Podcasts about bintan

What if your next beach holiday was just a short ferry ride away from Singapore?In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Veena World's Sunila Patil is joined by Abdul Wahab from Bintan Resorts and Rakesh Khetrapal from Pacific Trails to uncover why Bintan Island is becoming a favourite among Indian travellers.From its seamless access via Singapore and visa-friendly policies to its mix of cultural charm, natural wonders, and luxurious resorts - Bintan has it all. Whether you're planning a family trip, corporate tour, or even a destination wedding, this episode is your guide to everything Bintan.

What if your next beach holiday was just a short ferry ride away from Singapore?In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Veena World's Sunila Patil is joined by Abdul Wahab from Bintan Resorts and Rakesh Khetrapal from Pacific Trails to uncover why Bintan Island is becoming a favourite among Indian travellers.From its seamless access via Singapore and visa-friendly policies to its mix of cultural charm, natural wonders, and luxurious resorts - Bintan has it all. Whether you're planning a family trip, corporate tour, or even a destination wedding, this episode is your guide to everything Bintan.

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My guest today worked for Club Med from 1996 to 2001. His first season was in Club Med Punta Cana in 1996 as a Set Designer. He just might be the only set designer in Club Med that I have encountered who actually has a degree in Set Design from the University of Arizona. Around 1999, he helped form “The A Team”, in which my guest and a few others would travel from village to village evaluating the entertainment teams. I was working in Asia when this was going on and never had heard of it before now, so I had a few questions about that. We will also talk about how he helped design Sharkie's in Turks in 1997 and also helped design the Circus show, “Circus Nightmares & Children's Dreams”. He is now a college professor and has been living a very nomadic life for the last 10 years. Please help me welcome, from around the world, the one and only, Rapp! Rapp wanted to work and travel so he bought a book about working abroad and applied to Club Med. He had a phone interview and was sent to Punta Cana which turned out to be Kevin Batt's first season as CDV. Rapp also worked in the villages of Cherating and Ria Bintan in Asia. When he needed supplies for Bintan, he had to cross the Strait of Malacca in a tiny speedboat dodging tankers and waves just to get fabric! Rapp helped with the reopening of Punta Cana in 2000 and Crested Butte in 2001. He was at the opening of Club Med Varadero and tells us about that experience and what it was like buying black-market staples in Cuba! Please enjoy this episode with Rapp! **My First Season podcast has always been ad-free and free to listen to and is available to download on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Samsung Podcasts, Podbean App, Podchaser, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora and Listen Notes. And if you like what you hear, please leave a review at Apple podcasts. 

We originally thought Dee Fuller overcame the usual body issues when stressing the body in an ultra event on her way to her second women's win at UM Australia.  A few days later she went public on Facebook about struggling with an eating disorder leading up to, and while competing this year.  Something I was not aware of when we recorded this conversation.During our conversation she was open about various eating disorders, multiple PTSD triggers and other mental health struggles brought on by a variety of traumas.  (trigger alerts)She wants to discuss mental health issues in an open forum in hopes of helping others feel comfortable to do so and to help others recognize that they are not the only one's suffering.Her May 20th Facebook post in which she shares her current struggle can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/dee.fuller.125/posts/pfbid03dCrwzABMSFoK2eromiCTn75CCY13YEkUL6KeBP2PYex6rzGmkvTScGxHdsJyJjHlThis episode is the second of two that I have used to focus on Mental Health in the ultra community.  The first was Season 4, Episode 2, when I spoke with Heidi Buttery who has created a website with a multitude of resources.   If you require help or want to help someone else that you know is suffering, check out Heidi's website, UltraHeidi.com, or contact your local Mental Health hotline in your area.  Resources mentioned in this episode:Ultra TriFest CanadaUltra 515 World Wide ChampionshipsUM Australia70.3 Bintan 70.3 Sri Lanka IM CairnsThe Blue Hat – Used in the FB post for this episodeSunshine Coast marathonChallenge KoreaUltra 355 AustraliaShout outs and mentions in this episode:Shane Duffy (S4E5)Simone Cochrane (S4E8)Dan FullerMary KnottDale Jordan John Domandl___________________________________________________________Show Contributors:Host : Larry Ryan Contributing Raconteur : Steve KingAnnouncer : Mary Jo DionneProduction : 5Five EnterprisesMusic  :  Run by 331___________________________________________________________For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcastInsta : 515theultrapodcastEmail : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

