Pulau Bintan Sept 07

What is happening with the rain!?!

We spent this weekend on Pulau Bintan, an Indonesian island which is part of the Riau archipelago.

The whole weekend turned into a bit of an adventure, with no accommodation booked, the island full and torrential rain and storms, Gary and I thought we were going to have to spend a night at the ferry terminal. As luck would have it, some friends had a spare bungalow booked for their weekend of 'burning man', which as you can guess is the kinda campfire thing you can see going on in our photos. It's a take on the Burning Man which apparently happens every year in the Nevada desert. We had a great laugh...

The weekend proceeded to get more fun - our restaurant got hit by lightning when we were sitting in it and a bat flew into our bus on the way back to the ferry terminal - much screaming and the bus driver attempting to catch it with his bare hands!

Despite all this, the island is beautiful and very relaxing. I feel like I was away for weeks not days. The food was great, accommodation basic but sufficient and the people really friendly, what more could you ask..oh and it was very cheap!!