BATAM TRIP

BATAM – 2 DAYS 1 NIGHT FREE AND EASY TRIP

22 AUG 2009 Saturday

We left home after work at 1.30 pm and straight to Habour Front to catch ferry to Batam at 3.15 pm. The journey took us one hour. We took a taxi (rp 40,000) from Harbour Bay to I hotel. Ihotel is a 3-4 stars hotel. It is still new and everything looks posh and comfortable. The hotel charge was US $75 per day. I like the location of the hotel. Next to it is the famous Nagoya Hill Shopping centre. We strolled around the area and had our afternoon coffee at Coffee Town at the shopping centre. The shopping centre is the biggest and newest in Batam which the locals are very proud of. Most of the ‘IN” things are happening here!

Coming to Batam for a quick and short rest is most enjoyable! Besides eating and shopping, the next most wonderful thing would be “MASSAGE”. Prices here are very cheap and services are great as compared with hometown.

At 6.30 pm in the evening, we took a taxi (rp30, 000) from Nagoya Hill shopping centre to FAJAR 888 restaurant (recommended by the locals) for our dinner. We had fresh fish, prawns, toufu , eggs and sotong dishes. All in all, we spent only rp 200,000 (dinner for 4) which is equivalent of S$ 30.


23 AUG 2009

9 am. We woke up and enjoyed our “buffer” breakfast in the hotel. After that we had 2 hours aromatic massage at ISABELLE (opposite Nagoya Hill shopping centre). The cost of 2 hours massage was around rp 170,000! That’s S$25 only.

2.45 pm we took ferry from Harbour Bay to Singapore.

We reached home at 7.58 pm.