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I just came back from a chill-out weekend in Bintan Island, Indonesia. Together with Peter, Pascal, Marc, Timo & Wiebke I got to this nearby “resort-island” on an all-inclusive trip to a 4 star resort. Because it is off-peak time right now, this trip was quite cheap. Bintan Island is just on the other side of the strait of Singapore and besides Batam the gateway from Singapore to Indonesia. It is just one hour by speed-catamaran.
We reached the resort around noon and unfortunately it was raining. Of course. Because it is not only off-peak time, but also monsoon time. Argh. But it was around 28C, so we decided to get into the pool anyway. This was actually a quite nice decision, because later on it stopped raining and the wind dropped down so we spent the whole afternoon at the beach. OK, it was cloudy – But the beach is really nice. Fine sand and nice scenic view – But with blue sky and bright sunlight… Time to stop thinking about that – Right now most people in Europe suffer from bad weather, so I do not complain.

After a splurge brunch at Sunday morning we had no chance to get out because it was raining really hard – So we started playing cards, which was really a lot of fun. It did not stop raining until we got back to Singapore in the late afternoon, but this did not matter at all. It was a really relaxing and enjoyable weekend – even with rain most of the time.