Thursday, December 28, 2006
27th December 2006
Am back in Singapore.......the trip had been a good one...sadly though, it was raining throughout, so we didn't get to go to the beach at all. But, I would definitely say that God had been watching over us throughout the whole trip, for He blessed us with a driver who accomodated to almost all of our needs by transporting us to the outlying areas despite the bad weather, bringing us to places that we would not have gone to otherwise.....and on our first night there, we were really blessed to be able to get a room at Bintan Lodge, otherwise, we would have died of cold in the pouring rain......Nigel was a wonderful travelling companion....we didn't realise that he was so street smart, and could actually speak quite fluent basic Malay! Without him, I really don't know how we would have communicated with our driver, as well as with the other people on the island! Travelling to all the outlying areas, we managed to see how the people really really lived over there...and i tell you, the currency is SO confusing!! Not so much the exchange rate, but because the Rupiah is SOOO small compared to the Singapore dollar, it made calculation so much more difficult....just take for instance, S$1 = 5,980RP!! so when we bought things, it was really in the tens and hundreds of thousands......without a calculator, it would be quite hard to figure out the actual price in Singapore dollars. Luckily, they accept the Singapore dollar quite widely there coz the whole resort area is actually Singapore-owned.......but anywayz, not to digress, we really felt like we were in Singapore back in the sixties...when everything was super laid back, and really kampung style and all......quite a nice place actually.....The suite at Nirwana Resort was not bad...but it was far more suited for couples.....esp those on honeymoon....the toilet was the size of my room!! and the toilet and shower each had its own cubicles, with a door that had no lock! and the bathtub was humongous.....too bad, we didn't get to soak in it coz we were rushing to go to so many places...and also purely coz there was no lock on the toilet, as well as a designed hole in the door!! so right for couples, but so wrong for friends..haha.....Though the bad weather caused the ride there to be super choppy to the point where Angela and me puked....coz of the turbulence and all, but I believe that had it not been for the bad weather, we would not have been able to experience all that we did........going to all the places that we had gone to......we even went to a spa today before we left...the girls going for a massage, whilst the males went for a body scrub....it was cheap..and not bad.... =) So yup...really wonderful experience....Angela's already talking non-stop about where we are headed to for our next trip!! haha......shall see....maybe will ask them along on my honeymoon with Darling next year!! After all, most of the time, its far more fun to go out in a group than as a couple, also, we can take photos more easily.......so we shall see......will most likely go to either Tioman, Phuket, Bali or Thailand........those are nice seaside places...but ater this experience, will definitely not go during the December period anymore!!! enough of rain!!! =)
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