Take a trip to Kampong Ayer water village, which sits on long stilts above the Brunei River. It’s well known as one of the world’s largest water villages with many referring to it as the Venice of the East – a name given to it by Ferdinand Magellan in the 1500’s. It has a population of some 30,000 inhabitants living across 42 villages and has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years. Take a water taxi from the centre of town to arrive in the proper manner.
