Rest of Brunei Photos.

[rayke1938]

Rather unstructured but I am sick of downloading have lost them twice so some are unlabeled etc.

Monkeys in tree outside hotel window. We could see the branches moving around and couldnt work out what was causing it until they came to outside of tree.We could see them when lieing in bed.

This is the Jame Asr' Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque that the sultan built to commerate his 25th year of reign. Best of materials from around the world used. All the yellow is gold..

More mosque the street lights are a copy of the London Street lights except that the tops are gold.

We had to get robed up to enter as Judy had bare arms and I had shorts.

Even the gates were gold and gem encrusted. There are pearls, diamonds, rubies and emeralds there .

They sometimes fall out due to expansion and people just pick them up and hand them in.

They have a very low crime rate due to their religion and harsh penalties. If you are non Muslim you are dealt with through normal legal system but if you are Muslim you go through the Muslim system which is worse. When we were there an Thai worker was caught stealing a mobile phone and he got one months jail, heavy fine and 3 strokes of the cane and was then to be deported.

night shot

The yellow spots are solid gold mosiac tiles in the roof.

This is the sultans old chariot in the Royal Regalia building. His new one is larger still and has its own internal air conditioning system inbuilt into it.

Another view.

Sultans pallace it has 700 odd rooms in it.

Water village. It has 27000 inhabitants. They are not allowed to build new homes. They are allowed to expand an existing one and to repair it but if it becomes uninhabitable they have to move to the mainland where the sultan gives them land and a new house.There is power and water and sewerage connected. Even a school and a hospital there. Most people commute to town via water taxi.

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There is a network of pathways and bridges interconnecting the houses. A lot of the housed are quite luxurious inside being filly air conditioned.

these photos are of the wet market in the Jeruding area about 20 minutes drive from Bandand Seri Begawan

These prawns are around 15 inches long $20 per kilo.

Fishing boat just arrived at market he was still sorting catch from nets. A lot of the boats with dual motors still use tiller steering and the fisherman stands up and controls each motor independantly.

The catch

Shark. The meat was $2 per kilo but the liver was $4.

Another shark.

This boat was the only one I saw that did not have Yamaha motors installed. This one had a pair of 100 hp etecs with foward steering and remotes.Hardly any fibreglass and ally boats there all traditional timber construction.

[pinkey]

Nice looking place.. good pics mate.

Those prawns are massive! Wonder what you would get if you sent one out live..

[rayke1938]

Missed this one. Steamboat meal $8 but $3 for a bottle of evian water.

[shortie]

steamboat yum. Glad you enjoyed your holiday. when is the next 1.

[rayke1938]

Fortnight in South island NZ in spring.