Batam Info Thread

[Lao Er Ge]

Originally Posted by jimfairy

What talking u too!! I nv like to gv comments here.. Do u know where is Jco? Hey is a donut retail chain.. Juz like our Macdonald... U can bargain in Macdonald? Plz teach me how?

No la, i was referring to his posts on taxi rides. why you jump?

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by jimfairy

Do u know where is Jco? Hey is a donut retail chain.. Juz like our Macdonald... U can bargain in Macdonald? Plz teach me how?

No offence to any1 here,Jco in btm is indeed unlike Mcdonald. Wen i buy a drink,i get a free donut,i asked for an extra 1 or 2 donuts at times and they do gav it to me.U can actually bargain for more freebies to be given.

Location at Jco, Nagoya City Walk mall entrance.

Feel free to try,i did it several times.

[jimfairy]

Originally Posted by iicycold

No offence to any1 here,Jco in btm is indeed unlike Mcdonald. Wen i buy a drink,i get a free donut,i asked for an extra 1 or 2 donuts at times and they do gav it to me.U can actually bargain for more freebies to be given.

Location at Jco, Nagoya City Walk mall entrance.

Feel free to try,i did it several times.

Ok, mayb u r right.. But can u pay only 18k if the price is 21k? Or u juz left 18k on the counter n juz walk away... Free donut/freebies r not a bargain.. Is a promotion offer.. Thxs

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by jimfairy

...But can u pay only 18k if the price is 21k? Or u juz left 18k on the counter n juz walk away... Free donut/freebies r not a bargain.. Is a promotion offer.. Thxs

Ok,ok...u r right in sm way since we talking on 2 context here.U r talking figures/numbers & i am talking abt bargaining in jco.

cheerio

[Lao Er Ge]

But i was not talking about bargaining at jco, macdonalds, kfc, bfc and even a&w. common sense right haha. peace out.

[pipipupupi]

anyone got try to chiong batam alone before?

[bardmad]

I swear I did tried to read as much pages as possible, but it's really too much. So I am posting the question here, any bro know where to find 24hr outcall massage, preferably with happy ending HJ. Tsk tsk

[xXFreedomXx]

Originally Posted by pipipupupi

anyone got try to chiong batam alone before?

I tried before in Sept 2015. You need to do some homework before going or you will risk getting chop by the people there.

Alone can be boring but no restrictions of going anywhere.

[tomcat007]

@jimfairy & @iicycold

Both Lao Er Ge and me are talking how this Back Page is acting old bird and telling newbies in this thread to not bother asking price for taxi rides and to pay only what he likes when the ride reaches the destination.

In my eyes, this Back Page fellow has got no credibility at all. His words here will easily cause any newbies to get into trouble, either among the taxi drivers, fls or even the local police.

@back page

Have a drink with you? No thanks. You might not know, but just as recent as a couple of months back, we are in Batam at the same time and staying in the same hotel. But, to meet up and have a drink together? Haha.. I'll be outta my mind to do that.

[KohOnly21]

Originally Posted by xXFreedomXx

Ikan Bakar Acia has fried oyster? 1 of the picture looks like fried oyster. maybe i will go try.

They don't serve, but their neighbour opposite do.. If you are there do try the otak sold by the carrot cake store..

4 types of otak available

Typical normal otak
With fish eggs covered by banana leaf (recommend !!)
With sotong covered by banana leaf (recommend ! )
Fish head covered by banana leaf ( not recommended as too much bone, eat until dulan haha)

[nono1973]

Planning for my next trip,my 22nd Batam Trip which is going to be on the 10th Nov 2015,Tuesday (3D2N). Its also Deepavali ,a public holiday in Sillypore. Date is 6 days from now.

This time round,i am wondering if any newbie/s would be joining me to learn together,but as the year 2015 is coming to an end,this month of Nov will be the last month i can guide newbie/s in person. Before anyone plan to PM me to get a slot,please read the Terms and Conditions for joining me. PM me an intro as below :

What i wish to know were mainly:

1. You age group (20s,30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s)
2. Your experience in Batam (if any)
3. What will you be expecting from Batam if you join me in this trip
4. Your race and spoken language
5. Etc etc if there is anything you wish to help me know you better.