The term "haze" relates to dry season plantation burning at this time of year which creates palls of toxic smoke across the region. This is impacting communities, healthcare systems and tourism throughout mainland South East Asia. So this week, Gary and Hannah discuss the environmental stories linked to travel and tourism in South East Asia and the broader region. We look at the transboundary haze hanging over Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam - and the likelihood of this impacting Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore once the rainy season ends in those parts. Plus, a 'heatwave alert' in Thailand, an oil spill in the Philippines and "oil waste" dumped at sea reaching the coastline in Bintan. Will these events result in booking cancellations for the various festivals during April and the five-day Chinese Golden Week at the start of May - which South East Asian tourist boards hope will kickstart the return of Chinese travellers in large numbers? And, we discuss a new report by McKinsey, Accor and Trip.com addressing the sustainable motivations of Chinese tourists, and we look at how airlines and cruise lines are trying to control the narrative around sustainable aviation and cruise fuel.

Ditulis dalam rangka Festival Sastra Internasional Gunung Bintan 2022

Badang was a powerful man from the Malay world who lived in Sungai Batu Pahat, Malaysia. He was active in the courts of the Raja Sri Wikrama of the Kingdom Of Singapura. He was also associated with various historical artefacts, such as the Singapore Stone.According to a legend, Badang was a slave who had been tasked with clearing the forest for his owner. He caught a genie in his net at the Singapore River. In exchange for his freedom, the latter agreed to let him be the strongest man in the land. Upon eating the genie's vomit, Badang became very strong and could uproot trees effortlessly.Badang was a Malay boy from Malaysia's Batu Pahat River. He was the only son of two farmers who worked hard until their deaths. When he was young, he worked as a coolie for a rich farmer named Orang Kaya Nira Sura in Sumatra, Indonesia.Despite being a slave, Badang had royal blood as he reportedly descended from a prince from the Bugis tribe who married a woman from the Malay community in Bintan. His father, on the other hand, was from the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that his lineage came from the blood of a Chinese prince who married a woman from the same tribe. Badang eventually became the army chief of the Sultan of Johor. His descendant was Hang Mahmud, whose family had also been involved in the wars in Malacca and Johor. Hang Tuah, son of Hang Mahmud, was a legend who is regarded as a great warrior.Read more at https://mythlok.com/badang/

Hải quân Việt Nam và Indonesia đang thực hiện cuộc luyện tập phối hợp (CODEX 22B-I) kéo dài 6 ngày tại đảo Batam và vùng biển Bintan của Indonesia từ ngày 30/8, nhằm đảm bảo an ninh hàng hải khu vực trong bối cảnh có sự trỗi dậy của các lực lượng Trung Quốc và sự gây hấn của Bắc Kinh ở Biển Đông.

My guest today and I met at Club Med Ria Bintan in Indonesia in 2001/2002, but his first season was in Club Med Bali as an au pair Mini Club G.O. in Summer of 1998. Everyone, please help me welcome the first Indonesian EXGO to MFS, Marthen! Uncovered during this interview is the fact that Marthen, who was born in Indonesia but now lives in Malaysia, studied French literature at a private university in East Jakarta and I do not think he even mentioned that to me when we worked together the entire year! Marthen worked for Club Med from 1998 to 2011 and worked in many villages in the Asian sector such as Bali, Bintan, Cherating, Phuket, Kabira and Kani. Marthen has stories and recollections from each village, so I hope you enjoy this interview with a very kind and charming man. I asked him to do his “Takashi” impersonation (this will be explained during the interview and check out the video below) and he kindly indulged me. We fondly reminisced over Ria Bintan a little and have a laugh about why the “Swimming Contest” pool game used to freak and stress me out, how impossible it was to win at Janken (rock paper scissors) with Japanese GM's, trying to outrun the ever-present and noxious, mosquito-spraying truck and the wonder of Korean honeymooners arriving to Bintan dressed exactly the same.  **My First Season podcast has always been free to listen to and is available on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean App, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible, TuneIn + Alexa, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora, Podchaser and Listen Notes. And if you like what you hear, please leave a review on Apple podcasts. Please check out his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marthen_rorintulus/?hl=en And his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFh2sntOrhLLwI4Q0IJ0eQ You can see Marthen at the .47-second mark doing his Takashi impersonation (Takashi was my amazing Chief of Circus in Ria Bintan). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIzEK2xP-n0

