We left Monday morning at 11:00am for the island of Bintan and returned back Wed evening at 6pm. The waters going there were more choppy than that returning and several folks and kids ended up vomiting... Thank God we were all prepared with motion sickness pills (Novomin) and that kinda knocked us out (the kids were first to go) We had 7 adults, 2 children and a toddler.
The first pix was when we arrived. The other pics of Jo and our "gang" were on the last day where the weather was marginally better allowing for us to venture onto the beach the first time. Notice the red flag (no swimming, no nothing), ahhh reminiscence of Hawaii...winds super strong and waves were kinda "big"
Company was great, however the weather wasn't and one word of advice is never to travel during the monsoon season to somewhere else that's affected too. Just like the week before, it poured non-stop in the afternoon of Christmas day. We thought it would all end by the evening, but we thought wrong. It continued right up to Wednesday where it abated a little.
It was a much awaited trip for us since Jo couldn't travel to anywhere too far. I've been trying to get her up to visit our cousins in KL but she dreads the drive up there. So Bintan has often been our next best choice - 45 mins away and it has her greatest love - a nice beach with proper sand and sea :) Food is often left much to be desired there, but it was ok.
Regarding Jo, she's still having severe back aches at this point and was partially aggravated by a pot hole / hump the shuttle bus went over while in Bintan. So appreciate your prayers in this area.
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