Tanjung Pinang is the major city on the island of Bintan. It is the capital of the newly-created area of Riau Islands in Indonesia. The city is a trading and shipping center in the region, therefore we able to spot abundance of water transportation everywhere. The island is just like shanghai in the past 1000 years ago. At Tanjung Pinang we capable to discover many difference type of transportation which interesting and some are unable to get in Malaysia.

Motorcycles are main road transportation in Bintan Island, Even need to wait in a line to fill petrol.

This is so called OJEK-OJEK which is similiar like taxi travel around in the Tanjung Pinang. Don’t look down to the Ojek it cost thousand of Rp per trip.

There are thousand of Motorcycles in Bintan Island even police used it as patrol transportation.

This motorcycle been modified to carrying goods.

Beca or known as trishaw is used to carrying goods near by the place i live while at Bintan Island.

This is how people using of trishaw in Bintan Island.

Small little Van like Perodua Rusa name as Angkutan Kota which like mini bus on the Island. shout “kiri” then the van will stop beside. It cost few thousand of Rp per trip.

Mobile foods stall which unable to get in Malaysia. The seller pushing the small stall everyway for business. The famous stalls are bakso(fish ball) and sate stall.

Interesting Mobile Ice-Cream kiosk at Bintan.

Attractive Bitch bar at Bintan Beach resort which serve foods and beverages at the beach.

Sampan or wooden boats are another type of transportation for the people to travel on the Island. It cost 70k Rp for us to reach another place.

This is known as the water petrol station. It float on the middle of sea.
Next will be the delicious foods at Bintan Island which can’t miss out such like popular Nasi Padang at Indonesia and many others.

















