during the 1960s and early 1970s. The Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque in Kampong Kiarong is the largest and most magnificent mosque in the sultanate and a symbol of ...

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    Kumpong Ayer Water Village

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    ... palace in the world, although it is hidden by trees. Other sights were the Mausoleum and the beautiful Jame'' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque.   In the afternoon we went around the mall and were surprised how pirate DVDs, games and computer software ...

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    Selamat hari raya, Brunei Darussalam

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    ... Raya everyone dresses up in traditional clothes, they mostly have one color per family. The second day I visited the Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah mosque but before that I walked on the boardwalk through Kampung Ayer to Istana Nurul Iman, the palace of the ...

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    The friendliest people I have ever met

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    ... stop at the hotel, we walked one block to the central bus station to catch bus #1 (the circle line) heading for the Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque a little ways out of downtown.  The cost of the ride is a mere one Brunei dollar (about USD0.75). ...

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    Brunei

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    ... , he is the 29th sultan and there are 29 domes on the mosque all covered in 24ct gold leaf! The mosque, the Jame 'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, is built mainly in white marble from Italy and the Minaret is the tallest structure in Brunei, no other ...