Travel Blog: Bintan Island Day 3, 民丹島之旅第三天, 9 Dec 12

It's our last day at Bintan Island. Finally caught a glimpse of sunrise, with only parts of the sun peeking out of the clouds on the horizon. We made use of the last item in our Groupon package, a ride on bicycles around the resort. We explored most of the resort on our bikes, which were old and seemed almost about to fall apart. Then we headed to the restaurant on the kelong for the last time. As it was low-tide, the mangrove swamp around the kelong...

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Travel Blog: Bintan Island Day 2, 民丹島之旅第二天, 8 Dec 12

And it's Day 2! I think we wanted to watch the sunrise but think we ended up sleeping all the way till 8am+ and then went for breakfast. Where's the morning sun? And so we went down to the hotel restaurant for the complimentary buffet breakfast. It's an array of Asian food food like kueh (cakes), curry puffs, and various other types of food like porridge, roti prata, omelettes, fried rice etc. Quite an interesting spread of food, which is...

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Travel Blog: Bintan Island Day 1, 民丹島之旅第一天, 7 Dec 12

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...

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