Honeymoon: Bintan

After a less-than-perfect 16-hour journey to get here, which included me coming within milliseconds of throwing up due to turbulence on the plane then going one better - twice - on the boat from Singapore to Bintan island, we finally arrived and the journey was all forgotten. Our villa is gorgeous, the resort beautiful and food delicious. Sure, I could live without the mosquitoes, but getting bitten every night despite having covered myself from head to toe in insect repellent AND sleeping inside a mosquito net while Rob takes no such precautions and is left well alone is highly annoying a small price to pay.

We went on a mountain bike ride out to a local fishing village, read lots of books (Rob), played lots of Bejeweled on the iPod (me), sunbathed by the pool, had spa treatments, went to a beach barbecue, played tennis (well, tried to, at least) and had 'Dinner on the Rocks' - a fabulous 6-course meal with our own private waiter on an outcrop of rocks just off the beach.

As this was the relaxing part of our holiday, we didn't take many photographs (particularly as we forgot our camera on the mountain bike ride), but the ones we did take are here. These are my favourites: -

Our villa

Our bed

The pool area

Back to reality tomorrow :).