For sharing.
Picnic(ing) in Batam Beaches/Bay - Sembulang Beach
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We decided to have a picnic as it's a holiday, and *away* from the crazy-crowd during this time of the year. The outspoken Ibu wanted to take/show me her meaning of chillout/relax (not pub, lounging around, parking the ass at a coffeeshop drink kopi), looooooool.
13 of us (me being the only foreigner) , 3 cars, drove out of the main island along the Barelang bridges. The drive was uneventful : usual sights - long windy roads, vehicles, hills, plants, etc. Then we took an unfamiliar left turn. The road became narrow. Same uneventful drive.... and then saw the sea horizon - the sudden change of imagery was ecstatic. We reached.
Grabbed out mobile to see where we were :
Sembulang Beach. Rightmost end of the island
There are (a few) shelters that people would have their picnic. So we took one. Really not many people as you can see from the photos below and it is a public holiday.
Got jettys if one wanna "walk out to the ocean".
There is a seafood kelong here to buy back cheap seafood to cook at home, or eat there.
However, Ibu's friends brought picnic :
Homemade fragrant nasi lemak, ayam bawang, vege, sambal, chilis, ikan bilis
**Not For Sale**
The group chat, laughed, made horny/corny jokes. Ibu looked at me with that "so how ? nice ?" face . I smiled back. We spent some time here.
Just as I was thinking "I am feeling real lazy now....", Pak said : "ok.. pack ... we go all the way" (to the end).