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Travel Blogs from Bandar Seri Begawan
My Brunei adventure
... to see if it was any busier. I checked a few of the stalls and went across to watch the boats fly by along the river and walked a little way up and down in both directions. The constant calling from the boat drivers gets annoying but I've learnt to ignore them.
Just before midday I headed back into the markets in search of food an weaver my way through the closely packed together stalls of fresh and dried foods towards the grills and stoves at the back. I ...
First of two stops home
... started. As I walked on to the plane I realised that it could have only taken 10 minutes or so to get everyone on board as the plane was at most 1/4 full. I think there was only actually about 80 people on the flight and so we were able to move around to wherever we wanted once up in the air. An hour or so into the flight dinner was served and lucky for me by the time they reached me they only had lamb left as an option which I found highly ...
Fit for a Sultan? Then it's fit for us!
... t buy alcohol anywhere!!) and very few restaurants. Still, we were quite surprised at how deserted it seemed even at 6pm! We walked down to the harbour where you can see the 'floating village'. There are taxi boats who will take you on a tour for about $3 dollars each & they are very keen to get your business, some following us pretty much the entire length of the water's edge!! We found the Chinese Temple first which was lovely looking and had some beautiful art ...
Affen unter sich
... ck (was gar nicht so einfach zu besorgen war, da die Locals sich schon früh am Morgen Nasi Goreng reinpfeifen) sollte unsere Regenwald-Grundausbidung starten. Dazu mussten wir mit einem Speedboat raus aufs Meer und in den Dschungel hineinfahren. Und die Fahrt war geil. Zuerst ging es mit Vollgas an unzähligen Stelzenhäusern im Fluss (scheinbar lebt ein großer Teil der Bevölkerung so) vorbei, dann in Mangrovenwälder hinein und schließlich durch ...
Kampong Ayer (The Floating Village)
... around the village. In retrospect, I think I might have paid a little bit more considering the length of the tour but ultimately I thought it was worth the money.
Once I paid a guy on the docks for a tour, he flagged down a guy in a speedboat who promptly showed up. The guy in the boat pulled up, I got in, and pretty soon we were off. The ride was actually quite nice albeit bumpy from all the ...