After finding a reasonable hotel not far from downtown Tanjung Pinang, we wandered down to the sea road. In the evenings, the place is more hopping. This time of day not much goes on. The extremely safe-looking trampoline with attached aerial bungee cords appeared to be fun.
A few people were sitting along the promenade but most seemed to be waiting out the afternoon heat and humidity.
Interesting little carts that were selling snacks.
Not much going on now but later in the evening there will be!
More small stalls getting setup for the evening.
A few people were sitting out in plastic chairs enjoying the afternoon.
An interesting “goldfish” pond in a strange little children’s amusement park.
An odd train ride. Considering how it was powered, I can’t imagine it was very safe to step on both rails at once.
An inflatable play structure with a mismatch of Disney characters (some poorly illustrated) and other random characters that I’m not familiar with.
What an odd little amusement park!
A glorious monument to Raja Haji Fisabillah who died during the the Battle of Malacca versus the Dutch in 1784. He was a Malayan king who had his castle not far from the city. I think that there is supposed to be a statue at the top of the monument that is presently missing.
Looking down onto some of the little stands selling interesting foods.
Boats coming into port for the night.
Another view of the monument.
Walking down the middle of the road with his cart. I’m glad that I didn’t have to drive here.
We thought these guys might be high school students or maybe young military recruits out for a run.
Another booth with interesting food.
A random sculpture of seals emerging from the water.
We sat down at some tables by a booth for a while and had a snack.
The local Marine Corps. Perhaps this is where the running gentlemen were from.
The sun starting to get lower behind the tropical clouds.
The military police barracks.
In the old central commerce district. It was too dark to get very many good pictures in here.
Older buildings in the downtown business core.
Market stalls selling fresh meat.
Motorbikes, bicycles, and all other forms of transportation whizzing by.
Wow! Take some vitamins and get JACKED!
Snacks for the evening rush.
An interesting mural showing some famous battle.
The sun setting in the west over Singapore.
We went to a padang restaurant for dinner. It is very similar to a dim sum place. We didn’t speak any of the local languages and the people running the restaurant didn’t speak any English, Cantonese, Arabic, French, German, or Spanish. We walked into the restaurant and were shown to a table. After a while, they started bringing out food. I’m still not really sure how the price structure worked but the food was good and inexpensive!
Steph with the food vendors in the background on the way back to our hotel.
The vendors are all out after dark when it is cooler and more people are wandering around.