"Take Your Time In Tanjung Pinang" Tanjungpinang by Confucius

Tanjungpinang Travel Guide: 32 reviews and 78 photos

Pretty Indonesian Bridesmaids All In A Row

Get Me To The Mosque On Time

I was walking from my hotel to the pier when I passed by a community center which was getting ready for a wedding procession. The family of the groom saw me listening to the live traditional music from across the street and invited me to participate in the ceremony with a simple wave and a big smile.
The groom was carried on the shoulders of his two best men and there was an exciting knife dance ritual performed by two martial artists. The live music consisted of a small gamelan set, some drums, and a big gong.
I stayed for the reception afterwards, of course, and pretended to be shy in sampling the wonderful wedding buffet of Indonesian cuisine. Some of the dishes had catchy names like "gado gado" which was an unusual salad with peanut sauce. There may have been some special cultural significance attached to the foods I ate but at least I recall it all tasted delicious.

Peace Garden Adorned With Shiny Mobile Artillery

Tanjung Pinang, Bintan, Indonesia

This photo was taken near the wedding ceremony that I was invited to attend as a tourist armed with a camera.

Look! White seals! Over there on the rocks!

Excuse me, have either of you two seen keeweechic?

Awwww, they're not real seals.

Pros and Cons

Pros:The people are so incredibly friendly and hospitable
Cons:You kind of have to go to Singapore first, not really convenient from Bali or Jakarta
In a nutshell:Tanjung Pinang is the people's part of Bintan that you will enjoy most

Last visit to Tanjungpinang: Sep 1999
Intro Updated May 30, 2003
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mvtouring Mar 13, 2007 at 10:45 PM

Wow a temple built inside a tree trunk. That must be something ;-)
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dadiek Jan 30, 2007 at 7:13 PM

nice pictures,..nice shoot,..try to use digicam with capacity more than 6 Megapixle....i was born in tanjungpinang,,.now i stay in padang,west sumatera....wanna try a trip 2 padang,,good view here..
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sincereartiface Aug 5, 2006 at 8:54 PM

thx for the great info. can't wait for the night safari. heading there in late august. I was curious about hotel sadaap on bintan. Do you have advice about contacting them. sounds perfect. Thx again. keep havin fun
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eden_teuling Feb 4, 2006 at 7:17 AM

enjoyed your tips AND THE GREAT travelogues with stunning pictures and stories! Glad I found this page via VT homepage! elisabeth
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easyoar Jun 9, 2005 at 2:14 PM

Never seen a temple built inside a tree trunk before, even though I have seen some big old Banyans...
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Wild_Orchid Jan 16, 2005 at 4:36 PM

well, you've shared the joys of Tg Pinang very well!
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mkurniawan May 13, 2004 at 11:42 PM

Nice tanjung pinang page, Someday I will visit tanjung pinang.
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Sharrie Apr 4, 2004 at 7:31 PM

Why Tanjung Pinang of all places in Indonesia? Ok, listening to Gamelan & singing Ji Gong, that's an out of the world experience, I'm sure, lol...
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Wolverine_13 Feb 6, 2004 at 3:56 PM

That tree tmeple is something else! Slainte!!
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andal13 Jan 14, 2004 at 7:46 PM

What kind of birds are born from those giant eggs (kept inside that egg carton)? Very interesting and entertaining page.