Of Hermit Crabs and Wave-Surfing

Instead of staying in Singapore to revise for the mid-year exams, like what most people did, we decided to take a short break over the Easter long weekend and escaped to Bintan! It was a lovely 3-day, 2-night stay at the Bintan Lagoon Resort which was entirely rejuvenating and refreshing.

Yes, it might be a little crowded there at times, and yes, the food might be a little unsavoury in some restaurants, but hey, we had a perfect view of the South China Sea and was barefooted in white powdery sands half the time! My kind of chillax holiday for sure!

We spent hours on the beach, body surfing with the surging and crashing waves, drinking loads of salty seawater as a result! We dug holes and built clumsy sandcastles on the sandy beach.

We interacted with frantic hermit crabs in all sizes and colours, admiring their resilience and their myriad colourful shells.

We created a protective moat where we gathered a few shy hermit crabs together. Can you spot them?

The girls were fascinated by the hermit crabs!

We had long leisurely breakfasts and other meals, where we did nothing but fooled around and chatted with one another. We took long walks by the beach, encroaching into the part of the shore that resembled no man's land and true wilderness, with deep mysterious forests beckoning at us. We strolled into the multi-hued, tangerine colours of a glorious sunset which gradually faded into mellow lavender twilight...and were bitten by pesky sand flies as a result!

I tried (rather unsuccessfully) to be a typical Singaporean tiger mother as well, so yes, in the lazy sweltering afternoons, we spent indoors where the girls did some revision (not much, but some was good enough for me!). We were truly working and playing hard!

All in all, a wonderful short stay, being so close to the wild, tempestuous ocean again!