Bintan Island, Unboxing Beautiful Tropical Place with Middle East "Landscape"

Telaga Biru (Blue Lake) one of instagramable spot (Doc. Linda)

After looking around the desert, you'll see another surprise. In the middle of desert, mirage usually appears because off high temperature and refraction, so you will see the oasis in the middle of desert. In Bintan, oasis is real. In the middle of Gurun Pasir Busung, you can find Telaga biru (blue lake). Telaga biru was formed after the government era of President Soeharto, in the beginning, this area used as bauxite mining. The bauxite mining was abandoned for many years, and the former quarry fill with rain water. Camera stand by please, you'll hard to move on when you see the blue color of water. Oh, I love it!

3.Treasure Bay Bintan

Treasure Bay Bintan, the third largest swimming pool in Southeast Asia (doc. persona.travel)

Do you have experience to swim in the third largest swimming pool in Southeast Asia before? Yes, Treasure Bay Bintan is the answer. This artificial beach has some facilities such as water sport, cable ski, speed boat and you can play volley beach in here. To walk around, you can ride the bicycle, scooter and other vehicle that use electricity as source power. With a total area of 6,3 hectares, you will find attractive water games and garden. Actually, I can't swim, but I feel safe because the coast guards always stand by to make sure all people safe.

4.Mangrove Forest

Bintan night trip at Mangrove Forest, you can see millions fireflies on there (doc. triptobintan.com)

It's time to explore mangrove forest at night. This is the best part to close on day trip in Bintan. With one small boat (max 10 passengers), we explore the Mangrove forest through the river. I swear, so beautiful. We didn't allow to turn on the lamp or the handphone lights. Why? We have to deal with million fireflies in leaves and branch. I can't express it with words, speechless! I feel like we surrounded by million stars. Yeay, I super love it! I tried to catch them in my arms, like a child.

This is all my travel story in Bintan. The tropical land with middle east "view". I hope can come back again to there with my beloved family. I also want to explore another exotic place in Indonesia like Raja Ampat, Bunaken, Toraja and many more. I am proud to be Indonesian people!