Saturday, April 29, 2006

Brunei | Kampung Sungai Kedayan...


Kampung Sungai Kedayan is part of Kampung Ayer (Kampung Means Village)....

I was told that, it was called as such because, the Kedayan people use the river to pass thru from their house to their business area, hence the name...

Kampung Ayer or the Water Village is considered one of the most outstanding landmark of Brunei Darussalam, with having a population of more than 20,000 people living in stilt houses, with standard living amenities (e.g. water, electricity, phone, tv, police station, fire brigades, schools, clinics, mosque etc).

Once in the historical timeline Kampung Ayer was the administrative capital of Brunei Darussalam.

A walk into the Kampung Zone...

Kampung Ayer, situated at the heart of Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), the capital city, consist of several villages connected together with jetties or they call it in Malay "jambatan", whilst some can only be reached via "Mutu Tambang" or so called the Water Taxi.

Mutu Tambang in Kampung Ayer, (I'll try to bring more of these in my future post)


Various views of the jetties or plank walkways in kampung Ayer, which connects from one place to another... BTW, the double storey building is a primary schools...

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