We only had a few hours in BSB this time (I’ve been there countless times before due to having lived only a few miles away over the Malaysian border) and nothing has changed, not that I expected anything new. It was good to escape the airport for a few hours, get some lunch, retrace paths once taken and visit BSB’s only new attraction; the Kampong Ayer Cultural & Tourism Gallery. Kampong Ayer, once described by a European explorer as the “Venice of the East”, is a collection of somewhat rundown houses and other buildings built on stilts in the bay. I’ve been there before of course (and taken the sunset boat tour round it and everything) but it was still fun to go over on one of the little speedboats and see the new museum.
Our detour to Brunei was only short but was our first taste of things to come; the food, the heat and the way of life. It’s funny how you fall so quickly back into things.
Kampong Ayer, Brunei
The Kampong Ayer Cultural & Tourism Gallery
Me eating a banana at the Kampong Ayer Cultural & Tourism Gallery
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im doiing my final year project on improving the Kampong Ayer Cultural and Tourism Gallery..do you mind to share your suggestions on what to improve?
Both my partner and I enjoyed the gallery. It would be good if the gallery could be more interactive, organising a variety of local craft people to come in occasionally would draw in visiting tourists for instance. The English translations, as far as I can remember, also could have been improved. Hope that helps