This past weekend Brett and I took a little trip to Bintan, Indonesia. We started on our adventure by taking the bus for 30 mins, the train for 30 mins and another bus for 10 mins. After arriving at the ferry port, we rode on a boat for 2 hours, went through customs and took a 45 min bus ride to the place we were staying. It was quite the expedition! When we finally got there we were expecting a picturesque place with a relaxed atmosphere; it was definitely picturesque but we weren't aware that there were 30 other exchange students from all over the world staying there at the same time! It was a crazy coincidence, there were Spaniards, Canadians, Americans, Germans, you name it, they were probably there. It was fun, met a bunch of swell foreigners and chilled till the wee hours of the night. The next morning we decided to do some snorkeling using our newly-purchased snorkels and masks (we figured it would be a good investment, especially when we go to Thailand or Vietnam). There were crabs, lots of different fish, hermit crabs and odd-looking-octopus-things. Thankfully no sharks. (The guy who sold us the snorkeling equipment said the one bonus of snorkeling over scuba diving was that there are no bubbles to scare to scare away the sharks so we'd have a better chance of seeing one! Yikes. I successfully avoided any bubble-fearing sharks though.)
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| This was where we stayed; about 12 US dollars a night. Very nice. |
That afternoon we checked out the other beaches and basically just relaxed the rest of the day. We took it easy that evening and the next morning and headed back to Singapore Sunday afternoon. It was a great trip, had nice weather and got some quality sun. Great success. If you want to see more pictures click
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This past weekend Brett and I took a little trip to Bintan, Indonesia. We started on our adventure by taking the bus for 30 mins, the train for 30 mins and another bus for 10 mins. After arriving at the ferry port, we rode on a boat for 2 hours, went through customs and took a 45 min bus ride to the place we were staying. It was quite the expedition! When we finally got there we were expecting a picturesque place with a relaxed atmosphere; it was definitely picturesque but we weren't aware that there were 30 other exchange students from all over the world staying there at the same time! It was a crazy coincidence, there were Spaniards, Canadians, Americans, Germans, you name it, they were probably there. It was fun, met a bunch of swell foreigners and chilled till the wee hours of the night. The next morning we decided to do some snorkeling using our newly-purchased snorkels and masks (we figured it would be a good investment, especially when we go to Thailand or Vietnam). There were crabs, lots of different fish, hermit crabs and odd-looking-octopus-things. Thankfully no sharks. (The guy who sold us the snorkeling equipment said the one bonus of snorkeling over scuba diving was that there are no bubbles to scare to scare away the sharks so we'd have a better chance of seeing one! Yikes. I successfully avoided any bubble-fearing sharks though.) 
Wow! I would have NEVER guessed that Singapore had so much to offer....what a great experience. Keep the reports and photos coming!
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