Bintan.

This is a long overdue post, but  I will post it just the same.

Because we knew that F. was leaving for a month this week, and because we had both been quite a bit stressed lately, and because it has been a while since our last non-SG escapade, we decided to take a trip out of SG last week.

Friday morning, the plan was Genting Highlands. Neither of us had time in the day to actually research on how to get there, where to stay and what we could do. 5pm, he came by the office and we decided to do the research then. I had heard Bintan was less than an hour away so we decided to go for that instead. We did a quick search and he got on the phone to book a hotel, random one from the list that came up and we stumbled on Angsana. We quickly checked what time the last ferry out was. 8:00 pm, and we are advised to be there an hour before. The online site wouldn’t allow same day booking so we decided to just make a run for it. Both of us went for a quick shopping run for swim clothes and went home to pack. We left his place at about 7:00 pm, an hour before the ferry leaves. No tickets, and heavy traffic. In the cab I was getting more and more stressed. I realized what a pain it would be if we had to pay a no show fee because we missed the last ferry. I’ll spare you the agony though, we made it just in time. The ticket lady responded with “I’ll try” when he told her he wanted to buy tickets. We were practically running through security and when we got in, they had just started boarding. Lucky us!

Once we were at the ferry, I finally relaxed. It was so exciting to be on an impromptu trip yet again. When we got to Indonesia, I got a bit worried seeing F and another Caucasian guy being escorted by one of the security guys through customs. Turns out, they had gotten some special treatment (of course paying extra) for their Visas. Eventually we were both through customs and went for our hotel’s bus. The drive was quick but because it was night time, we couldn’t see what was outside. Sightseeing would have to wait till the next day, or maybe on the trip back.

When we got to the hotel, it was just lovely. I could literally feel all the stress just evaporate.

We went ATV-ing, Jet Skiing, Spa, and even a sales meeting! 😐 We pulled it off. All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, we came back Sunday afternoon very relaxed. I wish I could say the same about this weekend though. BUT, positive. Thinking POSITIVE!