Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The easiest way into the interior of western Brunei, Jln Labi offers a chance to stop by
Brunei's
Forestry Museum
( 8am-12:15pm & 1:30am-4:30pm, closed Fri & Sun)
and
see a number of Iban longhouses, which in these parts come complete with mod cons and
parking lots.
About 40km south of the coastal road, Labi is a small Iban settlement with some fruit
arbours. Further south, you come to the Iban longhouses of
Rampayoh
,
Mendaram
Besar
,
Mendaram Kecil
and finally, at the end of the track,
Teraja
, where a local guide
may be able to take you to a nearby waterfall.
Seria
POP 34,000
Spread out along the coast between Tutong and Kuala Belait, low-density Seria is home to
many of Brunei Shell's major onshore installations. A Ghurkha infantry battalion of the
British Army is stationed here, the UK's last remaining military base in eastern Asia. A
big market is held on Friday until about 3pm.
Sights
Oil & Gas Discovery Centre
( 337 7200;
www.bsp.com.bn/ogdc
; off Jln Tengah; adult/teenager/senior B$5/2/3;
8:30am-5pm Mon-Sat, 9:30am-6pm Sun)
Puts an 'edutainment' spin on the oil industry.
Likely to appeal to young science buffs and Shell employees. About 700m northwest of
the bus station.
MUSEUM
Billionth Barrel Monument
Commemorates (you guessed it) the billionth barrel of crude oil produced at the Seria
field, a landmark reached in 1991. We really were hoping this monument would look like
an actual oil barrel because, well, that'd be hilarious, but it's more like a bunch of blue
noodles topped by the emblem of the sultanate. Which, come to think of it, is cool too.
Out to sea, oil rigs producing the sultanate's second billion dot the horizon. Situated on
the beach about 1km west of the Oil & Gas Discovery Centre.
MONUMENT
