Bintan breeze

back for our bintan trip! sad to say one of my bestie unable to go, need to forfeit her tickets and left with jas and pauline! anyways, credits goes to takemetoasia once again with discounted rates.

booked a super early ferry because we want to meet the mr. morning sun at the beach. a 60-minute ferry ride from tanah merah ferry terminal, we arrived at bintan ferry terminal. thanks babe for sending me! :) a land transfer of about 20mins to reach bintan lagoon resort.

a welcome gesture came in the form of malay dance and fruit punch for us. coolbeans.

ate our breakfast at horizon café located at the lobby! and then we are all ready for the sun, clad on bikinis and pop to the beach directly! all the way till early afternoon, just when we feeling a little hungry – we checked in to the resort.

cheers to beer early in the morning.

welcome to tropical paradise!

our balcony had a direct access to the beach in less than 2 minutes walk and with rattan chairs is oh-so-cool corner to chill at night. unfortunately, the sea view was a little tiny one as it was blocked by all the tall trees. as a matter of fact, the whole resort is shrouded in greenery, moreover, with the beach just a couple of minutes’ walk away. isn't it awesome?

there’s a snack shop as well as a big store selling beachwear, sundresses, souvenirs and crafts. a row of shops beside the lobby offers some relief to the shopaholics. ralph lauren seemed to find their way here too. the polo ralph lauren shop at the resort is but one of the many on the island.

went to pasar oleh oleh for a god damn good 2 hours hot stone massage !

the locals there recommended us to their local kelong for nice seafood, since so, the intended seafood feast set at the local kelong at kampoeng sebong. it was about 20 minutes drive from pasar oleh oleh, was a bumpy ride though, and the taxi fare wasn’t cheap at all! 40 bucks to and fro. *heartache a little.

many choices of seafood! YUMS and we caught a beautiful sunset there too. there’s a resort beside the kelong, named bintan sayang resort too. a very quiet and serene place if you want to be alone!

this is super nice, but more chilli padi on it will be even better!
prawn coconut by pauline neo.

hop back to our resort after our dinner, started our juicy gossiping and drinking session! bought a bottle of wine and 6 bottles of beers. not a lot, we finished it and jas is still craving for more beers. but my eyes is half closing at about 1nish midnight already. hahhaa!

our bottle opener - pauline neo!

jas tried but failed, me don't dare to try! haha.

and that’s it for our first day at bintan lagoon resort! we felt extremely relaxed and pampered !

before

and after.

rise and shine! started our second day with buffet breakfast at kopi-o restaurant. I adore breakfast! especially with freeflow of eggs in any form, haha!

went to the beach again, and this morning current was quite strong. a place for surfer! saw loads of caucasian kids and they are so adorable!!

the cloudy day, the minimal sun!

checked out at 1pm, guess too much of waiting.. our day was wasted! our ferry back to singapore was at 5.35pm, thus the nostalgic steak kicks in!

we want to go home!

an expensive appetizer, cost us 16 bucks.

camwhoring to waste our time!

i love getaway trip!
be it just a staycation in singapore, i’m feeling a total stress-free!

ahem, that’s it for our 2D1N trip in bintan. good things always end so fast! it was a much needed break that i really need. i must say we really had a good albeit short getaway. :)

resort is beautiful: 9/10
service and friendliness: 6/10
a place where i will go again if i need another short getaway!