Batam Trip 8 Aug - 9 aug
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
This time round, check in and ferry is at Habourfront. ^^ suppose to meet them 845 for breakfast, but i reach at 915. :P anyway, had my mac for breakfast and baord the ship at 10am. Lucky we manage to grab some beer and red wine. I nearly threw up in the ferry as it is too hot
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We touch down at Batam around 12pm (their time 11am) and we check in to our room at Holiday inn immediately.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/btaid
It is a suite that have 2 rooms. so me and ben occupy one and jocelyn with her husband occupy one. Costing us $72.25 per person. We rest a while and took a cab to their city for massage. Cabby is quite ex... S$16, but share by us is $4 per person.
We reach Nigoya City and book our massage at 3.40pm (2.40 their time). Since it is only 1pm (2pm their time), we went to the shopping mall for lunch. the lunch is not excatly nice but it cost think only $40 which is $10 per person. Lunch consist of Tofu goreng, Chicken soup, catfish, mash egg. After the lunch, we walk around for some digestion before goign for massge. i wanted to get some curl fires from A&W which we do not see it in Singapore anymore, but jocelyn says that it is not nice. :P massge cost us at $23 per person and transport back to hotel is only $14. after massage, we goto the neasrest bakery to tabao some bread for breakfast the next day and some tibits shopping . 6 bread cost me at $4 only and tibits cost me at $20. ^^
We went to the seasfood restuarnt near our hotel for dinner. 2 big carbs, Kailan, Calamari, chicken, Tom Yam soup, total bill of $80, per person only at $20. :P
er... looks like renioun dinner... :P
as usual, drinking session in hotel starts at 9pm (8pm their time). Ben Knock out as early as 11pm (10pm their time). He really very pig lo.... >.< href="http://tinypic.com/" target="_blank">
Look... i found a big sealion in the water~~!!!
and it sings..' close your eye... give me ur hand darling... do you feel my heart beating....'
and it knows how to act cute...
so i decided to go down and punch him...
and he become my darling once agian.. hahah
Day 1: $115 for hotel, $4 for transport to nigoya, $23 for massage, $9 for lunch, $2 for bread, $3 fpr transport back, $20 for dinner
Day 2: no money spend
Total: $176
nice place to go once again.. next time i am going to try the mani and pedicure and go to another city for massage... and Jocelyn husband and Ben is going to carry the duffer bag once agian pack with beers.... two long lost found brothers.... >.< the beer man...