*Wednesday, August 18, 2004*
From where we came back from: Bintan
Well, I must say it's a much deserved break even though it hurt our purse-strings a little. A little unpleasantness on the final day after we had sumptious lunch and was on the way back. [sigh] Wish the return of the wallet soon!
Day 1: Saturday noon!
Realised it was a bad idea to check in on a Saturday.... The rooms were totally packed and some whom have checked out on Saturday haven't got their rooms cleaned up, so we can't check in. We were so thankful to take the 11am ferry instead of the earlier one because we ended up bumming around instead of resting. We looked around towards booking a full massage session for Jess but couldn't secure one because we hadn't got our room number. >.<
After having a drink at the lobby bar, and had a game of pool before that and some misc shopping, we were sleeping in the lobby's sofa. I basically dozed off whilst waiting for the keys to check into the room. I was so tired but Jess was fiesty, so off she went for a sun-bathing/ water dipping session. Hee hee. After that, we napped till dinner time, where we went for 1-for-1 buffet dinner. Really good food, especially the Mutton Rendang. Yum! And the lovely Assam seafood!!!! :)
Was knocked out again after dinner, so slept!
Day 2: Sunday!
Woke up quite early! Trotted down for buffet breakfast! Yummy! Jess went off for her massage treatment, so I kept myself busy with a book. I had a beer at the Poolside Restaurant. :) After she got back, she looked totally radiant and glowing!! :) Then we went for 1 hour of kayaking! Yum! We paddled thru and fro and got ourselves a nice tan. Scheduled our Mangrove Tour before we went for kayaking. Was just in time after we had lunch at Poolside restaurant. ^_^
Mangrove Tour was totally groovy! We saw tree snakes, mangrove snakes and never-ending stretches of above-ground roots. There are 2 kinds, one shaped like pens, other shaped like elephant ears. THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN!!!! The mangrove became a VERY SCARY PLACE. If you are lost there during a storm, you better pray you can figure your way out because the weather makes it so sinister. :( It also ruined our plans of going to the Kelong Restaurant for dinner. ZzzZ. So we ended up calling room-service for dinner and opened the bottle of red wine we bought from Duty-free. Watched a little Telly "Coffin Boy" and so on.... Glad to see Susilo beat Lin Dan in Olympics and watched the whole match even. [he's out of olympics now btw]
Day 3: Monday and Goodbye
Nothing that interesting. Had butter biscuits for breakfast with tea/coffee. Took transport down to Pasar Oleh Oleh where I couldn't resist but buy 3 pirated DVDs. Decided that we will go for a meal at Kelong Restaurant. Rest is history.
So how's your week so far guys? Feel like going Bintan again.... It's a lovely place... ^_^
Su played with Magic @ 8/18/2004 11:33:00 PM
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