Brunei Sights
By interesting attractions for foreign visitors can easily include these parts air. If we have it actually is not noticeable, then in Brunei touch to the body a warm, viscous substance, there was a constant. It seems that it is not difficult to touch, it can dip or wrapped in a bundle on memory. Strolling through the streets, as if paving the corridor in the air mass, like a swim under water.Bandar Seri Begawan
The capital and only city in the country, it seems too big for its 60-thousand population. This is a very clean modern city with wide roads and high-rise buildings, mnogchislennymi mosques and markets. Some fabulous luxury on the streets of the capital of Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan not see: neither splendor Asian palaces, nor the charm of antiquity, no other remarkable moments. Is that the main mosque of the State, paint, surrounded by water Tutong snow-white swan, striking in its architectural delights and size. Urban buildings, the bulk of unremarkable.
Another thing - the central part of Bandar Seri Begawan. Isle of similar rectangles of dilapidated houses that are suspended above the muddy water on stilts in the middle of Tutong, introduced in the usual landscape of the modern city that very colorful zest. Live here are not the poorest people who have not got land. In most cases, the owner of such a hut is quite successful person has the expensive car and living in plenty, just many of the citizens of the Sultanate of trying thus to preserve the identity of that part of South-East Asia.
Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque - one of the most beautiful modern mosques in the East. Built in 1958, the giant mosque with golden dome stands close to the river in its own artificial lagoon. The interiors of the mosque - luxury: the walls are decorated with Italian marble and mosaics on the floors and beds, soft carpets.
The magnificent palace of the sultan - Istana Nurul Iman opened to the public only at the end of Ramadan and striking their unusual architectural forms, building luxurious harem and the world's largest private collection of cars, among which there are not just rare but unique specimens, many of which are created the best world producers of specially commissioned by the Sultan and exist in a single copy.
Brunei Museum and the Malay Technology Museum are numerous exhibitions. Especially popular exposition on the traditional rural architecture pile Dayak.
Dzherudong Park - a huge sports complex, which is under the personal patronage of the Sultan, the stadium polo (a favorite sport of the Sultan), a luxurious lawn and field for the game of golf and superb conditions and facilities for croquet. Unfortunately, access for tourists Dzherudong Park is allowed only if you have been officially invited by a member of the club. Not far from the playgrounds Dzherudong Park is a wonderful new amusement park with a huge range of entertainment.
Near the park is located Dzherudong-Beach, one of the few modern and equipped beaches of the country. Beach is decorated with beautiful cliffs. Not far away is the shopping rows, where you can buy fresh fish and other seafood delicacies.
Hassan Bolkiah National Stadium - one of the best sports facilities in South-East Asia. It was built by Olympic standards, and includes athletics and field complex, tennis center, Squash courts and a swimming pool. Golf lovers can enjoy the field of international standard in the club of statutory and large golf complex near the capital's airport.
District Kampung Ayer - a complex of 28 traditional piles of villages from time immemorial under construction by local residents at the Brunei River. Nearly 30 thousand people still live in this area, which is a strange combination of modern technology and ancient customs. Visit Kampung Ayer certainly be the highlight of your trip to Brunei.
Uasai Kandal - a beautiful natural area of the equatorial forest with dozens of waterfalls and water rapids. This paradise is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Bandar Seri Begawan. Wide asphalted road leads to water and rapids Air Terdzhun Tinggi - the most impressive local attractions.
Batang Duri, located on the Temburong River, 40 kilometers southeast of the capital, is the starting point for the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur and the well-known international scientific and educational natural field centers Belalong Research, which explores the equatorial flora and fauna and has worked to protect the unique, almost untouched by the hand of man, the wild forest.
There is also a small zoo, and Taman Batang Duri, where the breeding of rare species Civetta, monkeys, otters and birds.
Peradeyan - most accessible forest in Brunei. Its wildlife includes a number of interesting local species of animals - squirrels, tree shrews, primates and endemic deer mouse - the representative of the tiny deer, the size is actually slightly superior to rodents.
The only problem is that most of these animals - "nocturnal residents, so monitoring them requires great endurance and attention. On the territory of the reserve is the picturesque peaks of Bukit Patoy and Bukit Peradeyan that give special ocharovnie local landscape and provide habitat for many other living beings, it is believed that live here have not yet described by science types.
Temburong
Temburong is the eastern part of the main ecological zone of the country, filled with moist evergreen forests, rivers and swamps, which give shelter to millions of living beings. The main attractions area - an excellent National Park Ulu Teburong, ecological path Bukit Pato, as well as colorful ethnic villages, ethnic habitat IBAN, Malay and murut.
National Park Ulu Teburong located within the vast array of tropical forest Batu Apoi, an area of approximately 50 thousand hectares. Because of its relatively remote location, rugged terrain and through the efforts of the state managed to maintain this natural environment with a large variety of plants and animals.
Belan
District Belan - the center of the oil and gas industry of the country. In 1929, in the Seria oil was discovered, and in 1932 started its commercial production. Since it is the main source of income for this tiny sultanate. Well plot S-1, where the first oil was discovered, even built a monument-Billion Barrel Monument-marking, as the name implies, the extraction of one billion barrels of oil. Despite this, the government is trying to preserve here the natural environment, which was characteristic of Belaita before the start of commercial oil production.
In Belan will be interesting for tourists Reserve, Sungai Liang (about 70 km from Bandar Seri Begawan) - one of the few areas of lowland tropical forest in Southeast Asia, but in addition to conservation, he performs the role of the recreational area where you can just relax the bosom of nature.
Nearby (25 km from Sungai-Liang) is a reserve Sungai Mau and Luagan-Lalak having the same specialization, but also protecting the river floodplain Belay system marshy lakes. Near Uasai-Wang-Qadir under the canopy of lush forests covering the slopes of rocky hills of the same name, was laid numerous hiking trails.
Leisure park Anduki-Yubili lies approximately 80 kilometers from Bandar Seri Begawan and protect the scenic lagoon with blue water and remnant riparian forests.
10 km from Seria Lumut is a beautiful beach with a good infrastructure for recreation. In the capital area - Kuala Bela, is to inspect the residence of the Sultan Istana-Mankeleda and the Sunday market in the region of Jalal-Padang, or visit the park, Silver Yubili, built in honor of His Majesty's accession to the throne.
Tutong
Third in size in the country, Tutong District is the most sparsely populated areas of Brunei. This is the most ethnically diverse population of the territory of Brunei - Tutong nationalities reside here, kedayan, dusun, IBAN and others, that allows to get acquainted with the identity of the local tribes and their customs.
The main attractions here are park-recreation Sungai Basong (lies almost in the center of Tutong), open market-Tamu Tutong, Kampong-Serambagan, where you can meet representatives of local tribal groups, "the serpent lake Tasek-Merimbun, surrounded by a necropolis of the XV century marshes and rich life, and cultural village of Rum, Budaya, in which the structures and traditional crafts of the five ethnic groups, once the district.
Pantano Seri Kenangan, also known as Pantano, Tutong, a park and beach with numerous places for picnics and simple restaurants with seafood, which are on a small peninsula, washed by the waters of the South China Sea on one side and the Tutong River - on the other . White sand, perfectly flat beach and the abundance of greenery make this piece of land, probably the best place for a beach holiday in Brunei.