WALKING AT THE RIVERFRONT OF BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AT NIGHT

    29TH MAY 2023    ~ On the last night at Bandar Seri Begawan, we went for a walking tour at the Riverfront area of the city. The main objective was to get the photograph of this one iconic structure known as The Frame where one could get the image of the mosque in it. We did not get to this spot the day before. Unfortunately, there was a group of youngsters having some kind of gathering right in front of the attraction.

It was not that easy to get the best shots at night especially when there was a distraction right there.

Further up, there was a pedestrian bridge that connected the city centre to Kampung Air [the water village].

We just saw a few locals walking and jogging and we were the only tourists at that time.

When you are in Bandar Seri Begawan, make it a point to get to this spot at night when you could see the colourful panoramic view of the city which was totally different you saw it in the bright daylight.

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SUZHOU TRIP - VISITING A WATER VILLAGE

The very last spot we were taken to was a water village but it was more like a cultural village as there seemed to be no one residing there. I didn't even know the name of that place, actually. Despite my effort to google for information, I failed. All the places in Suzhou looked just the same to me on the web.

We first went to watch a cultural performance where a man and a woman were singing a traditional Chinese song while playing string instruments.

After that we just walked around the place and took pictures. Actually we did no get our lunch as the Muslim eating stall we had gone to earlier was under renovation, so we actually were quite tired and hungry.

Then it started to rain. So we went to the shops selling locally made souvenirs to get shelter. In the shops, sometimes there were people doing demonstration on how some work of arts was produced.

catch of the day - an embroidered painting

Finally, we went on another boat ride on the canals which then took us to the waiting bus by the roadside. When I was on the boat, I had a short "conversation" with a friendly man. After telling him that I was from Malaysia, he mentioned and repeated "MAHATHIR" and that showed how our leader has become a prominent figure among the locals.

That was the end of our short trip to the small town of Suzhou. Everything was a contrast to what we had seen in the metropolitan city of Shanghai but I liked it.

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