DO NOT SEND ME :

1. Your HP number (unless i confirmed you got a slot or i asked from you)
2. You passport/NRIC/Fin particulars (i dont need it)
3. You wechat/watapp or any mobile communication app number (i dont use them)
4. Any personal particulars from your birth cert,passport,NRIC,work permit number or bankbook

Please do not send me personal particulars until you have a confirmed slot to my trip.

As my purpose of this itinerary is NOT a request asking newbies or anyone to join me in a get-together-group trip ,therefore if you do not read the Terms and Conditions,follow and agree to it,i do not know how to reply to you.

My purpose for organising Newbie group trip on an average of once every 2 months is simple,to go to Batam to learn together so that in future YOU can be on your own there. No one can really understand a place if they only visit it once or twice (or sometime even thrice).

i apologise that i need to keep emphasising this point in every newbie group trip itinerary becos many has mistook the group trip as a form of "gathering" group trip and it is NOT. The FEEL would be more towards like an Army's in-camp training trip according to a few guys who joined me. Be warned tho,you are going to be VERY TIRED after the trip (thats the feedback i received most time,hehehe...).

And i have also deliberately pick lesser predictable ODD dates to go Batam so not many who are willing ,will be able to join me (i am always doing that to try to keep the wrong person away). If you could keep up,feel free to PM me once you agree to my Terms and Conditions and if you couldnt,perhaps we'll have to leave it to fate for the future trips. If no newbies coming,i can have other plans,hehehe...better plans in fact.

At the very least, i need not have to stay in Formosa and can hotel-hop if i am not with newbie/s. I dont go to Kaha to ask for the price of Biz Hotel and Da Vienna Hotel during my 21st Batam Trip for nothing. And if i bring newbies,100% i have to stay Formosa Hotel becos that...is like a training ground.

Lastly,as like all my other Batam group trips,there are limited slots,not everyone will get one. I apologize in advance here if you are not given a slot. It is definitely not becos you are no good.

Itinerary for my Nov 2015 Batam Trip

Brief itinerary for the coming trip as below ,with some points taken from what i have written on Sept 2015 itinerary:

Originally Posted by nono1973

As always,its a learning group trip so it will again be very basic and simple :

Meet up everyone somewhere,grab our ferry ticket from Horizon ferry to Harbour Bay which we were all suppose to book online from http://horizonfastferry.com/home/ ,a little intro with one another and some briefing and off we go.

Changing of money will be at Batam (Harbour Bay),head to Kaha to pay for the room voucher and after that go Formosa Hotel to check in. We change a bit of rupiah at Harbour bay 1st ,just enough to pay for the hotel room voucher in Kaha and the rest of your other S$ opposite Formosa Hotel.This is also the time where you can see the difference in exchange rate comparing Harbour Front vs Harbour Bay and then with those opposite Formosa Hotel.

Check in hotel,settle down,meet up for brunch and head to booking joints.Its a Tuesday,so brunch will either be at Instar Hotel Coffeeshop :

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...ostcount=30895

..or Meximo Pub :

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...ostcount=31327

No need to worry about being chop,i do not foresee yourself getting chop from a bowl of want tan mee that supposingly costing less than S$2.00 from either stall.

Now here's something tricky which is different from the Sept 2015 itinerary after our brunch. We are not going to visit all booking joints from the Batam Latest Oct 2015 Cheong List. I am going to bring you guys to 4 different joints each day. I planned to bring you to 2 not-so-good joint and 2 better-joint each day. And i am not going to label which are the 2 not-so-good booking joints and which are the 2 better-joints as they are purely my own perspective. Gems are everywhere and Batam is also hit and miss.

DAY 1 : Gold Bird , New Berry , Indah 2 and MM

DAY 2 : Bunga , Permata Indah , Hawaii and Happy 8
(if you plan to extend your Day 1 girl,we go back to day 1 joint)

As always,its all about luck picking the right girl for yourself. I cannot be responsible for your enjoyment or if it ends up as a torment in the end. You may not be experience enough to pick the "right" girl hence i am sharing mine with you :

https://sammy.services/showpost.p...ostcount=30544

My definition of the "right" girl can be a disaster for you,so please keep in mind that one man's meat COULD LIKELY BE another man's poison too. Once you picked your girl,you will have 3 choices...

