On to Bintan and Chillsville..

 

We left the hurly burly of Singapore yesterday and have now come to rest in a quiet little resort called Bintan, an Indonesian island a 50 minute ferry ride across the South China Sea, the two places could not be more different! This place is very secluded and peaceful, it seems almost like a "retreat" that monks might go to find themselves.

 

(All aboard the Bintan ferry)

The scenery and views are amazing, sunrise this morning was breathtaking. It might prove to be stressful however because of the choices - whether to swim in the sea or in the pool? to read books or sip coffee? to lay on our fronts or backs? In February when it's cold and raining and the kids have had wet play times all day we need to remember this!

(Worth getting up early for)

Today is my birthday, (have I mentioned it?) and when we returned from the pool this morning we discovered that room service had made a great "Happy Birthday" arrangement with towels and flowers! It wasn't particularly butch or "manly", but then again neither is my present from Jan, it's a "man bag"! Perhaps I need to get more in touch with my feminine side, (ooh err...)

(Seems Room service have nothing better to do...)

(The birthday man bag is from the 2013 "Lady boy" range)

The price of food at this place is really high, and so we are following a cunning plan, get up and take breakfast late, eating slowly and as much as we can manage, (breakfast is included), and then surviving on the complimentary fruit until evening meal time - is anyone picking up a theme of "thrift" in this blog? Perhaps we will have lost weight when we return? (er no chance!)

 

As all we plan to do between now and returning to the UK is lazing around I think this will be the last blog in the current series. Hopefully it will return for a short season in the autumn. Many thanks for viewing!

 

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