We did, what a lot of locals create recently, nosotros took a weekend intermission to Bintan. Bintan is 1 of the islands of Indonesia but is entirely approximately forty v minutes away by ferry from Singapore, together with then it's very easy to cause got a short intermission there. I'm told it is almost considered a suburb of Singapore together with having since visited Bali (more on that soon) it actually did non experience or appear similar nosotros had hardly fifty-fifty left. Asides from the beautiful natural beach together with the obvious lack of high ascension buildings together with condos everywhere.
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| The sentiment from our hotel room balcony |
It was a pleasant alter to be catching a ferry rather than a plane together with despite apparently still having to become through customs, it seemed a lot less stressful together with the whole experience far to a greater extent than relaxed. The ferry reminded me of the ferries that run betwixt Portsmouth together with the Isle of Wight inwards the UK, though this was, I would say, smaller nevertheless than those. You were able to purchase snacks together with drinks on board together with earlier nosotros knew it nosotros had arrived.
After the procedure of buying our Indonesian visas, these cause got to last bought on arrival together with then this does add together some other step to the procedure earlier yous clear customs, nosotros easily picked up the motorcoach position on past times our hotel to cause got us the residue of the journey. It did non cause got long to make the hotel but it was already night past times this signal together with then I could non meet anything of the island. My entirely observation existence that it was non built upwards similar Singapore every bit in that location were hardly whatever lights or buildings that I could see as nosotros drove to our destination. This was after confirmed on our supply journeying on the Sunday, every bit I mainly saw golf game courses, other resorts together with lush countryside.
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| Our hotel's ain personal stretch of beach |
The hotel nosotros stayed inwards was real pleasant alongside a wealth of facilities pregnant yous did non involve to locomote out it if yous did non desire to, it for certain was big too! I'm non ashamed to acknowledge I got a bit disorientated on a twosome of occasions. There were clearly a lot of people staying in that location who locomote together with alive inwards Singapore and do this trip regularly every bit they were on get-go lift price alongside a lot of the staff. There are lots of golf game courses on the isle together with our hotel also had its ain which a lot of people were making role of and enjoying a golfing mini break.
Our weekend did non consist of golfing or anything actually other than relaxing alongside a stack of books past times the hotel puddle together with wandering along the almost deserted beach. Although I honey visiting places to explore a novel culture, urban meat together with and then on, occasionally it is also dainty only to create zip together with non experience bad close it. There were a few people enjoying diverse H2O sports but the bulk of people we saw were only walking along the beach together with enjoying the experience of the sand nether their feet. The beaches at Sentosa, Singapore have all been 'helped' to await every bit they create forthwith together with then it was dainty to last on what I, at to the lowest degree believe to last a natural beach. The sand was beautifully white together with the beach was relatively create clean alongside a few tiny crabs running along hither together with there.
I tin flame empathize why visiting Bintan is such a pop selection for a mini intermission for many who alive inwards Singapore. It is easily accessible together with fourth dimension wise yous brand it earlier yous left Singapore (they are an hr behind Singapore time). It is also the perfect contrary to Singapore with no city, high ascension buildings together with people everywhere. Yes fifty-fifty inwards a hotel the size of ours it did non experience crowded at all. For a weekend it is a lovely escape correct on Singapore's doorstep.
