You mean you plan to stay at Nirwana on 4 April and catch the flight at 11:00am on 5 April. If this is the case, I think this schedule is impossible. The earliest ferry departs at 8:30am at Bintan. After taking into account the 1 hour time difference between Singapore and Bintan and the 45-minute ferry journey, you will reach Singapore at 10:15am.
Btw, have you brought the CX package yet? CX sells a new package called "stop@singapore for a spring gateway". Same price as the previous one but with more privileges. Unluckily, I have brought CX Bintan package already.
I plan to visit Singapore and Bintan from 6 April to 12 April with my husband and my daughter at 3.5 years old. The CX Bintan package is $3180 for an adult and $2080 for a child, including 3 nights at Nirwana Resort, daily breakfast, air ticket to Singapore and ferry transfer to Bintan. After the Bintan tour, I will spend another 3 nights in Singapore. I take the advice of Melvinma and will stay at M hotel which is $600 per room per night.
Comparatively, the Bintan package is more expensive than the Singapore package, especially for the child. But, I don't want to fuss over the ferry journey and take Bintan package at last.
For details of the stop@singapore for a spring gateway, please check with CX website: www.cathaypacific.com
I don't think that there are many places for sight-seeing. I go to Bintan for lesiure and some watersports. My husband will go for scuba diving and I will take spa treatment. We are lazy guys and most likely, we will just eat and swim for the 3 days.
Having said that, there are some activities outside the resort, e.g. mangrove tour, elephant park, bicycle ride, day trip to Indonesian local towns such as Tanjung Pinang. But all these seem not attractive enough as I have similar experiences in other SE Asia countries.
Do you like something colonial? In my last visit to Singapore, I like Raffles very much. It looks as if HK's Peninsula. I plan to Chijme, close to Raffles, in my coming journey too.
Clark Quay is more interesting on Sat. night. You may consider to swop your intinerary for Fri and Sat.
No one here mentioned 海南chicken rice. Becasue of Avian Flu???? I heard that Charterbox at Oriental Hotel and 文東記 are good. But the first one is quite expensive, about HK$80 for a dish.
umm, it is 文華. The one in HK is Mandarin Oriental, so I always mix up the two. I double checked a travel guide last night and it should be at Mandarin Hotel, Orchard Road.
A very interesting subject. As far as I know, there are three hotels with similar names in Singapore:
(1) Oriental Hotel - in Marina Square, under the MandarinOriental group;
(2) Marina Mandarin Hotel – also in Marina Square;
(3) Meritus Mandarin Hotel – on Orchard Road, where you can find the Chatterbox. It claims itself as “chicken rice capital of the world”. The website is www.mandarin-hotel.com.sg
I just want to make sure that no one here will go to the wrong place. Don't take it seriously. Afterall, there may be no one here want to have chicken rice. :-P
jchan,
nice to chat with you here. Are you looking for a Bintan package? I just bought one from Lotus Tour. They post packages on the web - www.lotus-tours.com. One small tip- you can bargain. I don't know about that but at the end, they offer free breakfast for my child.
Oh really? I am glad to hear that my travel tips are useful. Actually, I am benefited by BK as well, ranging from food, travel, child education to school, etc. So many members share valuable information and tips with us.
My Bintan package is $3180 for an adult and $2080 for a child, including 3 nights at Nirwana Resort, daily breakfast, air ticket to Singapore and ferry/land transfer to Bintan resort. I will stay from 6 to 9 April.
You said in another topic that it was illegal to use walkie talkie in Japan. How about in Singapore and Bintan? Is it legal to use it? Actually, I plan to bring a pair to enhance communication in my coming trip.
M Hotel is very good. 多謝你既好介紹. Hotel對面是巴士站, 我地經常搭巴士出入, 當city tour. 用張e-z link card 好方便, 去Suntec City, Esplande, Sentosa等, 搭巴士重快過搭mrt, 的士就主要往來機場. 碼頭, east coast, 的士費真是很便宜呀.
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