Sites & Scenes of Tutong District

A trip down to Tutong District using the old road brings back old memories...

I remember passing by the Sinaut Agriculture Centre, now the "Standard Centre", and we assume that we are already in Tutong District.. Then passing by the Tutong Town to the tamu, where every Thursday there's a big market. In the area of the market there's a small kedai makan managed by this Haji, which is well know for its Soto... the protion maybe quite small but hey, the meat (beef) they add on was a lot... Last time, there was a Chinese who operated next to the Haji stall and God Knows who go and erect a big wall to separate the muslim and non-muslims eaters. Now the Chinese operator has left and the wall taken away and only the Haji's business is still running.

If one go to the Seri Kenangan Beach, one would pass by the old "palace" of the late Begawan Sultan who visited his subjects in Tutong District and stayed at the "palace". The name of the "palace" is Istana Pantai, and its a shame that that palace is not being made into a museum of some sort. If it is made into a museum, at least the building will be preserved and well-maintained... (come to think of it, if Sultan Hashim's palace was in Kg. Ayer, where is Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam's palace? Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin's palace was the present headoffice of Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah while the old palace of late Begawan is in Kg. Sumbiling).

Seri Kenangan Beach is interesting beach, as it is a strip of land, with the north facing South China Sea and at the back is where the mangrove forest thrive, the Tutong River. Its quite a unique geography.

Then before reaching Seria town, one always pass by the famous pasir-putih of Tutong District and previously that indicates that you're half-way through your journey from Bandar...

I didnt managed to go to the Tasek Merimbun yet, I heard the road is still as bad as before.. will invistigate that in the next few days if not busy... :)