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Videos from Bintan!

Here are a few videos from Bintan Island, courtesy of Lisa (thx)!

This one is of our 'complimentary hotel shuttle.' The owner is taking us for a ride up the coast to drop us off. Take a look at the doors on the thing - everything is busted off, there aren't even handles, you have to practically kick the thing open. A bonus of the shuttle is the way it sounds. Lots of people pay big bucks to get that kind of quality rumble through custom exhaust work. Our hotel owner simply had to buy questionable petrol from one of the many street stands everywhere.

And this video is of one of our trips to a 'sea village'. I am not too sure what they are called but they are just buildings and docks built on stilts out over the shallow water. Lots of fishing boats and kelongs can be found moored at them and there are tanks of live shellfish stored there. Also, it seems like the entire thing is some sort of fish catchment area. The boardwalks have nets beneath them down to the seafloor that form giant holding cells. So these stilt cities make for a good place to go for fresh seafood! In this video we are walking through the boardwalks about to go for lunch. Please note that the kid floating in the water is in fact alive and having a swim!

Posted by Evan at 10:41 PM