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January14
Withmost of us living in limited
space in Singapore, having
visitors stay can be a bit of a
strain – especially if they’re
here for a reasonable length
of time. You do eventually
need to escape for a while,
even if it’s together as a group!
M
y mum comes every year
for two months. Yes, I know
I should appreciate it, and
I’m very grateful that she’s
still able to do the trip at the age of 85;
it’s also much cheaper than paying for all
of us to go to the UK. But when you know
someone is here for a while, you do tend
to slack off a bit and perhaps not do as
much as you should do with them.
It’s nice to give visitors who’ve made
the effort of coming all this way a taste
of something outside Singapore. One
problem, though, is that older visitors usually
don’t feel like getting on another plane.
An easy solution is Bintan or Batam.
We’ve taken quite a few guests to both
places in the past. For my in-laws who
hadn’t travelled much and didn’t want to
venture off on their own, we once hired
one of the
Indra Maya Villas
on Bintan.
It was a large three-bedroomed villa with
it’s own pool overlooking the sea. They
were thrilled with it; they were still together
with us as a family, not in a hotel room,
and it was something tropical and slightly
exotic, with a few sights and activities that
were different from Singapore. It was also
another country to tick off the list and talk
about to folks back home.
Break
Bintan
By Rebecca Bisset