12:16 AM
Bintan! 21-24 March 2011
YAY! finally the time to blog about this 2 month ago trip :x I'm so late in updating my blog which made sissy pissed to the point she don't really bother frequenting my blog. hello?? anyone out there???
Anyway, this post is about my trip to Bintan, Indonesia with sissy, sarah and ek jun. It was supposed to be their grad trip but since sissy said that three people maybe too boring she called me along. I must say that travelling to Bintan for a short getaway (3D2N) is extremely budget friendly as i spent $180+ on ferry, accommodation and breakfast. We went during March which makes it close to a peak period pricing.
Without further ado, the trip!
Day 1
In the ferry! From left: Ek jun, Sarah, Sissy and myself.
In the bus otw to Bintan Lagoon Resort. It's a resort i came a couple of times with the extended family during the school hols where we will book a villa and have BBQ dinner every night, yes, every night!:DD
The open-spaced lobby
Us registering for some 'joyfully' card which grants us great discounts for some of the facilities and restaurants they have in the resort.
We then took a cab from the resort to The Kelong which was about 20 mins ride. We got 'cheated', this 'kelong' here is a just restaurant fixed in a kelong setting, but their pricing followed the restaurant benchmark. It wasn't the authentic kelong we thought we would see:(
The Kelong
the breeze was relaxing as compared to the ones in sg. The breeze there do not carry the smell of oil or the extremely salty smell you get in Pasir Ris park...
Sambal kang kong and gong gong!
Deer meat in black pepper sauce
Butter crab!:')
and, the best dish, Chili Crab!!:DD
After our meal, we head to a spa for a full body massage!
Camwhoring in the taxi!
The tranquil environment really helped us to relax through the entire massage which was approximately 1hr. It was my first time having a full body massage and it was great and relaxing! $31 was extremely reasonable:D
headed back to the resort where we went for our dinner at one of the restaurants there.
sissy
lookie how long their utensils are! They're even longer than my face!D:
It was really fine dining but looked at the way we're dressed! *slaps forehead!* hah!
oh very random, but, the bread they gave us (in front of sissy) is extremely nice!! Being someone who dislikes bread, i can eat many pieces of that bread with butter:D
Their food was ok. A plus point was only that their seafood was fresh. But hey, they live by the sea, so asking for fresh seafood is never too much.
After dinner activities!
we played many card games and snacked on lotsa tibits!!!:DDDD
lookie all the cards strewed on the floor! The game I love the most was Saboteur, a strategy game which can be really addictive as you want to find the gold!
Day 2
Day 2 was when the real thrill begins!
we had a swim and went on the slide countless times!! Sarah and sissy adored the sun and suntanned for more than 30mins! :O Ek jun and I on the other hand did not want to get the tan so we stayed under shade and I spammed sunblock like nobody's business! hahas!
We then head on to their almost pristine beach.
us on the banana boat! My virgin ride on a banana boat, and boy! IT WAS GREAT! haha! being at the front of the banana boat was definitely the most thrilling part!
the people in-charge of the sea sports at Bintan Lagoon Resort! lookie their musclessss!
played MJ! I know my post is super duper awkard, but we had to squeeze, so ya. hah!
Sang K! mad pricing of $60/hr, which we had it for free since we signed up for the joyfully card:D
Went the Silk club
live band! a extremely vivacious group of people!:DD
Day 3
nothing much was done on day 3 as we had to check out by 12 and our ferry was at 2+. So that concludes the 3D2N getaway we had at Bintan! I may just come back here again since it is cheap! & I'm looking forward to my own grad trip! DBS3A01 FTW! we've started planning on the location, accomodation and mode of travel for the trip! WE'RETHEBEST!(Y)
Labels: Bintan, vacation
