ʻO Brunei paha ka ʻāina waiwai aila, nā wao akua maʻemaʻe, a me nā hale pule he 1001-pō me ko lākou mau keʻena gula, akā ma ka waena o Bandar Sri Begawan, ke ola nei kahi moʻomeheu kūikawā o ka moʻomeheu Borneo kahiko - kahi kaiāulu wai (Kampung Ayer). ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kauhale wai e noho ʻia e nā kamaʻāina Malay hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma kahi o kahi millennium i hala. Ua hele mai ʻo Explorer Magellan i ka makahiki 1521, e koho ana iā Bandar Sri Begawan ma ke ʻano he “All Over Borneo.”
Hiki i nā huakaʻi ke ʻike i nā kauhale wai, ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui loa ma Pontianak (Kalimantan Komohana), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), a i ʻole puni ʻo Banjarmasin (Kalimantan Hema), akā ʻo Brunei nō paha kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā lākou mālama ʻana. Aia ma ke kahawai ʻo Lagoon, Kampung Ayer e moe ana i ka muliwai a he hōʻiliʻili maoli ia no kekahi mau kauhale 20, e hana ana i kēia lā i kahi kaiāulu o 30,000 poʻe, ʻo ia ka 40 pākēneka o ko Bandar Sri Begawan heluna nui a he 8 pākēneka o ko ka ʻāina heluna. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Kampung Ayer i kekahi mau hale he 4,000 - ka hapa nui o lākou i ka lāʻau - hoʻopili ʻia e 29 km o nā alahaka, a aia kekahi mau kula 14, nā mosque, nā hale ahi, nā hale ʻaina, a me nā hale kūʻai. ʻAʻohe kaʻa e ʻae ʻia, akā hoʻohiki ʻia nā halihali e nā taxi wai e kū i ke kai kūpikipiki o ka muliwai ʻo Brunei. Hiki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke lawe i kahi kaʻa wai wai lehulehu, hele wāwae ma nā alahaka, a i ʻole lawe i kahi moku ponoʻī ma ke kumukūʻai kūpono (US $ 10).
Ma hope o nā paia lāʻau o Kampung Ayer, ua hoʻomaka ke ola o kēia au i ke ʻano. Loaʻa ka uila i nā hale āpau; ka hapanui o lākou e lako pono me ka ea-hoʻoikaika kino, a ʻo kekahi o lākou e hali i nā pā ukali. I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke kauhale e hāʻawi i nā mea hou aku i ka poʻe kipa. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi Gallery Culture and Tourism i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala e hāʻawi ana i kahi hoʻokomo i ke ola o ke kauhale a me kāna hana lima. E kōkua koke ʻia me kahi keʻena hana hou e hoʻokipa ai i nā hōʻike moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka paʻakikī ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o Kampung Ayer a ʻaʻole e hoʻololi iā ia i ʻano ʻano "theme park" no nā malihini. I ka wā o ka Hui Asean Travel Forum i hoʻokipa ʻia ma Brunei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fuchigami Joukei ke kōkua o ka Asean-Japan Center e noi ʻo Brunei i ke kūlana hoʻoilina honua o UNESCO no ka wao nahele ʻo Ulu Temburong a no ka Kampung Ayer. No ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kauhale wai ma ka papa inoa Hoʻoilina o ka Honua, ʻaʻole ia e kōkua wale i ka mālama ʻana i ke kauhale akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka ʻike honua a puni ʻo Brunei. ʻAʻohe koi i hiki i UNESCO a hiki i kēia manawa, akā, ʻoiai ke makemake nui nei ʻo Brunei e hoʻolaha i kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻohana palupalu, hiki i kahi papa inoa ma UNESCO ke hana maikaʻi no ka ʻāina.
