Bintan: Part 2

Saturday morning in Bintan began with a massive buffet breakfast of hot foods such as sausages, omelettes and other meats as well as yoghurt, cereals, fruits, pancakes and pastries. Basically anything that will make breakfast the best meal of the day.  It was heavenly. The eating area overlooked the pool.

After being fuelled by the delicious breakfast we caught the resort bus into the village. The closest village was about 20 minutes drive away. It is incredibly small consisting of some shops and restaurants, catering for all the tourists. They had some really lovely souvenirs and nick nacks there. 

Sadly, the weather was atrocious. It was pouring with rain which meant that we all got drenched before we got to look around.  The beautiful Indonesian people soon came out with umbrellas for us all. They were so incredibly hospitable.

After wandering around the various stores, we went for lunch at a seafood restaurant. Being the first ones in the restaurant, the waitresses and waiters looked after each of us getting us our drinks and making sure everything was perfect; which is really was. We ordered 4 dishes. The black pepper prawns and pineapple rice were my personal favourites. The pineapple rice at the restaurant was the best I have ever had!

We left the restaurant, following some of the waiters asking for a photo with us, (which I thought was adorable) and headed back to our resort.

For dinner that night we travelled to a neighbouring resort, Nirwana, which was about 10 minutes drive away. Many of the staff at the resort we were staying at recommended us to visit the Thai restaurant there.

I have tried A LOT of delicious Thai in my life, from many, many different places but this had to be the best Thai food I have EVER had. Now I know that this is a ground-breaking statement, but I’m being completely honest here. It was also the only night I forgot my camera which is so frustrating!

We ordered rice paper rolls, barbequed chicken in banana leaves (which are one of the best things I have ever eaten), green curry, fish curry and papaya salad. Each dish was outstanding. We sat outside once again. The restaurant overlooked the water and it was very cool that night which was something I’ve really missed.

Sunday sadly arrived and I really did not want to leave. We headed to the beach in the morning, renting jet skiis which was incredibly fun.

We had lunch at Rice again which was so so good. I ordered a delicious meal after being exhausted by the beach fun.

Following this we headed to the pool to finish off the afternoon, packed out bags and headed home.

My long weekend in Bintan was just so wonderful.  I recommend everyone to visit Bintan! The people are so accommodating and genuine; they will do anything and everything to help make your stay perfect.

I really hope you enjoyed these two posts because I loved writing them!