BEING WITH THE ROYALS AT ROYAL REGALIA - PART TWO

[CONTINUATON OF PART ONE]

    29th MAY 2023    ~ This place was a huge building that housed too many gifts from the locals, guests and dignitaries presented to the Sultan of Brunei. One would need the whole day just to observe everything closely.

We were told by the guard on duty that there was a woman from Sarawak who went missing and they were still searching for her when we were there. Hopefully she had been found safe and sound.

You would need a pair of strong feet to walk up and down the many levels and all around the building.

One thing for sure, there were many Instragrammable spot for Instafamous wannabes in the building. Too bad I don't have an Instagram account but I am already famous.

This should be the one place you must visit when you are in Bandar Seri Begawan.

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BEING WITH THE ROYALS AT ROYAL REGALIA - PART ONE

    29th MAY 2023     ~ The Royal Regalia should be one of the highlights of the visit to Brunei. The place sure had gone through a lot of changes since I last came many years ago.

First of all, there was an entrance fee now. It was free of charge last time, I think.

Secondly, the last time I was there, visitors were not allowed to take any photos at all in any of the galleries except the hall at the entrance outside the exhibition rooms. Now, photography was only prohibited in wo halls which were guarded by army officers. You could take photos freely almost anywhere but only with your phones and not a real camera though. I wonder why was that so.

Basically I could categorize the exhibits into two categories: the items that belonged to the Sultan, the State and the Palace, and the items that were presented to the Sultan as presents.

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART TWO...

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