Tanjungpinang-Bintan Island Part I

I bet, many blogger CS never hear this island in Indonesia. Many western people just now Bali and Jakarta in Indonesia.

Yes, Tanjungpinang is one part in Bintan Island. This is the capital of the newly-created province of Riau Islands in Indonesia. The city is fast growing with a population around 200,000. It is a trading, shipping, shopping and tourism "seafood" center in the region.


Tanjungpinang is not to famous like Bali, because this is small island but also have a few place if you like nature. But Tanjungpinang is near with Singapore and also Malaysia . Sometimes my friends who stay in Jakarta visit Bintan Island to go to Malaysia.

Penyengat Island. Places to visit include the Masjid Raya - the old vice-royal mosque, which locals claim is made "from egg" (the mortar, that is, not the whole building). There are also a few more mosques and graveyards to see, some of which include royalties.





Senggarang Temples is a temple complex including Chinese and Hinduist worshipping places. This includes a 40-armed statue and several animal deities. From there, you can walk to a stilt house village, where there is also a temple that a tree has grown into. There are boats going from Tanjung Pinang piers to Senggarang frequently, haggle for price.




Sungai Ular Buddhist Temple, or Snake River Temple, is a little way up the so-called snake river (for its windings). The best (and probably only) way to get there is by boat. Go there for some gory murals depicting the Chinese version of hell.

For today just this an information I can share to you