The Water Villages of Kampong Ayer | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | We.Are.Wanderful

The Water Villages of Kampong Ayer
"Venice of the East"
Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei

OCTOBER 28, 2018—It's the afternoon of our first day in Bandar Seri Begawan. We just had late lunch after doing a private tour in Kuala Belait and Seria in the morning.

It's our first time in Brunei and we were told that Kampong Ayer is a "must see" so we made sure to visit it on our first day.

Kampong Ayer is truly interesting to say the least. We expected to see boat houses or makeshift houses because those were what we've known to associate to "floating villages." We were pleasantly surprised that the houses in Kampong Ayer are neither of those. In at least one particular area the houses can actually be considered as "affluent." In general, the houses are of regular working-class citizens of Brunei. There are actually several "contiguous" villages in Kampong Ayer, making up complete communities, with mosques, schools, clinics, police stations, etc. Most of the communities are connected by concrete or wooden bridges. Water taxis are available to bring people to farther villages or to the city center across the river.

We later learned from research that the floating villages of Kampong Ayer are the original capital of Brunei. However, it is now feared that Kampong Ayer's culture and tradition may be slowly vanishing as more and more people choose to move and live on land.

From our water taxi and while navigating around Kampong Ayer we also got a good view of some of Brunei's stupendous palaces and mosques in and around the city proper. In a way Kampong Ayer provided us with a good "bird's eye view" of Bandar Seri Begawan.

This is a short video presentation of our very interesting visit to the floating villages of Kampong Ayer in Bandar Seri Begawan. Enjoy watching.

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