December 08-Batam Trip updates!

Ive been wanting to go Batam and yea me & dear went for a short getaway one week plus before his enlistment date as i know we will hardly get the chance after he enter the army! We did all the bookings just one day before we leave as it is a really last minute decision! Fortunately; ive did some research on Batam earlier on.

[Queuing for our ferry tickets!]

[Off to Batam!]

Harris resort! The staff are really very cheerful!

View from our hotel room.

Little and comfortable hotel room...but the water is not very clean!

1st day: Lunchtime @ the hotel itself; using their coupons! The food they sell are all very expensive!

Explored the resort after lunch. Nothing fantastic actually.. Their spa services are super expensive.

Happy dear!!!!!

Stuffs u need to buy when u go Batam is their home made Kueh Lapis, Mandi Lulur(famous body scrub which cost S$1+ each), Authentic or Fake Ralph Lauren Polo (the authentic ones are cheaper than sg and the fake ones are like S$9 for the cheapest), visit their hypermart to stock up on all ur daily neccessities like shampoo, hair wax etc (they are super cheap) and cheap tidbits, eat A&W which is unavailable in sg anymore, drink their famous avocado milkshake where many forum peeps swear by it, tuck into their super cheap seafood and of coz go for their body massage for half a fraction of price compared to sg!!

After that; we took the shuttle bus to Nagoya Hill shopping mall! Shopping time! But...i only bought one top; tats all. haha. Coz the prices for the clothes are not really super cheap and nothing caught my eye.

This is the outside of the mall; there are many pushcarts.

[Had nice coffee @ bistro godiva] Nagoya hill shopping mall is VERY VERY big; we took quite long to finish walking and afterwhich we had to rush to take the shuttle bus back to the hotel! Of coz; we buy A&W takeways!! omg; its been 10+ years since we get to eat A&W again!

2nd day:

Complementary breakfast @ Harris. Many people have reviewed that their breakfast is really bad; and true enough; the sausages have a very weird taste! But there orange juice is to die for!!!!!

Afterwhich we took the shuttle bus to Nagoya again as we didnt get to explore it ytd!

Tried their avocado milkshake but it is very very sweet and taste weird. Sadly; i didnt research on where to buy nice avocado milk shake beforehand..Next we cabbed down to Megamall ! It was way smaller as compared to Nagoya.

Their JCO donuts cost about S$0.60 and we bought a box. Nice!! Wafer and rootbeer float time @ A&W. Reminiscing

our childhood days..

Visited their famous departmental store: "Matahari".

Next; we cabbed to Batam City Square Mall. This mall is filled with hokkien speaking store owners; to our amazement! We left our groceries shopping to Batam City Square as it is the last mall that we will be visiting. I bought like 11 tubs of mandi lulur! Oh my goodness! haha. They have many types; ranging from aloe vera to rose to lavendar to milk to strawberry etc etc and each cost S$1+ !

Lunch @ Texas Chicken! Their chickens are fiery hot!

The highlight for the day; other than searching high and low for Dear's Ralph Lauren Polo was having our fantastic seafood dinner! Oat prawns!

Butter sotongs- i love this so much so much; it is heavenly !!!! 2 thumbs up! kang kong! Fantastic black pepper crab!!

Oh so nice tomato crab!

Look at the spread!! Look at the crabs! Omg i really miss the food! What more; the total bill was about S$20+! SCREAM: so cheap! Last day!! Bye Batam!

Our loots: everything simple; nothing expensive except for dear's very pretty Ralph Lauren Polo !! This kueh lapies are the nicest i've ever had; got them @ Batam City square as recommeded by an online podder. Had a hard time finding the bakery! The original ones are highly recommended! My loots! The small tubs are their famous Mandi lulur!(a scrub which the malay bride use one week before wedding). Their cosmetics are way cheaper than in Sg too though the brands are very limited! Dear's loots; he also got some stuff that he need for army as they are ridiculously cheap.

Our only regret was not having enough time to go for their massage! And if we were to visit Batam again we would choose a hotel in town to save on the cabfare although it is already very cheap. Resorts are more for people who are here to utilise their built-in facilities and are here to rest and relax and not shop in my opinion. (: And also; i will sure go for their massage and eat more seafood!!!! One thing bad is their ferry tics are not cheap. Overall it was a memorable trip as it is my 1st overseas trip with dear; though it is nowhere very far from sg! It is a good place for rest and relax during the weekends. I heard that many working adults escape to Batam during the weekends for a relaxing and cheap massage. (: