cochinjew Says: Felt saudade and strangely nostalgic walking down the street where our house used to be, now paved over. the street now is called jalan maulana but i remember it by an english name.it was good to remember my father, olav ha shalom, who used to walk every morning to his job...
1 Review and 6 Opinions On a hot day when I arrived at KB I wanted to check the three hotels in town. First went to Sentosa...
Breakfast is included in the Price: Disappointing Breakfast at Swiss Hotel in KB
cochinjew Says: I was in anticipation when I ordered Eggs Benedict for breakfast and what arrived was two pieces of toast with over easy eggs. I wanted to speak to the filipino chef and he did admit that he did not know how to make eggs benedict and that most people asked for simpler things...
cochinjew Says: The purple one brunei ringitt bus leaves the bus station at Kuala Belair more or less hourly for Seria. where you can connect with the hourly or bi hourly services to BSB, at 6 ringitts fare.
Milimewah: Supermarket/department store
colin_bramso Says: The largest shop in town is a combined supermarket & department store and you'll find most of what you need there. The ground floor supermarket is well stocked with both local/regional and western products, with the usual range of supermarket items.The first floor has...
colin_bramso Says: Being almost on the equator, Brunei has torrential tropical rain.To prevent flooding, the streets have large open drains, most of them uncovered. For unwary visitors from places which don't have them they can be very dangerous and easy to fall into.There's an added danger...
cochinjew Says: engage a water taxi from the road going along the river from Hotel Riviera and spend a little time exploring the kampong ayer of kb, the kampong seri terban. tanquil and friendly fisherfolk, and malays who are very very friendly.
Hewer Says: There's something to be said for the pace of life in Kuala Belait. Palm trees swaying in the breeze, friendly shopkeeers sweeping the pavement in front of their stores and cars driving past at 20 mph - it all seems otherworldly, or at least the same world 50 years ago.I...
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The purple one brunei ringitt bus leaves the bus station at Kuala Belair more or less hourly for Seria. where you can connect with the hourly or bi hourly...
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Q: Hi! I have read on the internet about the water safaris on the Belait river in Brunei. Sounds really nice but it's nearly...

A: Have a look at the Kuala Belait page of our VT member cochinjew http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/26dab/16d36c/4/ (copy & paste) He has lived here, and I am...
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Memories of Innocent Passions of Youth

My first ever memories of the tropics were in Kuala Belait. My father used to work at the BSP Hospital here in KB. Retracing my steps from the days of endless summer days, I recognized nothing....
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Brunei wasn't on my list of places to visit but Geina had to go on a business trip and I tagged along for the ride. We were in Kuala Belait, which isn't a tourist destination but is the heart of the...
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When I was young, the local football team in the town I grew up was called KB United. The first beer I ever drank was KB Lager. I was three years old at the time and I pilfered it out of the fridge in...
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