Kuala Belait, Brunei Travel Blogs

Brunei Darussalam
Mar 27, 2007 (11 photos)

... same mistake. The ferry crossing takes one and a half hours. Because the ferry is late getting to Maura we miss the last bus to Kuala Belait. So we hire a taxi to take us to Kuala Belait. [GPS 04 35.051N 114 11.487E] The driver drives like a bat of ...

Home via Kuching and Miri
Aug 18, 2001

... along the Waterfront. It was good to see it all again. They even had dancing fountains - not as spectacular as the ones here in Brunei, but at least it was free. The bus trip to Miri was long but comfortable. I was the only passenger going all the way ...

Back to Brunei
Dec 29, 2001

We returned to Kuala Belait for a few days rest before getting back to work. KB seemed quieter than ever after the lively towns of Malaysia. Taking the car made things so much easier and we both feel it was one of the best holidays we have ever had. It ...

Leaving Brunei
Aug 5, 2001

I left Brunei. This entry is here so I can put a pin in the starting point. Raymond's Travel Page

A day off
Jun 1, 2009 (2 photos)

Our first and only switch-off day! Lazy breakfast, interrupted by the arrival of a group of macaques marauding around Vanessa's compound. They vandalise rubbish bins and anything left outside. It sounds exciting to outsiders; apparently quite frightening ...

Brunei and luxury
Dec 4, 2006 (2 photos)

... as we were 40 minutes late) and we drove the hour and a half along the coast to her house just outside the Army garrison at Kuala Belait. We were welcomed by Rod (her husband) and Milo and Dom their children (who are now grown up teenagers and I hadn't met ...

Over the border to Brunei
May 27, 2009

... Dates for Vanessa were tricky because she was still working - Panaga School (Shell Oil). But Vanessa introduced us to a friendly Brunei travel agent, Marianna, who sorted out a hastily booked trip to Mulu, via Miri and another 30 minute flight in a Fokker ...

Clearwater, Penan and back to Brunei
May 29, 2009

... , this time all the way into Brunei, via the duty-free booze shop on the Malaysia/Sarawak side to pick up beverages for Vanessa. Brunei has no open sale of alcohol to the native people - not in bars, hotels, restaurants - but expats can purchase a limited ...

Temburong - Back to Brunei
May 31, 2009 (6 photos)

... village, a maze of stilted house littering the water front opposite the main corniche of Bandar. A great way to round off the day. Finally it's back into the car for the 90 mins journey back down the only highway in Brunei to Kuala Belait.