Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, started out as a village built above the area's waterway and that village (Kampong) still exists today.
It's called Kampong Ayer and it started centuries ago along the Brunei River. Today, about 11,000 people live there, down from 28,000 inhabitants in 1981. We'll blame video games.
Random overview of the kampong. It's a maze of houses, stores, government buildings on stilts.
Upkeep and downtrodden. The housing ranges from fancy to ruin.
And suburbia. In the hopes of keeping people in the village, there are now blocks of modern housing.
Living room of a traditional house. Water taxi stop. Obviously, getting around is by boat and there are specific stops all over the kampong.
Wood walkways are the other way around. Blue pipe is utilities.
It's called Kampong Ayer and it started centuries ago along the Brunei River. Today, about 11,000 people live there, down from 28,000 inhabitants in 1981. We'll blame video games.
Random overview of the kampong. It's a maze of houses, stores, government buildings on stilts.
Upkeep and downtrodden. The housing ranges from fancy to ruin.
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Living room of a traditional house. Water taxi stop. Obviously, getting around is by boat and there are specific stops all over the kampong.
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