Bintan Island Trip Day 1: 7th December 2012, Friday
民丹岛之旅第一天：12月7日2012年, 星期五
Who doesn't like getaways? And who doesn't like voucher discounts? Yeah our first Groupon purchase for a short getaway - Pulau Bintan! We've never been to a short getaway on a beach resort together, so needless to say, this is our first time setting foot on Pulau Bintan!
民丹岛之旅第一天：12月7日2012年, 星期五
Who doesn't like getaways? And who doesn't like voucher discounts? Yeah our first Groupon purchase for a short getaway - Pulau Bintan! We've never been to a short getaway on a beach resort together, so needless to say, this is our first time setting foot on Pulau Bintan!
First time taking ferry at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Such an ulu place. Luckily father-in-law fetched us there. Our ferry is called the Falcon 3. The Groupon includes an Ayam Penyet lunch, as well as 60-min massage and 2-way ferry.
The ferry is pretty old, but that's ok. Problem is, the
propeller got stuck as it caught some fishing net along the way. We got stranded in mid-sea for almost an hour or so while the crew had to dive down to untangle the net from the propeller. Made us all seasick cos the ferry bopped around for that hour.
The culprit for making us stranded in mid-sea for an hour
We finally reached Bintan Island at 1am or so. And had to wait till the tour guide came to pick us up. We boarded a coach which brought us to have lunch at an Ayam Penyet restaurant. The portion was kinda pathetic. And the meal wasn't fantastic at all...
I wonder what's that scary-looking thing they are serving
Looks kinda pathetic...
That's the name of the restaurant we were brought to.
Next we were brought to a massage parlour for a one-hour massage. The masseur spent almost 30 mins on one of my legs. Gosh! Until I told him to switch to my other leg, then he switched. And it wasn't comfortable at all. Not a good experience.
And next is some Indonesian massage.
Looks clean enough
After massage, we were brought to our resort, Bintan Agro Beach Resort. Looks kinda old but good enough I guess. Just to spend a relaxing weekend with Dear.
The room and bed look ok but could be better.
There's a door which leads to the balcony.
And it overlooks the swimming pool and the sea. Woo!
This is the lobby where one can use Wi-Fi for free, but not at the rooms.
Baby pool
Looks like quite a lot of facilities eh?
And yes, there's free shuttle service to the sister resort, Bintan Cabana Beach Resort.
Here's the swimming pool next to the sea.
Our room is one of those on top.
That's where we will settle our dinner.
We walked over to the kelong area, where there was a restaurant, karaoke facilities etc. There we had our dinner which was included in the package. But being so hungry and the food was so cheap, we decided to add on a few more dishes. Ended up hardly able to move after the dinner lol. We strolled along the place and went to the supermarket to grab some food and drinks before we ended the day.
Our package came with a dinner set each, but we topped up with several other dishes.
Some fruit juice to quench our thirst.
An appropriate drink for our stay at a beach resort too.
An appropriate drink for our stay at a beach resort too.
And what's a stay at Bintan without Bintang beer? :D
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