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