Well hello everyone! I thought I'd share about how I spent my 2016 countdown in Bintan. Granted this was definitely not my first time going to Bintan, but it was my first time after yearsss. & I believe the last time I came here, I had braces on which was like when I was in Secondary 3. That was like 8 years ago, damn I'm old.
So this time round, I decided to document some photographs but didn't bring my DSLR just cause I mainly wanted to just chill.
Day 1 - 4 | 31st Dec '15 - 3rd Jan '16
Bintan, Indonesia
We woke up nice and early and headed to the ferry terminal. Normally back in those days, we used to always head to Batam and travel via the Harbourfront Terminal. But this time round, we took the ferry from the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.
I like that place. It always gave me an 'Out of Singapore' kinda vibe.
So the ride was about an hour which I am so thankful of cause I occasionally get sea sickness.
When we arrived we already had a shuttle bus waiting for us to our resort.
We stayed at Bintan Lagoon Resort. I apparently didn't take any photos of the room but I would say it is rather average and had a mini platform area and a balcony full of insects. I'l try to get some pictures from the dad if he took some.
I normally enjoy balconies but I did not particularly like this one. The view was into a forest and there were too much insects.
I can't exactly remember which is which day, sooo I'm just gonna put all the images out dateless lol.
We had to check out the beach!
That building there is actually a night club at night lol
The beach was nice, but it didn't have much hermit crabs or seashells even. I'm one whom actually enjoys finding hermit crabs in the beach.
& then that is the pool. It's pretty nice from the top which is near the breakfast area.
& of course, I had to swim. I really loved the really deep pool area.
whose dat pokemon
I may be beginning to age or grow a little wiser but now I look forward to swimming and chilling by pools.
We also had a mini tour where we got to eat food above water in which they call it 'Kelong' and also got a chance to see fireflies!
I can't remember how the food tasted like but I think it was pretty good, if my memory serves me right...
The Kelong that I mentioned. It was rather empty but I didn't mind at all.
The fireflies were really nice and cool to see. It was my first time watching fireflies. Yeah it was pretty but I still couldn't make myself touch or carry one cause I knew they looked like ants. So nope.
& then we had a Singapore countdown on the TV. We planned to head down to the lobby for the Bintan Countdown but we ended up falling asleep and only got woken up by fireworks outside lol.
But can I just say how amazing the fireworks wereee! We had such a clear and very close view from our balcony. It was almost too close. lol.
I also enjoyed knitting on the white sheets.
That's all for the trip.
All in all, it was a relaxing trip. The resort was alright just that local taxis were not able to enter into the resort as they'd have to pay extra. So whenever we wanted to go to town, we had to take the resort cars which were usually more expensive.
Well anyway I was thinking of doing a 2015 timeline. I know it's realllyy late but..better late then never rightt.
Perhaps I'll do that for my next post.
Take care! & happy midweek!
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