Having the Welcome Drink
I woke up really early at 620am. Sky was dark and I was feeling very groggy. Had a quick shower and was on my way to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. I saw Joyce first and reckoned Mandy and the rest would be late. We decided to have a quick breakfast at Kiliney. Before we knew it, the gang was already queueing to get the ferry tickets!
It was a gruelling 2 hour ride in the ferry with no air con (or hardly!). To while my time away, I listened to my mp3 on some of my fav songs... took a short nap and we were at the Bintan ferry terminal. The other parts of Bintan like the Nirwana, Bintan Lagoon Resort were only an hour away. This one was further south and took slightly longer than usual. Thought that was it. Hot and stuffy ride. The mini bus ride to the resort was even worse! Small, cramp, limited seats and practically no air con! Jayce and Jo had to be escorted to another mini bus as ours was full! The ride to the resort was 1 hour, all bumpy, stuffy and uncomfortable. My only hope was that the resort would be something nice and clean. Something worth going for.
True enough the place wasnt too bad. It was quite new. We had the pool and restaurant just right outside our rooms. The place was rather quiet and not so commercialised. The room was decently equipped. Simple and clean. Everyone was tired after the long ride and decided to take a short nap after lunch...
Before we knew it, when everyone woke up, it was late and we totally missed the water sports! How sickening! It was quite disappointing as the tide was low and the centre was closed for the day. We then decided to take a further rest before heading to Sun Moon Kelong Restaurant for a nice dinner. It was good. Simple yet delicious. We had a foot spa thereafter by the beach, that wasnt so much like a foot spa. The foot massage only lasted like 5 min and the rest of the time was spent filing and polishing our toe nails! All we wanted was a food massage.. And to make things worse, the Korean group had some sort of a company retreat with speeches, loud blasting music and karaoke that irritated all our nerves by the beach. By the time it ended, our session also ended. And with mozzie bites. The only thing good was the sky was clear and we saw many many stars... we were 'star struck'.
Water sports at the beach
Scrumptious Lunch at Sun Moon Kelong Restaurant
Walking on the sea during low tide
Come morning Jo rang us to say Jayce wasnt feeling well and had to head back to Sg earlier to see the doc. We brought forward our massage and forgo our water sports activities. Awww... whats a beach holiday without frolicking in the sand and indulging in some fun water sports? Anyhow, we all wanted to come back earlier. So after the 1 hour massage (originally from 2 hours), we had a marathon shower and boarded again the tiny, cramp and stuffy bus back to the terminal. The 2 seater chairs like a 1.5 seater, seemed more appropriate for 1 pax. I was half falling off my chair throughout the journey. The ferry ride again was stuffy.. we were ALL perspiring our way back.
We were all so relieved to step into the customs area where the aircon never felt so good! After passing through the customs and Xray machines, we almost fainted looking at the taxi queue. After queueing for half n hr, and making countless calls to taxi companies who always claimed there were no cabs in that area, Joyce and I decided to take the SBS bus instead to Tanah Merah MRT station.
Overall rating for this trip: 6 / 10
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