Boat ride to Pulau Kampai

Alternating back to the Medan-Banda Aceh trip of November 2-13, 2011. Continuing from The river Babalan at Pengkalan Brandan.

From Pengkalan Brandan we moved to Pengkalan Susu, a small town situated besides the bay called Teluk Haru.

From here we took a boat to get to Pulau (island of) Kampai.

The island could be seen here lying ahead at the centre very close to the mainland left. But that part of mainland is not so accesible. I understand it is mostly marshland or maingrove swamp so taking a boat from Pengkalan Susu is still the best option to get Pulau Kampai.

Soon the boat started to move.

The calm waters of Teluk (bay of) Haru is surely a refeshing sight.

Oh. It is common for boats here to be overflowing with goods and passengers such that the roof becomes a refuge.

The boat soon passed another island called Pulau Sembilan to the right.

A view from inside. For the record this is the 898th article in this blogspot.

The Pompong ride from Tanjung Pinang to Pulau Penyengat

Peace be upon you all. It's the turn for the December 10-18th southern trip storytelling. Continuing from Boat trip to Riau from Johor.

So we have arrived at Tanjung Pinang, the main town of Pulau (island of) Bentan and the Riau archipelago, Indonesia. The following day Tuesday 13th December 2011 we decided to go for another boat ride.

Seen here is the jetty where we embarked at after arriving from Johor the previous day.

For this ride however there is another jetty.

For we were about to take the small local boat called the Pompong.

A view of Tanjung Pinang from the middle part of the jetty.

Time to take the Pompong.

A look from inside.

For a wider vista I have to stand on the deck. Here's a look back at the jetty in Tanjung Pinang as the boat left.

Slowly turning anti-clockwise I took in different shots.

There. That's our destination, the island called Pulau Penyengat.

A look again at Tanjung Pinang.

A few minutes later Pulau Penyengat conquered the view.

This island used to be the administrative centre for the Riau archipelago.

For here rest a number of rulers called the Yang dipertuan Muda Riau, the second most powerful persons in the Johor-Riau-Lingga empire...