Apr 19, 2017
Kampong Ayer: Brunei's Answer to Venice?
It was once named the "Venice of the East", but what is Kampong Ayer really like? I visited Brunei's famous water villages back in January and this is what I saw.
Back in the 1500s, Kampong Ayer was once described as being the “Venice of the East”. A collection of water villages built on stilts above the Brunei River, Kampong Ayer is one of the principal tourist attractions of Brunei. For many people, it is a world away from how we live our lives – on solid ground – and so visitors make the short boat trip around the village all the time. During my trip to…
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