Cycling Brunei and Limbang

It took a while for me to make this cycling trip a reality. I had never ventured on this kind of long distance trip and there were some planning and preparation involved in this venture.

At last the day came. I embarked on Air Asia plane with my bicycle as its sports luggage. Soon I was checking in at a Kota Batu Road hotel , unpack my bicycle and test run it on Bandar Brunei and was ready to shoot off.

The next morning I was on the road to Limbang. As it was rush hour for Brunei car commuters  it was quite an ardious ride through the city to get to the other side of it. But it was not too bad for Brunei motorists were the accomodating type and let me have my way most of the time. About 30 minutes later, I was on the quieter road road to Limbang. I passed through the immigration checkpoints and rode the ferry crossing, and by noon I was already on the Limbang side.

By noon it was extremely hot and I had to take a shelter in one road side shed with a house about 25 meters away. A woman came out  to offer shelter and take bath in the house which I politely declined. Nevertheless she made coffee for me before I resumed my cycling. After two hours of cycling the road became bad and I rode over a boulder and stumbled over. Luckily I was not hurt, but my bicycle tyre was pucures and ream needed to be fixed up. Seeing me struggling on the lonely road, a four wheel truck stopped by and offered to take me and the bicycle to Limbang. By the time I reached Limbang, it was almost dark, but lickily the repair shop was still open and I got my bicycle problem fixed

The next day I continued to cycle to Bangar which is the other part of Brunei. The road became very good again in Brunei and the ride was an easy one. By noon I reached Bangar and continued upstream along Sungai Temburung, passing therough lon houses along the way and stopped at the end of the road for a night at one of those retreats. It was a beatiful river with crystal clear water and I took a dip on arrival and the next morning before returning to Bangar. Back at Bangar the following day, I put my bicycle on the speed boat and landed in Bandar Sri Bangawan to spend the night there.

On this trip I went to Labuan too through Muara ferry terminal. It took 2 hours to cross over to Labuan by ferry. Labuan is a port town in Sabah and I cycled in Labuan before taking the same ferry  back to Brunei. As it was night when we reached Muara, and sinece my bicycle was not equipped with night, it was a struggle to reach our hotel in Bandar Brunei.

The next day was free and easy . I cycled around the city sighteeeing its attraction such as Kampung Air , the Sultan Mosque , the open market and ithe Royal Musuem.