indra maya

Just got back from one day in the sun at Bintan's lovely Indra Maya villas.
Same great group of people as last year (plus one more), unfortunately not enough alcohol (altho i got to try some excellent new wine) and alas, the first day was drizzly.

It was quite a disappointment to arrive at the ferry terminal and spot the dark storm clouds looming. While waiting for the bus, it began to pour.
:(

But somehow, it cleared up when we reached the check in. After chowing down on some lunch and snacks we hit the pool, and then of course, it had to start raining. Sometthing we decided to ignore - after all we were already in the pool - and it drizzled several more times before we got up to have dinner.

I love the place. the infinity pool with a nice ledge to lounge on. it's nice spacious rooms and furnishings are not bad. the gorgeous unobstructed view of the sea.

but i hate the food. the kelong (some seafood place) is edible and so is the food at nirwana (which we drive our little buggy to) but this time we had dinner at the Thai restuarant nearby. It looked pretty promising. But the food was just well, expensive zichar. I can't even compare it to a Thai restaurant cos it was really that bad. Only the tom yam was good (altho tasted a bit suspect) and the dessert of fried banana with pandan ice-cream was not bad either. But overall, two thumbs down.

the wine more than made up for it and i'd made a brownie so we had that dessert. as usually janice went off to sleep real early and so did ash. so the remaining three took it outside by the pool for a chat under the stars

we finished off the second day with more swimming, more bad food and a decent back massage.