Banyan Tree Spa Bintan review: an idyllic rainforest hideaway

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They are not hard to find on a map, but chances are you might never have heard of the Indonesian Riau islands.

Sprinkled just south of Singapore and home to the bohemian Orang Laut people, they stretch up to Borneo, straddling the sea routes between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Unless you have a helicopter, the routes into and around the 3,000-strong island archipelago are by sea, making them blissfully quiet - think Bali twenty years ago.

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