Sunday 16 January 2022

Brunei: not your grandfather's floating village.


What do you think of when you hear the term "floating village?" A few shacks? Floating gardens? Nothing to do?

There is a floating village outside Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. This 13-minute video provides a tour of that village, which includes a full working gym, restaurant, school, mosque, fire station, and police station. It also includes a tour of a family home, which includes a large flat screen television and a modern kitchen that even Rachel Ray would enjoy.

This video also includes a brief trek through some mangroves -- you can hear and barely make out some monkeys in the treetops. Apparently they're shy.

 

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