A Unique Experience For Tourists
By Izam Said Ya'akub

Bandar Seri Begawan - The 24th National Day celebrations in Brunei Darussalam were also a unique draw for tourists, who could be seen in and around the Taman Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien. Andreas Kuehn and Andrea Seemann from Germany were amongst those who, had flown into Brunei Darussalam from Europe to see the festivities first hand.

"We heard that this is one of the main occasions in which His Majesty comes out (to the capital), the other being his birthday celebrations," said Kuehn. They were joined by Olpa Oezbek from Switzerland who had also come to Brunei Darussalam after reading about the celebrations in Europe.

Another tourist couple was Daniel Ypersiel and his wife, who had travelled to Brunei via Hong Kong. The couple who are from Belgium had arrived in the sultanate on Monday and are spending a week to visit various places, among them the celebrations in town. "This is very patriotic and colourful, the people of Brunei are nice and fairly open, very communicative," said Ypersiel. He also added that Brunei was very unique in that it feels less stressed than that of other countries.

Meanwhile, there were also some accidental visitors that had found out about the National Day celebrations and made the best of their opportunity to see it in Brunei. Scott Farley, from Queensland, Australia, was pleased at having the chance to see the milestone despite only being in Brunei for a stop over.

"I'm actually on my way to Manila, and it was just a coincidence that this (National Day) was happening while I'm here," he said.

Total Professeurs Associes (TPA) founder Alain Quenelle, who was in Brunei Darussalam to deliver a talk at Universiti Brunei Darussalam was another making the most of his visit by taking a trip to the capital yesterday. "I have extended my stay to see the National Day in Brunei," said Quenelle. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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