School holidays are still new to us, so it was slightly surprising that we actually aligned our travels with one. David was working in Singapore and had time between training days, so we met him in Club Med Bintan, an hours ferry ride from Singapore. Some people that had met David in Tokyo would be there too.I have never been to a Club Med and was not keen on the concept. I am happy to say expectations were surpassed by a long way.
Both the girls went to kids club the first few days, keen to get into the activities - from archery, to kite making, fish feeding, water slides and so on.David and I relaxed and enjoyed time off. And then we threw ourselves into the Club Med experience.
Swimming, yoga, massages, sailing, windsurfing, though David was unhappy with the wind's performance over the week. The photo on the left is of David on the one relatively windy day on a sailing boat - in the background you might be able to see a girl who jumped overboard.
Each night after dinner there was circus skills practice, a show and then line dancing and of course the free drinks. We learnt how to juggle, diablo, hula hoop, and indeed salsa dance too. The major shows each night were quite amazing, cirque du soleil types, to comedy, and rock and roll.
The high point, literally, for us was the trapeze. I took to it like a duck to water, getting to do tricks and catches. Trinity took a little longer to warm to it, ending up doing many flamingos and a final knee hang and back flip off which turned into ten somersaults in a row. She made firm friends with the crew. Monkeys even came to watch.
The big story was watching David trust himself and his body to fly through the air. After a couple of days of simple swinging he decided he was ready for a back flip and then the next day went the whole way to do a knee hang and then back flip off the trazpeze (see the video below). I will load videos of Trinity and me flying too and will send out the links separately.
Totally satisfying as holidays go. Then to the ferry, airport hotel for the night and an early flight home.