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Dzulfitri Yusof dan Nailah Huda: Tumpuan #AWANI745 malam ini: 1. Penyelam sahkan anaknya meninggal dunia, terlalu lama di laut 2. Operasi mencari dan Menyelamat penyelam ditamatkan. 3. Pembangkang bimbang penyelewengan dana negara berskala besar. #AWANInews #IlhamRamadan #RamadanSLK

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Dzulfitri Yusof dan Nailah Huda: Tumpuan #AWANI745 malam ini: 1. Penyelam sahkan anaknya meninggal dunia, terlalu lama di laut 2. Operasi mencari dan Menyelamat penyelam ditamatkan. 3. Pembangkang bimbang penyelewengan dana negara berskala besar. #AWANInews #IlhamRamadan #RamadanSLK

S3E11 Bintan Imawhati - Anak bekasi yang jadi Farmasi

Kuatnya Terkaman Macan Asia Timur Lumpuhkan Sayap Garuda Oleh. Nurjamilah, S.Pd.I. (Tim Redaksi NarasiPost.Com) Voice over talent: Giriyani NarasiPost.Com-Singapura merupakan salah satu negara tetangga Indonesia yang terbilang maju di kawasan Asia Tenggara. Negeri mungil yang fakir sumber daya alam, namun memancarkan aura ‘Macan Asia Timur' mampu membuat negeri-negeri sekitarnya bertekuk lutut. Negeri berlambang singa putih ini mencengkeram garuda dengan gelontoran modal dan berbagai perjanjian kerja sama yang terjalin di antara keduanya. Dilansir dari Cnbcindonesia.com (25/01/2022) pada 24 Januari 2022 program Travel Bubble RI-Singapura resmi diberlakukan di daerah Batam-Bintan. Hal ini dilakukan demi mendompleng sektor pariwisata yang mengalami mati suri selama pandemi. Telah terselenggara pertemuan Leaders' Retreat antara RI-Singapura di Bintan, Kepulauan Riau pada 25 Januari 2022. Hasilnya terjadi penandatanganan kontrak kerja sama strategis dalam ranah politik, hukum, dan pertahanan keamanan. Yakni terkait FIR (Flight Information Region), Extradition Treaty dan Joint Statement MINDEF DCA (M.bisnis.com, 25/01/2022). Deretan perjanjian bilateral itu menyiratkan tanya, apa rahasia di balik kegagahan negeri singa putih ini? Bagaimana gambaran berbagai program kerja sama itu? Apakah menguntungkan RI atau justru sebaliknya? Lantas bagaimana Islam memandang terkait kerja sama antarnegara? Naskah selengkapnya: https://narasipost.com/2022/02/07/kuatnya-terkaman-macan-asia-timur-lumpuhkan-sayap-garuda/ Terimakasih buat kalian yang sudah mendengarkan podcast ini, Follow us on: instagram: http://instagram.com/narasipost Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/narasi.post.9 Fanpage: Https://www.facebook.com/pg/narasipostmedia/posts/ Twitter: Http://twitter.com/narasipost

The Indonesian government has formed a travel bubble in the Batam area and the main tourist destination of Bintan, which has a number of resorts, including it. - Pemerintah Indonesia telah membentuk travel bubble di kawasan Batam dan daerah tujuan wisata utama Bintan, yang memiliki sejumlah resor, termasuk di dalamnya.