Originally Posted by nono1973

a. Choice 1 : you get your girl at around 3pm+,she keeps you company in your room until we meet up for dinner later

b. Choice 2 : be like me,get my girl/s around 530pm as i am heading for a massage/spa before action.

c. Choice 3 : Free and easy on your own

My responsibly to YOU in this trip is only up to when you picked your girl. The rest from here onward is entirely up to you.

Whatever choice you made,you will be notified of the dinner timing. If i havent tell you the time for dinner,ask me for it. Before dinner,everyone ought to have AT LEAST 1 round (be it with a MP/Spa girl or with your female companion who arrived). Place of dinner has yet to be confirmed but if your female companion joined us for dinner,you will need to fork her share of the meal,otherwise if she decide not to eat with us,do remember to leave some money behind for her to order food from Hotel. Be sure to keep your personal belonging/valuable in check then. There is also no obligation to join me for dinner if you deem it not right or if you might have other program/s of your own. Like i say earlier,my responsibility is up to when you picked your girl during noon time.

I have lots of choices for dinner now with the Batam Food List up,hehehe...i think not just dinner,lunch and breakfast too.

After dinner,its just plain OTOT. You can choose to go KTV,for a movie,do shopping or even more massage...but please count me out of all these as i will have my own program. You will get to know how to reach a KTV,theatre or a shopping mall as well as how to get back.

If everything goes smoothly,your girl will leave around 7am the next morning. Free breakfast ,complimentary from the hotel starts from 6am and ends at 10am. If you take them, be prepare for a likelihood of breakfast part 2 (the non-foc version).

Its a Wednestday morning still,so the day would likely be slower and we might need to kill time in one of our rooms before heading for lunch. After lunch would be another round of "shopping time". If i meet the right people in this newbie group trip,i may bring you guys to 1 or 2 of my "secret joints" that either were rarely mention in this thread or has never been mentioned before.(I might not even tell you that it is a "secret joint" either,so you wont know even if you have been there) It is after all ,the last newbie group trip for year 2015.

The rest of DAY 2 will just be an almost repeated process of DAY 1 after you picked your choice of female companion except we visit different places of similar nature.

Expected exchange rate on that day : 9800/SGD

Targeted exchange rate : 9900/SGD

How much to bring to Batam to spend?

Read the Links on my signature make sure you bring enough money.

*Application via PM to join me to learn in this Batam Newbie group trip closes on 7th Nov 2015,Saturday midnight (Sin time). Those who got a slot will need to be online on 7th,8th and 9th Nov to receive more details for the trip.

[taurusian]

mm massage and indah2 girls, high chance of runaways

[Dan82]

Any bros have experience chionging at M1 Ktv..? Possible to help give a quick run through.. next batam trip have the intention of trying out that place.. The only batam Ktv I been to is alishan.. I hope the m1 Ktv will be a smooth sailing like alishan too.. if able to provide price range will be greatly appreciated..

[SnowLeopards]

Originally Posted by pipipupupi

anyone got try to chiong batam alone before?

I'm guessing there are individuals who venture on their own.

It could be a special kind of fun too.

Pierre.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by tomcat007

this Back Page is acting old bird and telling newbies in this thread to not bother asking price for taxi rides and to pay only what he likes when the ride reaches the destination.

In my eyes, this Back Page fellow has got no credibility at all. His words here will easily cause any newbies to get into trouble, either among the taxi drivers, fls or even the local police.

@back page
Have a drink with you? No thanks. You might not know, but just as recent as a couple of months back, we are in Batam at the same time and staying in the same hotel. But, to meet up and have a drink together? Haha.. I'll be outta my mind to do that.

My last time in Batam was in June. Two months ago I was in Colombia.
I think you have seen someone else, not me, and maybe got wrong impression.

"Pay what he likes?"
I said to pay the right amount, which for Harbour Bay to Nagoya is 50k, certainly abundant. I want to see a taxi driver to call the police saying "hey this Singaporean paid me ONLY 50k!!!"

I count about 100 days spent in Batam in the last 6 years, all happy (and happy traveller in 20-30 countries), so you might not agree with me, but you should not say I have no credibility...