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Old 25-01-2012, 11:24 PM
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Re: Batam Info Thread

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Originally Posted by vscelwan View Post
Reach batam at 9.45am.. It's not crowded at all.. Walk to Harbour Mall.. Saw Amir Hotel at the left side of the shopping center.. Walk straight and turn right.. Cross the road.. Less then 1 min walk saw Pacific Hotel on the right and further up on your left is Novetel hotel...walk straight all the way, you can see Top 100 sign board.. turn left go to Jodoh wet market.. Go straight go to DC mall...is my first time walking to Farmosa.. I turn left to the wet market..continue to walk you will able to see two hotel side by side Nirvira and Politan.... Turn right just a few step there is small road...straight you can see Furmara Hotel and further up you can see Lovina Inn...wow I m so lucky first time walk and find my way walk from HBF to hotel without the Batam Map.. Reach L A K sans Inn at 10am.. The reception asked to come back at 12pm..put my luggage at reception.., walk to Windsor to Toa Pek Kong...turn left from L a k sans hotel and walk straight all the way... You will able to see the main road.. Turn right and 2 mins walk you will able to see the temple just opposite... On my way to the temple I don't notice A2 food court...the temple is bigger then Singapore Guan Yin Temple.. After praying.. Walk further down to go to DC mall.. Saw Hotel 89 and realised wrong direction... Turn back there is road and turn left. Saw a single storey houses..majority stay by Chinese Indo.. I guess it is Nogoya Indah.... Turn left and keep walking.. Finally saw on the right Hotel Utama and on the right is Newton..behind Hotel Utama you can see China town, Ala,Princess massage.. DC MALL just few road across... Found massage 82...check the cewek damage.. It is 400 to 1.5J.. CMI except the 1.5J.. She very young and I guess her age below 18..after massage 82.. Walk back from DC Mall to Queen and book my regular cewek at 600K..papi said tomorrow onward the price will back to normal.. As usual my cewek can't see sunlight.. I went buy food lunch at hotel room

Tml agenda is walk from hotel to SEDONA
Congratulation to bro vscelwan, you have completed your mission impossible and had saved tons and tons of rupiahs.

I took the same route as you when i went batam during my first trip last month. Walk along jln duyung from harbourbay mall pass by pacific palace and novotel hotel and turn left to wet market and then turn right again into a small road and continue to walk straight to formosa.

My next challenge will be walking from harbourbay to Lai Lai Mutiara hotel for check-in. After that planning to walk pass formosa then to DC mall area visit massage 82. Then from there proceed to penuin area. If got the energy wish to explore pelita area as well. If too tired or lost direction then will take a cab back to lai lai hotel (my next trip hotel)

Nagoya town is not really big (within a 2km radius) and i believe we will not get lost that easily.

Advantages of walking in batam is that you get to:
1) Save money on transport.
2) Explore batam more throughly as you know that map is not 100% accurate and updated. (some joints may have already shifted)
3) Knowing where the nice joints and good food are exactly located and get to know how to get there on your own without a cab.
4) Also keeping yourself fit.

But for those brothers who prefers to enjoy getting cewek fast (rather than explore) and those brothers on a luxurious trip (rather than budget travel) may consider hiring reliable supir (driver) to accomplish your mission.

To each his own, decide what is best for yourself.