Kuih Wajid Temburong

I was in Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei several months back. While walking around in Temburong Market, I came across the Kuih Wajid. Kuih wajid is one of the delicacies in Temburong District, Brunei. The kuih wajid there is different from the local kuih wajid in Malaysia.

From external appearance, it resembles the Malay kuih we have in Malaysia.

Kuih Wajid was made from biji Wajid, cooked with palm sugar. Didn't come across my mind to take photo of the biji Wajid (yellow in colour) which was sold in the market. :)

Sashimi Haven

This is what I called Real Stuff ~ thick, juicy slices of fresh sashimi.. Unlike those pathetic, thin sashimi slices served in Sushi K*ng :)

Really Value for Money. See liao also lao hao sui... Don't forget to pay Excapade Sushi a visit if u happened to visit Brunei :)

p/s: Photos taken with my handphone Nokia N73.

p/s/s : I HEART sashimi, and I LUP sashimi.. yum yum...

Sunset @ Jerudong

I came across these shots when I browsed through my photo galleries. Taken when I was in Jerudong, Brunei several months back.

I love sunset. Love those awesome, stunning scenes...

Magnificent & Breathtaking.

I love sunset, don't you? ;)

Brunei-Sarawak-Sabah

Let's continue with the forgotten Brunei-Sarawak-Brunei-Sarawak-Sabah story :D

The route requires several border crossing with several check points for custom and passport and immigration check. Our passports are very "colourful" at the end of the day. "Chop-chop" here and there. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) --> Kuala Lurah(Sarawak) --> Limbang --> Kampung Puni (Sarawak) --> Bangar (Brunei) --> Temburong.

There are two rivers along the route, and the only way to cross the rivers is via ferry rides. The first ferry ride was at Kampung Puni, located between the border of Sarawak and Brunei.
This is the shortest ferry ride I ever had !! Look at the distance. And the fare is not cheap. RM8 for such a short distance ferry ride. Really feel like kenak ripped off :P

After crossing the river via ferry at Puni. We were now back in Brunei again - in Bangar, Temburong District.

This is the second ferry ride was in Trusan, located in between Labu, Temburong district (Brunei) and Trusan (Sarawak). The second ferry ride costed us RM 10.

We continued with our journey from Labu(Brunei) to Trusan(Sarawak) --> Lawas --> Merapok(Sarawak) --> Sindumin(Sabah) --> Sipitang --> Beaufort --> Papar --> Kota Kinabalu.

This is summary of the route we took and the town we stopped or passed by throughout the whole journey. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) --> Kuala Lurah(Sarawak) --> Limbang --> Kampung Puni (Sarawak) --> Bangar (Brunei, Temburong District) --> Labu(Brunei) --> Trusan(Sarawak) --> Lawas --> Merapok(Sarawak) --> Sindumin(Sabah) --> Sipitang --> Beaufort --> Papar --> Kota Kinabalu.

Brunei Again

We passed by The Jerudong Theme Park in Brunei, which was once a great place for exciting rides but the place is quite run down nowadays. You can have the whole theme park and enjoy the rides all by yourself. No hassle of queueing up for tickets. Since nothing interesting there, we continued on our sightseeing tour somewhere else.

Saw these smart looking horses not far away from the Jerudong Theme Park. So we stopped by to kay poh for a while.

Handsome white horse. (Can we relate this white horse with the 白马王子 or White Horse Prince in the Fairy Tales?) Too bad this white horse is botak (bald) :P

All the horses here have "tattoos". This horsey's name is 514. Everyone, say Hi to Mr 514.

The little White Egret/Bangau is a common sight in Brunei. Everywhere I go, I see little egrets. Seeing the egrets reminds me of the childhood song -

"Bangau O Bangau,
Kenapa engkau kurus?
Macam mana aku tak kurus?
Ikan tak mau timbul..

Ikan O Ikan,
Kenapa engkau tak timbul?
Macam mana aku nak timbul,
Rumput panjang sangat.."

I can't remember the lyrics for the whole song. Anyone knows this song?

Our next stop is one of the several beaches in Brunei. I can't remember the name of this particular beach...

Is this a Lifeguard Tower or ??

Colourful Speedboats.

The angry and fierce looking cat. Might be someone has accidentally stepped on his tail earlier on? This cat is definitely not as gentle as Liucas. So don't play-play if u dowan to get yourself into trouble .

Seeing this somehow reminds me of "something" - pink coloured flurry and fluffy thingy. What else will u relate this with? Neh.. Point finger at Pink Cotton.

Errr.. this pink coloured fluffy stuff is some sort of kacang flower.

Related entries :
Kampung Ayer (Water Village)
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque

Brunei : Kampung Ayer (Water Village)

Another feature of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei is the Kampung Ayer (Water Village) - If I am not mistaken, this is one of the largest water village in the world.

Kampung Ayer or Water Village is a cluster of several Malay villages built on stilts in the water over the Brunei River - with wooden houses, shops, schools, mosques etc. 30,000 Brunei citizens live in the Water Village. Private water taxi (long wooden speed boats) provide rapid transportation mode for the villagers. I guess we can refer this Kampung Ayer as "Venice of the East".

Huge wooden house on stilts. I wonder how many people stay in this huge house. Does this belong to a big family?

While walking on the wooden boardwalks, I saw 2 fishes swimming in the river. (Points to remember.. Must look up, look down, look infront, look sideway, look at the right side and left side when walking (in summary, look everywhere.. ) Too bad I haven't master the skill of looking behind while walking :P )

House on stilts with jetty extension. There is a water taxi (long wooden speed boats) not far away from the jetty.

Modern amenities are available, including electricity, water supply, sewer systems, air conditioning, astro and satellite tv, and internet access too!

Almost every household has Astro and some have Satellite TV facilities.

Would you take this "shortcut" to visit the neighbour next door? I guess I won't. ( I scared I might accidentally trip and fall into the river, hahhaha.. kiasu kiasi spirit).

Greetings from Borneo Island

Yesterday was quite a tiring travelling day - long hours inside the LCCT waiting for the "connecting" flight. The first sms I get after I switched on my mobile phone in the LCCT was "Hoi! you go KK liaw ka?" from the cute gal :) Had my breakfast in McD - having the same meal and sitting exactly at the same seat as what I did 3 months back during my previous trip to Sarawak. Busy exchanging several sms with the pink lady gal too at the exact location. Hahaha, just like history re-write, but this time I was flying to different destination.

Finally I stepped my foot in Bandar Seri Begawan, after a longgggggggg journey. After dinner, we went for a short sight seeing tour before we balik zzZZzzz...

This is Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, sitting on an artificial lagoon near the Brunei River in Kampong Ayer (or so called Water Village). 52 meters in height with a gold dome supported by walls of Italian marble, which also forms the mosque's columns, arches, and towers.

The structure that resembles ship in the water was at one time used for official state ceremonies.

No lantern, and I didn't look out for the moon yesterday night... Get too carried away with some other things :P But at least we had mooncakes to celebrate the liuliu Mooncake Fesitval :)