{"id":26713,"date":"2025-05-25T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=26713"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:09:16","slug":"brunei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=26713","title":{"rendered":"Brunei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ik waan me even in het binnenland van Suriname, maar ik ben wel degelijk niet daar. We zijn hier met zijn twee aan het varen op een &#8220;longboat&#8221; op de Temburong river in Brunei, maar het majestueuze overweldigende gevoel van te vertoeven tussen oerbos aan beide kanten van het water is hetzelfde.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Brunei komt steevast ietwat negatief in de media: de sultan is schatrijk en zou zich geen blijf weten met zijn verzamelde schatten. Men vermoedt het bestaan van gouden toiletten op het paleis, en ook een collectie dure auto&#8217;s die zomaar staan te verpieteren, want teveel om regelmatig gebruikt te worden. Maar er is ook een andere zijde. De bevolking ziet zich verzekert van nagenoeg gratis onderwijs en dito gezondheidszorg en iedereen heeft genoeg te eten. In de hoofdstad zie je weinig uitschieters en onstaat het beeld van een eerder egalitaire samenleving. Bovendien zijn de mensen mateloos vriendelijk en wordt het oerbos waarover ze beschikken wel degelijk beschermd. Dat zijn zaken die toch ook zouden moeten tellen als we een uitspraak doen over dit kleine stulpje op Borneo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wpfp_138823ed2ccfbd6e98573fe60f575665\" data-item=\"{&quot;sources&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/intussen.blog\\\/video\\\/Temburong.mp4&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video\\\/mp4&quot;}],&quot;splash&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/intussen.blog\\\/fotos\\\/Temburong.jpg&quot;}\" class=\"flowplayer no-brand is-splash is-paused skin-slim no-svg fp-slim fp-edgy\" style=\"position:relative; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; \" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n\t<div class=\"fp-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%\"><\/div>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fp-splash\" alt=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/fotos\/Temburong.jpg\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;width:100%\" \/>\n\t<div class=\"fp-ui\"><noscript>Please enable JavaScript<\/noscript><div class=\"fp-play fp-visible\"><svg class=\"fp-play-sharp-fill\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\"><defs><style>.fp-color-play{opacity:0.65;}.controlbutton{fill:#fff;}<\/style><\/defs><title>play-sharp-fill<\/title><path class=\"fp-color-play\" d=\"M49.9217-.078a50,50,0,1,0,50,50A50.0564,50.0564,0,0,0,49.9217-.078Z\"\/><polygon class=\"controlbutton\" points=\"73.601 50 37.968 70.573 37.968 29.427 73.601 50\" filter=\"url(#f1)\"\/><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"fp-preload\"><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"wpfp_138823ed2ccfbd6e98573fe60f575665_custom_background\" class=\"wpfp_custom_background\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/intussen.blog\/fotos\/Temburong.jpg')\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250516_070623152.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Tina &amp; Moon\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250516_070623152_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Tina &amp; Moon\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kort3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Temburong forest\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kort3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Temburong forest\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250516_041117616.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Canopy walk in Temburong forest\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250516_041117616_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Canopy walk in Temburong forest\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250517_130832.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; 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background-image: none;\" title=\"Enjoying the day\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250517_042802386_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying the day\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250517_042518462.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Appropriately dressed for the mosque\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250517_042518462_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Appropriately dressed for the mosque\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250518_023309849.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Firestation on the water\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250518_023309849_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Firestation on the water\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250518_104010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Reflecting\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250518_104010_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Reflecting\" width=\"50%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250518_022103202.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Watercity: the origin of Bandar Seri Begawan\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250518_022103202_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Watercity: the origin of Bandar Seri Begawan\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ik waan me even in het binnenland van Suriname, maar ik ben wel degelijk niet daar. We zijn hier met zijn twee aan het varen op een &#8220;longboat&#8221; op de Temburong river in Brunei, maar het majestueuze overweldigende gevoel van te vertoeven tussen oerbos aan beide kanten van het water is hetzelfde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reizen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s9SLK-brunei","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26713"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26822,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713\/revisions\/26822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}