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yall its a long read coming but if yall stay through this yall share my horror & that lessens my pain so stay if you a lil kind angel ๐๐๐๐
recently i went to bintan for 3D2N & here are the BRUTAL FACTS THAT NO ONE TELLS YOU (OR FINE, TOLD ME!!!!) BOUT BINTAN. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
1. there is no public transport apparently?? from when i went there, there wasnt even grab/gojek...? but i saw some lemon8 saying they grab Warung Yeah! over for supper so im super confused but mostly you have to rely on the resort's transportation or do PRIVATE HIRE which was what we booked before reaching to ferry us everywhr on the days we were there. ๐ธ๐ธ cost $85 EXCLUDING TIPS. ๐๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ฅฒโ ๏ธ๐ฅ
2. AVOID BINTAN COOL/BINTAN NEMO. YEA FINE I SAID IT DONT HATE PLZ I LOVE U INDONESIA BUT THIS IS TRUTH!!! ๐ซฃ๐ซฃ๐ซฃ๐ซฃ They are at the same spot but BC is cheaper & will be recommended by taxi companies (i guess they earn tgt!). tbh im not sure why some lemon8 reviews are saying that they enjoyed it SOOO MUCH when the waters were really darkkk and not clear at all. the view was extremely disappointing & the fishes were also...disappointing ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ ALSO PLS BE CAREFUL, I BRUSHED AGAINST A CORAL/ROCK ONCE N IT WASNT PAINFUL BUT AFTER I ENDED IT WAS BLEEDING & IT HURTS LIKE MAD TILL NOW. idk what else to say, we stayed for one hr & left๐ญ๐ญ the fish i saw that made me feel smth was the ONE nemo i saw, which i was led to take pics with ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ i also saw one sea urchin i guess ๐ซฃ the water is v shallow btw so no worries if u can't swim, got life jacket! pics & videos they take of you are inclusive of the $35-$40 i paid! but if u want to arrange transport w them thats another $60-$70 (bintan nemo quoted me this) to & fro your hotel which is ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ตโ๐ซ. Damn expensive to be disappointed idk....
3. AVOID OUTDOOR EATERIES โ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธ I cant blv im saying this because i love to eat like the local food places which aint atas & all just to eat their humble local food but YALL I ALMOST MY LIFE BINTAN-ING LIKE THE LOCALS!!!!! ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ so we wanted to eat Seafood, & Nirwana Gardens Kelong Seafood restaurant was POPULAR POLULAR BUT EXPENSIVE AS HECKKK LIKE MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN SG PRICES?! ๐ซฃ๐ซฃ๐ซฃ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ so we asked our masseurs for reccos & they were like BINTAN BROTHERS V GOOD. CHEAP LOCAL PRICE & GOOD. SO WE WENT. BRO there was SO MANY FLIES HOR & we spent every 10s swatting away flies but that was chill & cool ๐๐ because at least they were still FLYING . UNTIL OMG I LOOK DOWN & SAW SMTH HELLA SUS & ITS A FKN DED FLY. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ & my fren was lile "EH FK HAVE WE BEEN EATING FLIES LEMME CHECK MY FOOD" UNTIL SHES LIKE GUYS..... n we saw her plate and there was literally the biggest, fattest fly thats like x20 bigger than mine on her food not moving & its just FKN SCARY. I DONT WANT TO ADMIT THIS INCASE PPL USE IT AGAINST ME & I PUKE AGAIN BUT I RMB HEARING CRUNCHY SUS SOUNDS WEHN I WAS EATING THE RICE I J IGNORE IT ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข AIYA THIS IS RLY BENEATH ME FR NO QUEEN BEE LIKE ME EATS FLIES MAN ๐๐๐๐ anyw long story short ive had intense severe food poisoning & started having fever & stomach ache so bad me cry & vomit & also its been like 3 weeks since then but i havent even recovered fully, as someone who is very physical i also stopped exercising bc my body is weak & i have headaches still ๐๐๐ up till now, i still felt like got poisoned & lost half my life uh ..
4. EVERYTHING THERE IS CRAZY EXPENSIVE IF YOURE GOING AS TOURISTY PLACES LIKE NEAR RESORTS. ๐ช๐ช The restaurants & bar in resorts are exorbitantly high, the massages in the resorts are too. if you want CHEAP & GOOD massage, go to D'Bintan Spa, they have really cheap but GOOD massage. istg ill come here again just to engage in their full day spa services like the 8 hrs kind bc im a crazy massage person like that. It wss like $40+ for 1.5 hrs of massage + transport, & they were STRONG. โ โ โ My friend reccoed us one without checking the prices n it was like $130 for 1 hr, scared tf outta us ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ bruh our bodies aint worth that much fr ๐๐๐๐ lucky we checked!! so yes LOCAL PRICE VS RESORT /TOURIST PRICES, VERY CRAZY.
5. BUY BOTTLED WATER, & AVOID THE ICE THERE, ESP AT NON-ESTABLISHED RESTAURANTS LIKE LOCAL EATERIES. I think its smth to do with bintan's water, me & my fren drank 2 cups of this iced frappe oreo coffee drink at bintan bros which was like $0.80 bc it was soooo good but wah our laosai oso soooooo good ... haha.....๐น๐น my other 2 frens didnt kena this rabak... ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Everyth was fine until we had the frappe!!!
7. YOU MUST & CAN BOOK IN ADVANCE FOR ATV because its so popular, we literally cldnt do it because it was booked out for the WEEK. i saw lemon8 reviews where ppl say must go to the counter & book but NO JUST MESSAGE THEIR NUMBER. SAVE U SO MUCH TROUBLE. oh and also get the package from klook ard $108?? bc 1hr ATV in the package is literally more expensive than ala carte ATV there which is like $120 IDK THE MATHS AINT MATHING BUT ME J ACCEPT .....?!๐ ๐ ??
8. BUY ALCOHOL AT DUTY FREE BEFORE BOARDING THE FERRY. Theres alot of muslims there and they dont sell any alcohol above 5% due to government regulations. So if u wanna party all night abit hard w No hard liquour etc..... and also the marts there is crazy exp. $5 for a bag of chips at the mart called Happy Mart, but There wasnt even any HAPPY ๐๐๐ Came out grumpy AF๐ ๐ ๐ Anyw if you drive out and buy beer its cheaper but then again nth >5%.
9. LAST ONE. THE TIME TAKEN FOR FERRY TOOK US 2 HRS, THEN FROM PORT TO HOTEL TOOK US 1.5 HRS. CUSTOM QUEUE TOOK US 1HR. 3D2N was ridiculously short due to all the travelling time so.......... plan ahead!!!
Tbh, i do love Bintan overall & ill be back.....but this time w PRECAUTION & WISDOM. I HOPE I GAVE YALL SOME BRUTALLY HONEST INSIGHTS โฃ๏ธโฃ๏ธโฃ๏ธ
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