Date: 14 & 15 Sep 2007
Time: 9.15 am
Attendance: Jayne, Cindy, Xiaoling & Imran
Ferry: Wavemaster
Ferry ticket price: S$45 (two-way)
Hotel: Hotel Pelangi
Hotel Total bill:Rp152,900 (S$98)
Tanjung Pinang is like Malaysia street.
Imran booked the hotel as Xiaoling's father's recommended. Hotel Pelangi. The hotel provides free shuttle bus not only can drive us to and fro the hotel & ferry terminal, it also drive us to where we want to go. Driver is called 'BuYong' in Indonesia. This hotel and the driver was recommended by Xiaoling's father as her father always buy back seafood from Tanjung Pinang and he is well known by the staff.
We need to take a small sampan to the island. It was operated by motor. The sampan was controlled by a little boy. We were shocked whenwe were told that the boy was only 10 years old. We were stunned! We were still in school playing catching when we were 10, and this young boy is already working on the sea. The young boy climbed over to get the plastic bag that chocked the motor engine bravely. He seems professinal. Wow!
The Island is actually a Kuelung, all the houses are all buit on the sea. We walked along the path, both sides are rows of Kuelung houses.
DINNER!!
Eating Seafood is one of our main purpose of this trip. We request 'BuYong' to bring us to a recommended seafood restaurant. This restaurant is opened by an old Chinese Teochew man. He can speak Teochew, so we can communicate what we want to order for our dinner. We also asked 'BuYong' to join us for dinner.
I woke up early in the morning while the rest were still sleeping. I usually woke up early and I had nothing to do, so I took my camera and took some pictures of Tanjung Pinang at the balcony. The natural kampong village is filled with morning dew and birds chippings. Actually the birds chipping came from a recorder in one of the building that breed sparrows for their bird nest.
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