Cars are not very common and the local transportation consist of motor bike taxis known as "ojek".
Try to rent your own motor bike to easily get around. Ask for "rental moto" and pay between Rp 50,000-100,000 per day. On the smaller islands the prices are much higher and expect to pay Rp 10,000 for one bottle of petrol price on mainland Rp 4,500. The bottles of petrol are bought next to the roads from local people and there are often many places even in the most remote villages.
To get between Singkep and Lingga there are two alternatives; one power boat that frequents the 20-30 minutes ride a few times a day. However; the schedule is confusing so the second alternative is to ask a local fisherman to get a ride in his boat. A good price for that ride would be around Rp 60,000.
