Showing posts with label Pulau Singkep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pulau Singkep. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2007

Pulau Singkep - Air Panas

Air Panas (Hot water spring)

While in Dabo Singkep somebody recommended me to go to Air Panas...the local hot water spring. The spring is in the middle of Pulau Singkep. I got lost a few times before managing to find the beginning of the mud road (must ask for the power station!). From the beginning of the side road it must be over 15Kms of dirts roads over wooden bridges and across forests and rubber tree plantations. Met a couple of the usual kids (13 years old?) carrying rifles on the way...always freaks me out a little bit...
The spring itself is not that nice. Just a 3 big concrete pools of very (burning) hot water, but the road to get there is a nice detour, with extra excitement if you are not really sure where you are going.







The best bridge in Pualu Singkep. Cross it at top spead to lighten the bike load!




Zooming down this fantastic dirt track...


Thursday, May 31, 2007

Pulau Singkep

Jago to Dabo

After about 4 hours of boat from Tanjung Pinang in Bintan I finally arrived in Pulau Singkep.
The boat stops in Jago and as there seems to be really nothing there I decided to go straight to Dabo to try and find a place to stay.
After a few Kms of very steep up and down hills there are about 20Km of coastal road to go to the main town of Dabo. The coastal road sits on a 5/10 meter cliff and is very scenic and with very little traffic. This is probably the most enjoyable road I ever did in the Riau islands.






After a breakfast of Kopi-o, some sort of mee rebus and the obligatory chit chat with a coffeshop customer who didn' t let me pay for my breakfast and recommended a few sights, I headed off for Pantai Batu Berduan. The beach of Batu Berduan (rock tree) is nice and clean. There was none there when I visited.
The ride from Dabo passes by a few very nice kampungs. People are chatty, smiley, and very nice. What a great island!






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