After two years of lull in tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the popular Indonesian holiday islands of Bintan and Batam have reopened their shores to leisure travellers from Singapore. Starting from 24 January 2022, international travellers can travel between Indonesia (the Riau Islands) and Singapore through a travel bubble scheme called Batam Bintan-Singapore (BB-S). Christie Joy, Sales & Marketing Executive, Sindo Ferry shares what Sindo has been doing to soften the impact of Covid-19 and the significance of the travel bubble between Singapore and Bintan/Batam on its business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this morning's 'The Breakfast Brief', we discuss the dramatic comeback overnight on Wall Street as stock swung back from deep losses, Indonesia's to reopening of Batam, Bintan to fully vaccinated Singapore travelers, the highest priced red packets ahead of Chinese New Year, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arjun Kandikuppa is a triathlete from India who is currently working and racing in Singapore. He is one of the fastest triathletes not just in India but also in Singapore. He consistently finishes at the top of the amateur age group field, has multiple podiums to his name and qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. He is affiliated with a few Singapore based triathlon clubs to conduct training sessions and is now foraying into the space of triathlon clinics for amateurs looking to step up their game. This episode covers 0:00:00 Intro 0:03:25 What does a typical workday look like for him? 0:04:40 Early start to sport 0:07:40 Getting started in Triathlon in Singapore 0:10:15 Learnings from early mistakes in sport 0:13:30 Keeping it sustainable with demands of work and sport 0:16:45 How do you deal with injuries 0:21:10 A typical training cycle for him 0:25:30 Working on bike smoothness for 90k 0:26:55 Hydration and nutrition for training and racing for him 0:33:30 Talking about race weight and carb loading 0:40:10 Preparation for races like 70.3 -nutrition, scoping the field, pacing strategy 0:46:20 Ironman Goa 70.3 experience in 2019 0:52:20 Ironman 70.3 Cebu, Philippines experience 0:55:20 His best 70.3 so far(Bintan 2019) and most memorable race(Ironman Goa) 0:59:38 His favorite sports personalities in sport 1:02:30 His tips for working athletes 1:03:35 Closing Some Links Below: Working Athlete Community on FB. Link to Anchor Voice messages About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working full-time/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

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Tribun Podcast episode kali ini bareng Buralimar (Pjs Bupati Bintan) & Wan Rudi Iskandar (Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan & Pariwisata Kabupaten Bintan). Bagaimana ceritanya? Yuk simak podcastnya... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tribun-podcast/message

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We round off this week on The Aid Station with a trip to the resort island of Bintan, Indonesia just an hour's ferry ride from Singapore to meet Abdul Wahab, Group GM, Bintan Resorts International. Bintan has developed a reputation as a Mass Participant destination particularly for people from Singapore with a portfolio of events including Tour de Bintan, Indofood IRONMAN 70.3, Bintan Marathon and Triathlon built up over the past 15 years. The island has been hit hard by COVID-19 with visitor arrivals of around 90,000 per month in January plummeting to just a handful of people - mostly returning Indonesians. "Typically we had five ferries from Singapore each weekday and 10-14 on the weekends. We now have one per week with sometimes only 3-5 people on it". Hotels across the island have been moth-balled and thousands of staff are out of work. "The one positive is that we have remained totally COVID-free and the hope is that we may soon be able to open up to events but that will require agreement between Singapore and Indonesia to re-open the border". Listen to my talk with Wahab here https://youtu.be/53oTnM1Z2Eg

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Potkes kali ini berisi cerita liburan akhir tahun keluarga kami. Di liburan kali ini temukan keseruan keluarga kami dalam ekspedisi di pulau Bintan

Join Glenn van Zutphen, as he chats with award-winning author, Neil Humphreys, about Bintan, a close but far enough island to getaway from the hectic life back at home.

Later this year in September, Bintan will be hosting the second ever International Bintan Marathon. Prakash Nair, General Manager (Operations) at Bintan Resorts and Steven and Jenny Huang, Singaporean marathon runners stopped by to share more about their experience. 

