I'm back from a 2D1N trip to bintan. It was a wonderful getaway with my baby Wan Ching, her sister and her sister's friends. The beaches at Bintan Lagoon Resort are just too nice. After checking in on Sunday, we headed for the beach almost immediately. We wanted to try snorkeling, so me and baby rented two snorkeling sets. However, we were total greenhorns at snorkeling and in the end we didn't get to see much (There weren't many things for us to see anyway). Looking on the bright side, at least we learnt how to use the snorkeling set and flippers. =P
After snorkeling, we hung around the beach, playing in the sea and enjoying the sun. After that, we went to the Aura Resto at Pasar Ole Oleh for massage. All of us chose the combination massage which is a Thai massage followed by a Balinese massage. It's quite nice and the masseurs are very professional. The only thing I didn't really like was the "crack crack" thing when doing the Thai massage because I feel that it's rather scary. The massage parlour provided us with a free taxi service back to the resort and I will say that the ride is quite "exciting". There were no streetlights in bintan and the road was dark. Nevertheless, the driver drove quite fast, without slowing down even when there were incoming vehicles on the opposite lane. My heart was in my mouth every time the driver drove pass some vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. Ok, maybe it's not so bad and the driver know what he's doing. It's just that I wasn't used to it and the lack of lighting on the road didn't help. Anyway, we reached the resort safely. =)
After a dinner of instant noodles, we turned in for the night so that we can wake up early for the breakfast buffet the next morning. And we woke up real early. Me and Baby were the first to reach the restaurant for the buffet at 6.20 am, even before they were ready! Haha. Ok, we were not that hungry. We just wanted to start our day early as we wanted to enjoy the morning sun at the beach. The breakfast buffet was great and our favourite dish was the omelette and the porridge. We ate till we were more than full, changed into our swimming attire and headed off to the beach after around 1.5 hours at the buffet. =P
We reached the beach at around 8.20am and the beach was empty, except for a couple doing sun-tanning. The beach was so calm and serene it makes us feel very relaxed and peaceful. The couple left shortly after, leaving the whole beach to only the two of us. Seriously, at one point of time for about one hour, there was really no one else except me and Ching. It feels so good to have the whole wide beach to ourselves. We could even swim in the buff there but of course we didn't. I was a bit tempted though. Haha. =P We stayed till the sun was too hot and went back to our room to wash up, getting ready to check out.
I really enjoyed myself; the sun, the beach, the sea and the massage. What I enjoyed above all these was Baby's company and it was our first overseas and overnight stay together though we slept in different rooms (Ching slept with her sister and me with her sister's male friend). The service staff at Bintan were also really polite and friendly and their service was excellent. This includes the taxi driver who sent us back to the resort. Seriously, though the ride was quite thrilling, the driver was very friendly and attended to all our needs. One thing that I didn't like about this trip is that a two days one night stay is just too short! 3 days and too nights will be just fine. I feel like going back to the beach tomorrow. =( I hope I can have the chance to go on more more more more more more more more more holidays with Wan Ching! Muacks! I love you baby!
