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[Sitoh]

Originally Posted by nono1973

December 2020 Batam trip.

I have been encouraging anyone and everyone who 1st visit Batam who
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Cheers!

Thanks for you info. Very good for us newbie to learn here.

[Sitoh]

Originally Posted by nono1973

My December 2019 Batam trip (its a 3D2N of rain)...and i bought a new toy at 480k rupiah, and it also comes with a Telkomsel sim card. And by the way, this should be the 1st time i visit Batam on a December,hehehe...i dont usually enjoy myself when there are enormous crowd, unless its CNY.

The sim card's gonna last me for about 2 months or so (together with the data). I deliberately bought another spare to try out so that in the event my other fails, i have another spare. I am testing out hotels in Batam too and if the hotel wifi happens to sucks, i would be helpless.

I dont like to pay the "normal" price there.

Bro Nono, where you get it from? is it at nagayo mall. I saw a booth there outside JCO.

[Sitoh]

Originally Posted by nono1973

My December 2019 Batam trip (its a 3D2N of rain)...and i bought a new toy at 480k rupiah, and it also comes with a Telkomsel sim card. And by the way, this should be the 1st time i visit Batam on a December,hehehe...i dont usually enjoy myself when there are enormous crowd, unless its CNY.

I dont like to pay the "normal" price there.

Forget to ask, this is a portable wifi correct?

[Sitoh]

I was there alone last week for a lonely trip.

I went to a spa in level 8 of pacific hotel.

I think the name was Octapas if i am not wrong.

Took a lady G01. Quite good service and leave there a happy man and happy memories. i will be back soon.

Hopefully can join with some senior for guidance.

[Sitoh]

Originally Posted by nono1973

My December 2019 Batam trip (its a 3D2N of rain)...and i bought a new toy at 480k rupiah, and it also comes with a Telkomsel sim card. And by the way, this should be the 1st time i visit Batam on a December,hehehe...i dont usually enjoy myself when there are enormous crowd, unless its CNY.

The sim card's gonna last me for about 2 months or so (together with the data). I deliberately bought another spare to try out so that in the event my other fails, i have another spare. I am testing out hotels in Batam too and if the hotel wifi happens to sucks, i would be helpless.

Normally, can connect up to how many equipment at one time?

[atee]

Must bookmark #15571. Cant reward points to you again.

Thanks NoNo.

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by Black Page

...
My feeling seeing all those photos was a BIG BUMP in my heart. I wish I could be tele-transported just for Sunday afternoons...

Just come lah. ..
Btw its mangi season now

[BFOMF5]

Short trip to Selat Panjang after 3 year break.


Main objective is to satisfy my craving for this. Mud lobster call MaKauHei which now is the
Mating season.


***More details of Mud lobster
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfac...thalassina.htm

Any way.....
Grad to see there are some improvement on entatainment scene...

Hotel Grand Meranti


In-house NEW Spa


In house Paragon KTV


Packages


FYI
In case you are too bore in btm.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Just come lah. ..

Sure. Just 20 to 24 hours to go, the same to return, and big money for the travel. Ideal for a weekend escapade to break the boring work weekly routine.

[fde83]

Tamus has already start boking/prebook the gals till the new year. For those going now, ur chances are left with dinosaurs, better go morena/massge gals @ utama area or michat.

Time to light up the fireworks. Yahooo!!

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

think you understood my meaning...I dislike crowded places and will not go any place crowded...so I shall avoid Batam on peak periods...

In Batam, other than the ferry terminal that is going to be crowded on weekends and public holidays, there are places in batam itself that will not be crowded. FREE shuttle service in Batam hotels often bring tourist to crowded place.

In my last trip on Dec, i took shuttle services with uncles and aunties to BCS on a rainy day. I visit Aiko, they are full. I visit Tuina, they are also full. I go to Favorite Massage, full, and i visit Aiko at petrol station, ALSO full,hehehe...

So i try my luck on this Batam Spa...

This is their price list, whereby the pricing were quite comparable with Aiko and Tuina.

To my surprise, the massage quality were just as good as Aiko and Tuina. The only bad i could think of would be their facilities, which is not as new as that 2 mentioned shops. i am guessing not many people would walk further down a bit to get a good massage, everyone looks for convenient hence their business were surprising not as good as the other MPs in that area.

There is one thing i need to compliment this shop here. Its a rainy weather, after our massage and foot reflexology, we all got stuck outside the shop and the staff there actually bring us one by one opposite BCS mall. Due to limited umbrellas, we can only go one at a time.

I tipped that lady 20k rupiah for her effort and for her good service.

This place is worthy of my time if Batam is overly crowded,hehehe...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by maddog_mlvn

Bro nono, u need to hv luck to visit this shop, happy happy open for biz, happy happy closed for a day or 2.

Hi ya bro, i have been there quite a few times, and by knowing the sequence of how these shops do business, one could easily calculate when they will start doing business and when they would closed. Like the Eatern food court fish soup shop,they are usually open during weekends (but close by early noon time). 1 weekend's earning equates to many days of the weekday. If you are in their shoes, you might problably choose to close during one or two of the weekdays and in the late noon too,hehehe....

The last time i was there was on November when i bring a small group of 3 aunties there. They bought quite a lot of things (shun kueh,peng kueh etc) before bringing them to Eatern food court (which was also very crowded) and i bought nothing becos the things the shop didnt sell my kind of food. I didnt know they sell cha kueh tho. Thats something new to me.

For myself, i prefer to go for the Bak Chow mushroom noodle at Bai Long.

I am a pork person, and i learned one thing about Batam's pork. The pork sold in Batam seems to be quite expensive...i dont like crowd, hence nowaday i order food from penuin/BCS area via Grab Food and have them delivered right to my hotel/room door step,hehehe... eating my kind of food in the kind of ambiance i like...Batam is indeed heaven!

By the way, Tua Po Ki food can be ordered via Grab food too,hehehe...yes, maybe overall about S$0.50 to S$1 more expensive, but i also have to factor in that i didnt have to take any transport to go there to buy nor to queue up with the weekend tourist crowd.

Hehehe...i am talking here as a Grab Food addict whereby i dont use mobile apps to do my order. So, i am physically looking at their food during my food order (with google translate/google search on the other tabs of my PC screen) in Batam.

*drooling* *slurp*

Originally Posted by decaptico

No bro Nono
....
When I eat there I always order a bowl of yellow mee laksa with a plate of pan fried beng kuey

Huh? You mean no char Kuey in Tua Poh Ki?

Hmm...thats not good. Its one of my favourite food in Singapore, hence i was hoping to find at least ONE char kway store around those more easily access shop where i can conveniently get.

Anyway, its ok, there is always other favourites in that area of Batam. And i will continue to go look see.

Thanks for sharing.

[nitecrawllerr]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Short trip to Selat Panjang after 3 year break.


In case you are too bore in btm.

Been tere moons ago. Took a freelance recommended by the hotel staff. I suppose not much changes. No cewek joint like TBK ya.

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[yuanswang]

Planning visit tomorrow. will be very crowed in harbourfront and batam tomorrow? If yes i will skip plan. Pls reply guys.

[fde83]

Originally Posted by yuanswang

Planning visit tomorrow. will be very crowed in harbourfront and batam tomorrow? If yes i will skip plan. Pls reply guys.

Go bro, theres plenty of foods to try out. I know some of my firends catching the night time feris.

Anyway how was your trip on 16th Dec?