Getting there - we took the Batam ferry from Harbor Front - and wound our ways around the cargo ships to Batam. Then by van to another island, then by boat to Lincoln's place. Here are our GPS tracks
Here is how we got there - click, drag and zoom this active Google map
To get there, we had to cross from Batam to another island over a cable stay bridge
A closer view
We took the ferry from Singapore to Batam - and then overland, to a small river where we loaded everything on a small sanpan for about a 45 min ride to the kelong. A kelong is a small wooden home on stilts built for fishing. Loading
Another view
The boat trip to Lincoln's Kelong
The Kelong where we stayed
A nearby home
Lunch - a seafood delight
Some fished
Then off I went in search of insects - more focus practice. First I found a small small grasshopper inside a flower
In the late afternoon, the tide goes out - Strange place, the equator - where there is only a single obvious low tide and single obvious high tide
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Low tide looking at our kelong
Evening of the first day
C. Frank Starmer