Bintan Lagoon Resort was where the family took a short weekend break recently. The day started with a massive packing exercise. I have never brought so much stuff for a 3 night 2 day holiday before. Now I am the type of guy who can travel really light, just a change of underwear and I would probably be fine. 90% of the stuff were for the babies which included their diapers, food, clothing and other misc. stuff. We had a full suit case filled with their stuff, we decided only to bring 1 pram as we figured that was enough plus we had two baby slings as well. And here’s what we had to bring along.
Little Natalie on the other hand slept most of the way. They did pretty well onboard the vessel it was their feeding time half way across and they had their food on board. The sea was rough and I think the adults felt worst than the kids. Soon we arrived at Bintan, took some time to clear immigration and customs as we had to wait for our luggage it was the first time I had to check in luggage when going to Bintan. Soon we boarded the bus and would bring us to the resort.
After checking in we had lunch at the Golf Centre, it was a nice little stroll from the main building to the Golf Centre. We had a quick lunch and it was back to the resort as the day was getting hotter. See the ‘little prince’ below who was sheltered with the umbrella, you can just make out the ‘little princess’ who had a paper hat to shield her.
The room was nice and cool we got 4 rooms 2 of each adjoining. Here I am with Nigel in his sling and Natalie in hers.
The resort had its fair share of little animals especially squirrels, you can see them scampering up trees or running on the road. One of them was seen crossing the passage way in the hotel !!
The second day was much cooler as it was an overcast day and the kids went for their little dip in the pool. We had bought them their new swimming attire and it was the first time they would be using them. Our friend had bought 2 baby tubes where you can put the child head in and keep them afloat. Nigel loved it and he really likes the water. Natalie made a little fussy I think she does not like the tube round her neck. Here are some pictures of them swimming.
That night we had dinner at the Kelong. It was quite nice seafood dinner. It was at the Nirwana resort and we had to take a bus there. (provided by the hotel) The place as the name suggested was a Kelong. There was this banner advertising some new activities, can you tell what’s wrong with it ? Tell you at the end.
I had my Javanese Massage which was really good, felt refreshed after that. Soon it was the last day and time to go home. Another huge luggage packing exercise was carried out. The kids were fantastic on the voyage back except that Nigel decided to poop on board and as usual Natalie just slept through the journey. It was not so rough but the boat stopped half way and the captain came over the intercom saying that they needed to flush something out of their motor as there was a ‘foreign’ object in it. We bobbed in the water for a bout 3 minutes before we were on our way again.
We took a MPV cab back which we should have done in the first place as it could accommodate all of us in one cab. All in it was a good trip especially for the little ones since it was their first time out of the country. That means their passports have been stamped and they are only 4 months old. Lucky little ones.
Here is Nigel really enjoying himself with the float, guess where he is swimming in. That’s right in the hotel tub. He just can’t get enough of it. But I think he is too big for the tube and will have to do without it soon.
As to what was wrong with the banner, it’s in English except for the work ‘tahun’ (which means years)
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The kids look adorable. I have stayed at Bintan hotels over weekends and never tire of it.
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