Tanjungpinang travel guide
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Bintan is an hour by ferry from Singapore and has a strip of resorts and golf on its northern coast, which is what most visitors come for.
Penyengat, a small island off Tanjung Pinang, was the seat of the Riau sultans and keeps a yellow mosque said to have been built with egg white in the mortar. Mangrove trips run at night to watch fireflies in the trees.
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Grand Mosque of Riau Sultan
The mosque of the Riau sultans on Penyengat island, finished in 1832 and famously said to be mortared with egg white — thousands of eggs given by the population, whose yolks went into the workers' food. It is bright yellow, the royal colour, and holds a handwritten Quran.
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