Bintan Agro Beach Resort

Over the long weekend, found myself at the Bintan Agro Beach Resort. I thought it was part of the Bintan  group of Resorts but unfortunately or fortunately, it was not. Why? Night view of the main lobby and a wee little swimming pool It wasn’t really much of a resort. The website looks good but…

Aroma River Spa

This was supposed to be the sole purpose of our visit to Bintan Island – a spa cum massage session at the Aroma River Spa. What we didn’t bargain for was the almost 1 hour trip from our hotel to the spa located in another corner of Bintan Island at Trikora Beach. The road there…

Rest and Relax at Nirwana Resort

We had wanted a quiet weekend escape just to rest and relax and do absolutely nothing except nuay around so we headed for Bintan Resorts – a consortium of resorts located in the north of Bintan Island. What we didn’t bargain for was that things at Bintan Resort wasn’t exactly cheap. The 2 days 1…

Batam Island

Been quite some time since we went ‘oversea’ to Batam island. The last time we were there, we went straight to the resort and nuay there the whole time. Before that, was when there was only one Matahari dept stall, 1 big wet market and 1 main street and the only tourist spot that the…

Batam Getaway

Decided to surprise M with a short escape to Batam over the weekend. Booked a room at the Batam View Resort. No kids to tag alone. So nice. The weekend all to ourself. The last time we came here was like almost 10 years ago I think and there have been major refurbishment at the…