| 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.
Wow man, really a lot of motorcycles at there and the floating petrol station is just cool, at first by looking at the picture, i thought is a boat
Hehe… there is really a lot of motorcycles, even they modified it as carrying transportation. The floating station was close so unable to shot any boat nearby.
its a missing place for me, just a word:”nice”…hehe^^..
Haha yea there is really a missing place for me too hehe^^..
wow… nice place to be at eh… looks really like KL except the are less cars thr… i wonder if i cycle thr dangerous a not ey…. hmm :/
wah 90% motor all rempit in the city ahh…haha…
Ah Cat – Nope look like KL at all le… do u know how to cycle mah? kaka…
avie – Yea 90% mat rempit le… but the cycling much better then here haha…
cool post. i enjoyit . it is like i am seeing it thru yr eyes. if i were there i would probably take the same pics although my pic taking skill is ooouch terrible
Haha… the small island really enjoying. there have a lot of foods and the culture is totally difference what we experience here.
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“Attractive Bitch bar at Bintan Beach”
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“Attractive Bitch” wow I am sure it is my kinda bar LOL