This week we come to you from Penticton, Canada. Laura Siddall hosts and we talk all things ITU Multisport World Champs. We also talk to Mike Phillips recent winner of Ironman 70.3 Bintan. Bevan interviews ‘Dark Horse’ Kyle Smith after his U23 World Champs victory. We talk to Mel Hauschildt, Heather Wurtele and Lionel Sanders at the Pros Pre-Race Conference and include footage from the conference itself. Bevan gets down to the finish line and manages to capture some interviews with Josh Amburger, Joe Gambles, Andy Potts, Drew Scott, Francisco Serrano, Jeff Symonds, Sarah Crowley, Heather Wurtele and Cam Watt. LINKS: More about Laura Siddall at http://laurasiddall.com/  Follow ‘Sid’ on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/laura.siddall.5333 on Twitter at https://twitter.com/lmsiddall and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lmsid/ Follow Kyle Smith on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kylesmithtriathlete/ Follow Mike Phillips on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Mikephillipsnz CONTACT US: Learn more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fitter.co.nz for the latest news and information Mikki Williden can be found at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition

Grade 10 students return to Bintan to continue their work with The Island Foundation:http://www.theislandfoundation.com/ Part I is available here: https://soundcloud.com/tricia-friedman/podcast-uwclearn-building-relationships-in-bintan

Jenny Hart shares her OFM experience and how it has improved her performance and taken her to the next level of not only making the podium as an IM Age Grouper but WINNING her F50-54 AG at IM 70.3 Bintan and even 7th Overall Female!  Jenny will be competing for the F50-54 AG Title at the IM World Championships in Kona this weekend! Training under OFM has indicated she is well on her way to have a great race!   Listen to this real world athlete; Professional educator, wife, mum of 3 boys and elite age group triathlete and how OFM has made it all sustainable. 

I've been prompted this week in my own development about setting goals rather than drifting along and hoping for the best and I wanted to share this with you. When I was a very young kid, I remember that we had an old black Austin Wolseley. I remember the leather seats and the 'horse' in the back - which is where I would sit. My sister and brother to either side of me and mum and dad in the front. On occasional Sunday's when dad wasn't preaching or we weren't going to Grandma's, we would be treated to a Sunday drive. [player] One particular time, we went to Redhill in Kent, southern England. This was long before the M25 motorway went past this particular spot and we parked the old Wolseley at the top of the hill, unloaded the picnic blanket and the basket of treats. I rolled down the hill with my siblings and had to be carried back up exhausted. It was a beautiful sunny autumn day and life was good. Those Sunday's were special. We never knew where we would end up. Finding new places to enjoy. Those Sunday drives became less frequent as I grew older. By the time I was around 11, they stopped altogether. And I missed those Sunday drives. I wanted to spend the day drifting around and stumbling across some beautiful corner of England. A day when I could drift along and be taken for a journey somewhere and just enjoy myself. I've met a lot of people who live a Sunday Drive kind of life. They're drifting along being carried by the current and the winds of life. Sometimes they enjoy it, but most days they moan about the place they’ve ended up. And of course, it's not their responsibility to take themselves somewhere more exciting. No that's what somebody else "should" be doing for them. Now, I'm no botanist, but in my experience, when a plant is not growing, it's dying. If you don’t water or feed your plants, or tend the garden for weeds and pests, then your plants will wither and die. I've found the same happens to the lives of people. When we don’t feed and water our own growth and take responsibility for tending our life for choking weeds and pests, we too will begin to die. A little at a time. My ability and character as a leader similarly needs to continuously grow and mature, be fed and nourished, weeded and cleaned of pests and problems. Of course, there's the fear that if I grow too fast and too big, well I'll just be the tall poppy and as my peers try desperately to bring me down, and my bosses chop my head off first because I'm too visible. So I'll just keep my head down and not bother growing. Imagine what it takes to plan a journey from Singapore to Bintan. I know that Bintan is a little south of Singapore, I know that there are ferry services to get there, so I'll just head to the coast, find the first ferry heading south and get on board." That would be crazy right? No, first you'll fire up Google and search for the right ferry, choose which service, what time, get a ticket, and so on and so forth. It takes a little planning. Every journey can be broken down into manageable steps or goals. These act as milestones along the way to make sure we're still headed in the right direction, making good and timely progress. Any journey worth taking requires a little effort to plan and prepare. Your journey to leadership success is no different. Each goal is a milestone on your journey indicating your progress and providing direction to the next goal. And if you go off track, you can easily get back on track. So where would you like your leadership ability and character to be a month from now?  INFLUENCE WITHOUT AUTHORITY Be first to know... Click here