After wrestling with the shower / toilet combo we ventured out into Little India in search of some brekie. Since we didn’t really fancy curry so early in the morning I’m ashamed to say that we ended up in that ubiquitous fast food ‘restaurant’ with the yellow arches! Don’t worry, we won’t be making a habit of it, especially since Si wasn’t too sure about the panackes and maple syrup with sausages and cheese combo – doesn’t sound quite right at any time of day does it?
Whilst wandering Little India and checking out some wonderfully colourful temples we found Racecourse Road, home of the banana leaf curry. And sure enough there were numerous restaurants advertising said curries. Vowing to come back to sample them some other time we headed back to the hostel to pick up our bags, we had a ferry to catch.
We decided to go to Bintan, firstly to see my parents who were spending the last couple of days of their holiday there but also because it is in Indonesia and so gave us an excuse to receive another stamp in our rapidly filling passports. The Angsana resort in Bintan is a little slice of paradise. Our room is luxurious, the pool area is lush and the beach is straight out of a travel brochure. We spent the day relaxing by the pool and diving in for a cool, refreshing dip now and then.
Dinner tonight consisted of freshly caught fish on the beach. Heaven. Already we never want to leave.