Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

How we got to Bintan Agro Beach Resort and then White Sand Island

I arrived from Tanjung Pinang just in time for lunch - so here are a few views from behind the Sun-Moon

Afternoon clouds

Here the rock to the left is a female profile - who's? Santi, Theresa, Sina, Herlina, Yohana, Evi, Florence, Lina, Yenny, Dewi or someone we have not met yet?

A nearby kelong

Another kelong

After lunch it was off to the small village to watch making some tasty treats. You can see me and my

Here is the small cafe, making tasty treats that are cooked in a banana leaf wrapper. Named Otak Otak, this is a paste of pounded fish meat and marinated with coconut milk, ground chilli, onions, lemongrass, blue ginger and tumeric. A blob is placed on a strip of fresh banana leaf, which adds a very subtle flavor to the blog and keeps the blob moist during cooking.

The kitchen where the Otah Otah or Otak Otak paste is made

The paste that is placed on the wrapper

Preparing the fire

Preparing the wrappers - see the blob of prawn paste on the banana leaf

High speed work

More stuffing

Preparing to place the wrappers on the fire

In an orderly row

Cooking and organizing

WIth the fan encouraging the fire, he turns the wrappers

More turning

and the cooking is complete

The village across the street

Then back to Bintan Agro Beach and some refreshment and then snorkeling.

At Yenny's place - a tall glass of ice lemon tea and a good view of afternoon clouds and rain over Mapur Island

Another fruit drink with layers of juices

Drops on the glass

A green table coral and something quite interesting to the left

A blue something

A floating kelong

Variety of coral

Sea urchin

Colorful table coral

Colorful table coral

Not sure what this is

Green Anemone and green stag horn coral

Something like colorful lips

Hari caught a fish - bare handed. What am amazing guy

A closer look

Jumari - gets into the act

And fun clown (nemo) fish

Clown fish

Two clown fish over an interesitng maze of coral

A clown fish hiding in the anemone

I don't know the proper name, but this is like a maze

Colorful Coral

A blue eyed fish

ANother clown fish

Jumari at sunset

just chillin'

Hari swimming back

Sunset

Frank and Hari

and Frank and Jumari

Sunset as we returned to the Agro Beach pier

Sunset

Moon over the Sun Moon

And moon over the honeymoon suites

And later - moon over the Sun Moon

Another view

Can you imagine - this morning I left home at 7am to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, then to Tanjun Pinang where Dewi met me and took me to the resort - then lunch and an adventure visiting a local kelong, then a tall glass of ice lemon tea - then snorkelling - then a full moon and a quiet dinner at Sun Moon. Just another ordinary day in paradise

C. Frank Starmer

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