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2. This home leads onto a wooden walkway. Walkways and bridges join many homes and other buildings in Kampong Ayer. What information does this picture give you about the people who live in this house? How are their lives similar to yours?
3. Most of the houses are built around a square, as homes often are in towns everywhere.
4. Fresh water is delivered in pipes from the mainland
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7. A primary school
8. People own speedboats to get from one place to the next.
9. A fire station
10. The fire station
11. A mosque
12. A mosque
13. This is the Grand Mosque in Brunei Darusallam. The dome is covered with gold leaf and the walls and floors are made of marble. The mosque stands next to the water village.
14. A local fruit and vegetable market on dry land
15. A local fruit and vegetable market on dry land
16. These houses were built by the government with non-combustible materials. All the houses are the same colour and built in straight lines and rows. The government is trying to move everyone into one of these, however, the villagers don't want to live in them.
Photographs by John Thompson |
