Kampong Ayer - Venice of East Bandar Seri Begawan

29.10 - 31.10.09          Bandar Seri Begavan. Brunei. Islamilaista fundamentalismia ja maailman rikkain mies. Maailman pisimpaan yhtajaksoisesti hallinnut monarkkisuku (600 vuotta putkeen) ja kompromissiton ...

... crossed the road and sat on a dock edge to watch the water taxi's zooming back and forth to the water village - called Kampong Ayer I just remembered - with their single lantern on (by this time it was nearly dark) and the sounds of the calling from the ...

I had a full day in Brunei so I took a tour of the local area including the Kampong Ayer (water village) and the wildlife.  The only place in the world to see Probocis monkeys in the wild.

... 'd hoped to get to this point, but the ferry was only an hour and a half, so it looked like we'd be in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), with plenty of time to explore that day. I dozed off for a bit, and, before I knew it, we were docking in the ...

Today we decide to go back into Bandar to visit the water village Kampong Ayer. Once at the jetty it appeared every water taxi in the area had noted our arrival and were desperate to give us the tour. I had remembered that were known as 'flying coffins' ...

... artificial lagoon. where there is a replica of a 16th century royal barge. The most interesting part of the city has to be Kampong Ayer, the huge stilted water village.  We did a quick reconnoitre around the town as we would return tomorrow and went ...

... equipment manager, the horticulturalist. The mosque was an interesting experience, very grand, air conditioned and opulent. The kampong ayer (water village) was apparently like many other such places and looking like it might have for centuries except ...