Planning : Trip to Batam 2d1n

 

Heiii !!! How are you there ??? my mood now is just like the rainbow up there, shinning and colorful ^>^

So now khoo khoo here wanted to share about trip planning to Batam, the neighbour island of Singapore !!!

yeayy !! excited ^>^

Okay, so... are you guys stucks where to go at Batam ?what to do ?? nahh !! here is the guide of Batam trip :)

actually not a guide also lah, my boyfriend is coming soon for my birthday celebration (happy and over excited after 2 weeks not seeing his face),

sooo................ I need to plan it out eventually :)

btw, the trip is 2 day 1 night Batam trip.

here we go ---->>>

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1. Ferry Booking

The first thing you must do after long time planning with boyfriend or friends or colleagues is to book the ferry to Batam. There are some ferries I would like to recommend, which I usually travel with.

First, Batam fast ferry, as they have more destinations to Batam and more timing in case u guys missed ur ferry .

Destinations :

Batam Centre known as city of Batam.

Sekupang, if you would like to go to the beaches will be nearer or maybe wanna go to another island of Indonesia, there is the main harbour. 

Harbour Bay, known as nearer to many hotels for me, so quite convinience, but because harbourbay is still quite new, so there are small numbers of ferries operates one day.

Nongsapura, is the resort of batam itself. those beaches and gold mostly located there.

(For Batam fast ferry schedule click here)

Second, Sindo Ferry, they known as Penguin Ferry before. Sindo ferry will be my second choice to sit. Sindo ferry timing and destination more and less are the same. Just if u wanna catch the time, when Batam Fast couldnt give,Sindo will be the choice lah i think.

Destinations :

Batam Cente

Sekupang

Waterfront, is another resort place well known as Harris Resort. got beaches, golf and so on too.

Tanjung Balai, is another island which i never go before. ahahs.

Tanjung Pinang, is an Island next to Batam, where Bintan is located, so if you wanna travel to Bintan, you could get on this ferry, hahas !!

(For Sindo ferry schedule click here)

So..... you guys going to book the ferry and timing via the link above to prevent crowded and missed the trip. be careful, i think this is important. hahahaha...

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2. Hotel Booking

Okay next is to book your hotel in Batam, Batam is not a safe city. Booking hotel might be important to us because u may not like end up going home late and face those gangster halfway right ?

I recommend
"Gideon", It is new hotel in front of BCS mall, and its pretty cheap and comfortable.

"I hotel", cos its just beside shopping mall

"GoldenView hotel", cos it near seafood and karting and so on

"Planet Holiday", I think quite central

"Pasific hotel", just beside harbourbay

"Swiss-belhotel" v high class

ahh... i never stay hotel before except pasific ages before, haha, so you guys might go google it out :):)

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3. Things to bring

I strongly recommend you guys to bring anti mosquito spray to go batam. hahaha. then of course clothes, luggage and so on.

Clothes, you guys can wear simple and relax clothes, no skirt if you guys feel not very safe. but skirt still okay for me :)

Money, not too much Singapore Dollar, just bring "just enough" money. Estimate $100 to $300 per person for 2d1n i guess. and change to Rupiah at Batam itself, best is inside shopping mall for better rates :)
bag, small relax bag to bring during outing is enough.

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4. Place to go

soooooo, place to go visit and go at Batam....................

1. Nagoya hills mall,

food :

restroom cafe, all scenery like a toilet even the plates, bowl and cups are restroom based.

caffein cafe, quite atas coffee shop and dessert

A & W, they have A&W if you guys miss it out.

Citra pempek, most famous are their pempek(fishcake) and nasi kuning (yellow rice)

Pizza Hut, I love Batam pizza, very very cheap and tasty :)

KFC, they marinate better than Singapore

Coffee Luwak, known as best coffee from Indonesia ^^

and so on..............

Leisure :

Massage,

they have alot massage place to go. one of the place i visited the most is Sawadika located level 4.

Cinema,

try it out, but their substitue is in Bahasa. hahahaa

Singing,

nagoya hills known as singing place for youngsters here, most famous is Inul Vista located outside nagoya hills mall, but still within nagoya hills.

2. Batam City Square (BCS) mall,

food:

Citra pempek, fish cake and nasi kuning

Nyonya, their noodles are superb :D

I only went to this two places, hahaha. can search out !

Leisure :

Arcade, Cinema and Singing
3. Nagoya City Walk

food:

Citra pempek, fish cake and nasi kuning
Ayam Bakar Taliwang, they got the super spicy chicken on the planet
Mr. Pancake, their pancake very nice
Japan Batagor, fish cake with peanut sauce
others food but I never tried

Leisure :
Mini Theme Park, your kids paradise

4. Golden Prawn

they known as best at thier seafood, very cheap at range $50 for 3-4 person with full table of foods.

5. Golden City

they are just behind Golden Prawn, they have karting and alot alot adventour games to play like sentosa mega zip and of course spa and massage too. ahh ! go and visit their miniature house, admission free of charge, hahaha !!

6. Barelang

barelang is a place with alot island connected with the bridges. they are place to visit too.

food : they have fresh seafood ever as their seafood still swimming in the seas. haha. go for seafood bridge no 1.

leisure :

they have fishing by renting the boat to the middle of the sea.

they have alot places to visit like vietnam village, left from WW2.

you can see how they plant dragonfruit and so on.

7. Ocarina

Ocarina is a park to go from the city, it is located at Batam centre. they have beaches, cycling and so on

there are many places out there by itself. like nice restaurant and so on for you to travel. do comment for anything unclear :D:D

P.S. Place to go all near the city and not far away like Harris resort or Nongsa. Except Barelang might take at least one day or at least half day. #2d1n plan.
(be careful for robbery case) (do ask for cheaper price everytime shops)

if you guys wanna get trustworthy taxi at batam, feel free to call Uncle Yin Nu +62 812 7799 868 (speak mandarin). can book one full days too. but please call earlier to book as he is quite a busy man. hahas !:)

kk. should be thats all. feel free to left comment at the top of todays blog for any qns ah :D:D:D

will be blogging about resorts next time if I manage to stay there :)

cya next time :*

miss you sweety bf >v<*