(Yes, I know I am late. Sorry, apologies, I was lazy to write my duly report before)
I originally planned my trip to arrive to Batam on 25 July, but, with my much disappointment, few days before I receive the bad news: Ramadan is delayed 1 day, all entertainment will be closed on 25 and probably also on 26! Then, I decide then to stay one more day in Singapore, and to arrive to Batam on Saturday 26.
I already tried Batam during Ramadan on July 2012, and my experience was outstanding anyway. It is just different than usual: massage places are closed at daytime, but open at 9pm, discos close earlier, etc. It is not to recommend to anyone looking just for the regular massage/booking routine, but it is always plenty of opportunities with FLs and various meet-ups.
One more day in Singapore is not bad, just expensive. I did not write any report there, but I met a FANTASTIC sweet young girl from Vietnam, a real pearl in Ipanema. I wanted to be with her both nights. She is back home now to Vietnam. When I look at her photos on her Facebook page, I cannot believe such a sweet doll could go working in Singapore… I don't want to harm her privacy, so I share only one :P
I arrive to Batam late Saturday afternoon. My first day in Batam is simply a DISASTER. Not a single thing turns right for me!
First, I call Harmoni. They tell me No Name will be closed also today. Therefore, I will miss the highlight of any of my visits to Batam: Saturday night at No Name, with its feast of sexy NON-WORKING girls, just regular girls who go out to party hard and possibly to meet some good bule
I am disappointed, but I know I will have my chances at Newton and Pacific. I kill my time at Windsor food court, then some chitchat, then at 1:30 I decide to move to Newton.
On the ojek, I ask him first to go check No Name, just to have a look. HORROR!!! When we arrive, I see a line of sexy girls in short dress LEAVING THE PLACE.
No Name WAS OPEN indeed! But they closed at 2am!! I am petrified. I missed the Saturday night at No Name, just because I trusted the Harmoni reception. I arrived there, just to see doors closing and people leaving…!
This is one more proof, if ever needed, that Batam is unpredictable. No plans can be made here. Things change and you don't know if they get worse or better.
While I am crying seated on the ojek, looking at all that goodness leaving the place, girls with high heels and miniskirt drunken accompanied by their new friends and heading somewhere, I spot two girls, dressed regularly and not very sexy, getting on their car outside NoName. Still on the ojek, I start talking and I ask their phone number, for any future opportunity, and I propose them to go together to Newton. They will not go to Newton, they are tired and want to sleep, but one is very happy to give me her number.
I move to Newton, and just 1 minute later, while I am still riding the bike, I receive the SMS: "hey wait me I come to Newton with you!"
Aha, things are getting better tonight?
Once inside Newton, things seem to develop well. Dance and sexy approaches, then she asks me to go to toilet, and she DISAPPEARS. She does not come back. I get an SMS of apologies, like "Sorry I cannot stay with you tonight, but I want to meet you again in the next days. Please forgive me". I am furious with the bad luck which seems to follow me tonight.
(She works as therapist in a reputed hotel spa, so she told me, and she seems to be a nice girl. She kept on messaging me for days, but I did not set up another meeting.)
I head to another girl, sitting with friends close to the DJ. She is passable, a bit chubby but sexy. At 4am, this is not the time anymore to be too selective. Chat, drinks, dance, then at 6am I want to go back home. She tells me "Not now, give me your hotel room I come at 9am, first I need to attend my baby at home". Needless to say, she did not show up at my room later.
My first day in Batam is to forget.