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I'm back from my vacation, pallies! Still a little heady though after a krazyyy week of chaotic fun. Together with my dad, we met up with my sister and her family in Singapore where we headed for the sun-kissed paradise of Nirwana Gardens in Bintan, Indonesia. The beach resort lived up to its name which translates as "perfect bliss".
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Bintan Island (Negeri Segantang Lada), an island in the Riau archipelago of Indonesia, is only an hour's ferry ride away from Singapore's Tanah Merah ferry terminal.
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We stayed at the Indra Maya Villas
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The 3 bedroom villa, a fusion of Indonesian, Thai and Chinese architecture comes with a six-seater buggy, a private pool, a courtyard, an open-air sunken bath and a fully-equipped kitchen.
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All the bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms wrap around the airy central atrium that soars into an inverted 'V' ceiling.
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The living room opens to a balinese courtyard on one side and spills over to the generous terrace where the pool and cabana are located.
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The dining area
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The open-air sunken bath
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One of the guest rooms
The Balinese courtyard
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Rodney couldn't wait to jump into the pool!
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A private haven
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Beyond the railing, the terrace cascades down a tropical hillside
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Look who squirrelled away our lunch on the cabana!
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The villa at night
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Aunty J chauffeuring my dad and the boys around the resort
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Josh and Rodney
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Josh rifle shooting
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Rodney doing the Trampoline Bungee
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Josh towing cousin B and Aunty J to sea
Brave little Rodney trying out the Flying Fox, a sport not for the faint hearted!
The zip-line towers at 75m above sea level and is 888m long, probably the longest in Asia.
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Climbing up the ladder
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Getting ready to zip off
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Gliding 888 metres across
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Grabbing the net before sliding back to the ground
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Josh ferrying cousin B on an electric bike around the 'village'
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Just another day in paradise
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Me and Rodney
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Rodney and cousin B