Bintan, Interrupted
10 things we were not supposed to do but did while in Bintan
1) We vandalized the beach with graffiti - we [actually me] used a sea-shell to scratch a SOS message in the sand that read ‘We are here.’
2) We polluted the clear blue sea - alright, we lost our frisbee while playing in the sea. And after the beach guy was kind enough to search for [and found] it, we promptly lost it again the next day. Talk about not learning our lesson.
3) We misused Mana-mana’s stuff - dropped their towels into the soil [again and again], even if unintentionally.
4) We filled up the drain in the toilet of our cabana with sand. And on the last day, after we had checked out of ours, we proceeded to do the same to Jindao and Luanne’s.
5) We traumatised small crabs, pursuing them back into their sand holes [and even filling up their holes with sand so that they couldnt get out, or so we hoped/presumed].
6) A caged monkey and 2 grouchy parrots were also permanently scarred after we visited them.
7) We stole from the beach [actually just half a bottle of sand and some nicely-shaped seashells].
We murdered many cuttlefish [another plate of calamari, anyone?] and fish.
9) We [especially him] stamped, stepped, kicked, walked [with both legs and hands] on corals while snorkelling.
10) We [actually Jindao] tried to cheat Mana-mana waiters, drivers and chambermaids with old, discontinued Rupiah notes.
- the lost traveller
s t a r m | s t October 10th, 2003