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Bruneian Wu Chun poses inside his sport club in Bandar Seri Begawan....








Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque. The Brunei TimesJennee Rubrico...



Anyone who's spent time in a kampung (village) will immediately sense the kampung like atmosphere in Brunei, particularly its capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.

Perhaps it's arriving at a small international airport where passengers are mostly in transit to Europe or the Middle East via the flag carrier Royal Brunei Airlines, or members of small tour groups from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Chatting to an Indonesian tour guide in the immigration queue, I learn that these groups are usually on short day tours, spending about three hours spent in BSB before flying back home.

Or perhaps it's because you can go from one end of the city to the other on foot in one day and everything is within five minutes by car, as Kiong, my taxi driver assures me. Walking would earn you strange looks though, as pedestrians are not common except downtown where the rows of shops and restaurants are.

The majority of Bruneians own a car and unlike in other cities, there are no readily available taxis that you can hail outside the airport or anywhere else.

Jackie, another taxi driver, says that in most families, the number of cars exceeds family members, which is probably true, as Brunei has one of the highest car ownership rates in the world. That's attributed to the absence of a comprehensive transport system, low import tax, inexpensive maintenance and the low price of unleaded petrol.

But Brunei is no ordinary kampung but a wealthy country where there are even more heliports (three) than airports (two).

"Welcome to Brunei," says actor and singer Wu Chun who also owns Fitness Zone, a classy club with two branches in BSB and a membership of 8,000.

Many of his fans and members of the media visit Brunei to see him and two sights that he recommends are located right in BSB: the Jame'asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque and the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque.

The Jame'asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque, also known as the Kiarong Mosque, was built in 1988 and officially launched in 1994 to commemorate the silver anniversary of the sultan's reign. The mosque is the largest and most magnificent in Brunei and is distinctive because of its sea-blue roof, golden domes and minarets. The surrounding grounds feature fountains, which makes it a nice quiet spot away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque (known locally as the SOAS Mosque), on the other hand, was built in 1958. It also features a golden dome and an interior of Italian marble walls, carpeting and... an elevator!

Photos are not allowed inside the mosques but one has to appreciate the domed ceiling inside the SOAS Mosque with its magnificent stained glass. On the lagoon beside the SOAS Mosque is a stone boat, which is a replica of a 16th-century mahligai barge.

Near the SOAS Mosque is Kampung Ayer made up of small villages linked together by foot-bridges and is considered one of the cultural heritages of Brunei.

While Brunei may be an unlikely choice for a vacation due to its limited choice of attractions and lack of an accessible transport system, it does have its hidden charms - and, of course, Wu Chun.

IF YOU GO

Royal Brunei Airlines operates flights from/to Bangkok and Bandar Seri Begawan. AirAsia also flies between Kuala Lumpur and Brunei's capital.



網上翻譯:

任何人誰的花時間在一個甘榜（村）將立即感受到甘榜般的氣氛在文萊，特別是其資本，斯里巴加灣市。

也許是到達一個小規模的國際機場，乘客大多是過境到歐洲或中東通過載旗航空公司，文萊皇家航空公司，或小的旅遊團成員來自印尼和馬來西亞。

聊天，一個導遊在印度尼西亞移民隊列，我了解到這些小組通常在短一日遊，花了大約三個小時花費在天然抗氧化劑，然後飛往回家。

或許是因為你可以從城市的一端到另一步行一天，一切都在五分鐘車程，作為 Kiong，我的出租車司機向我保證。散步，你將獲得奇怪的眼神看不過，由於行人不常見，除非那裡的行市中心的商店和餐館。

而大多數 Bruneians擁有汽車，不像其他城市，沒有現成的出租車，您可以冰雹機場外的其他任何地方。

成龍，另一出租車司機說，在大多數家庭，汽車的數量超過了家庭成員，這可能是真實的，文萊有一個最高的汽車擁有率在世界上。這歸因於缺少一個綜合運輸系統，低進口稅，維護費用低廉，低價格的無鉛汽油。

但文萊是不是普通的甘榜而是一個富裕的國家裡還有更多的直升機場（三）比機場（二）。

“歡迎來到文萊，說：”演員和歌手吳尊誰也擁有健身區，上檔次的俱樂部，兩個分支的天然抗氧化劑和會員 8000。

他的許多球迷和媒體成員的訪問文萊看到他和兩個景點，他建議是坐落在天然抗氧化劑：博爾基亞清真寺的Jame'asr Hassanil和蘇丹奧馬爾阿里Saifuddin清真寺。

哈桑納爾博爾基亞清真寺的Jame'asr，也被稱為 Kiarong清真寺，始建於 1988年和1994年正式推出週年紀念銀蘇丹的統治地位。這座清真寺是世界上最大，最宏偉的文萊，是因為其獨特的海藍色的屋頂，金色的圓頂和尖塔。噴泉周圍的理由功能，這使它成為一個漂亮安靜的地方遠離喧囂的日常生活。

蘇丹奧馬爾阿里Saifuddin清真寺（當地人稱為清真寺的亞非學院），另一方面，建於 1958年。它還具有一個金色的穹頂和內部的意大利大理石牆壁，地毯和...一電梯！

照片是不允許的清真寺內，但人們必須明白圓頂天花板內，其宏偉的清真寺亞非彩色玻璃。在潟湖旁邊的亞非學院是一石舫清真寺，這是一個副本的一個 16世紀的mahligai駁船。

清真寺附近的倫敦大學亞非學院是由甘榜艾爾連在一起的小村莊步行橋，被認為是文化遺產之一，文萊。

文萊雖然不太可能是一個度假的首選，由於其有限的選擇的旅遊景點，缺乏一個公開的運輸系統，它確實有它隱藏的魅力 - ，當然，吳尊。

如果你去

文萊皇家航空公司經營的航班從 /到曼谷和斯里巴加灣市。亞洲航空也飛往吉隆坡和文萊之間的資本。




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