Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[siehsianz]

OMG.. for so long, from the outside i keep thinking it was defunct.. and never ventured in or made any contact!

Originally Posted by nono1973

Hehehe...good thing is, there is actually a 24 hour massage shop in Batam.



The bad part would be, it cost higher than most conventional massage places,hehehe...

This place seems to has been around for a while but with that price, not many would wish to take the risk. Anyway, it's "clean",hehehe...

There should be better ones somewhere else.

[mygirly]

Anyone can advise how to bring durian from SG to Batam?
I saw no durain sign at the custom.
Thank you

[davidlah]

Originally Posted by james38

Bro... I am planning to go batam next month. May i know how did u find girl A,B and C? Thank you

Rgds,
James

You mean, how I know them in advance. Nowaday got social media apps. Just make yourself appear in Batam by changing location of your phone, your phone location can change to Batam if you are using android phone.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by mygirly

Anyone can advise how to bring durian from SG to Batam?
I saw no durain sign at the custom.
Thank you

You must be kidding. You think there are no durians in Batam?

A few years ago I brought a durian with me from Batam to my home town in Europe. Procedure:
1) Buy durian at street market in the middle between Formosa and Newton.
2) Put durian in a bag in my bathroom at Formosa.
3) Deeply regret that just 1 hour after.
4) Put the durian in a backpack, with dirty clothes from my 10 days trip away from home.
5) Put 10 kg of mangos, mangiss, 1 papaya, various fruit in my luggage with other things things.
6) Have 2 hours fun (last fun in Batam before leaving) in my room with a girl hired from some massage joint
7) Collect my stuff, checkout, ta.ke taxi, go to Harbour Bay, all with my durian-enhanced backpack, 25-kg luggage, laptop bag.
8) Pass immigration, take ferry, arrive to Harbour Front
9) Pass immigration and customs. They seek alcohol and tobacco, do not care about a durian in a backpack.
10) Take MRT from Harbour Front, change at Outram Park, reach Changi. Total one hour in MRT, having the durian in the backpack. Someine smells it, but how can they know where is the durian?
11) Reach Terminal 1, drop-off my luggage and durian-enhanced backpack at Air France checkin desk
12) 18 hours later, I reach my home town. I do not go to my home, of course. I go to my parent's home, to show them the durian and to cut it THERE.

[nitecrawllerr]

Originally Posted by Black Page

You must be kidding. You think there are no durians in Batam.

12) 16 hours later, I reach my home town. I do not go to my home, of course. I go to my parent's home, to show them the durian and to cut it THERE.

Wow!

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by davidlah

You mean, how I know them in advance. Nowaday got social media apps. Just make yourself appear in Batam by changing location of your phone, your phone location can change to Batam if you are using android phone.

I use wechat but can't change leh

[retirebatam]

Originally Posted by Black Page

You must be kidding. You think there are no durians in Batam?

A few years ago I brought a durian with me from Batam to my home town in Europe. Procedure:
1) Buy durian at street market in the middle between Formosa and Newton.
2) Put durian in a bag in my bathroom at Formosa.

Très intelligent...

In fact, buy durian in spore or msia, the durian seller will help customer to extract out the durians and place it in the styrofoam packaging seal many time to prevent the smell coming out upon request.

The 5 Types of popular durians mainly come from Johor and Pahang

D24 - Pale yellow, bitter & creamy

Mao Shan Wang - Bright yellow, bittersweet & creamy

Red prawn - Orangy Red, sweet aftertaste

D13 - Deep orange, mildly sweet

XO - Pale yellow, bitter & soft

[fde83]

Durian is ok, cant wait for rambutan season. Now every 5 mins along the road many2 sell durian, love it

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by fde83

Durian is ok, cant wait for rambutan season. Now every 5 mins along the road many2 sell durian, love it

Anybody can explain me why the choice of fresh fruit in Batam is so poor compared to Malaysia? Yes, Malaysia and Thailand are the farms of South East Asia, but why Batam cannot have fresh fruit?

I see fresh rambutan almost every time I go to KL, right season or not, but in Batam it seems always off season. Not to say about jambu air. Most of the times, at the market in Jodoh jambu air are old and damaged, when I see them.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Très intelligent...

I am not French

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Anybody can explain me why the choice of fresh fruit in Batam is so poor compared to Malaysia? Yes, Malaysia and Thailand are the farms of South East Asia, but why Batam cannot have fresh fruit?

I see fresh rambutan almost every time I go to KL, right season or not, but in Batam it seems always off season. Not to say about jambu air. Most of the times, at the market in Jodoh jambu air are old and damaged, when I see them.

We all know Batam have durains. But MSW only in Malaysia . And SG is selling.

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Très intelligent...

In fact, buy durian in spore or msia, the durian seller will help customer to extract out the durians and place it in the styrofoam packaging seal many time to prevent the smell coming out upon request.

The 5 Types of popular durians mainly come from Johor and Pahang

D24 - Pale yellow, bitter & creamy

Mao Shan Wang - Bright yellow, bittersweet & creamy

Red prawn - Orangy Red, sweet aftertaste

D13 - Deep orange, mildly sweet

XO - Pale yellow, bitter & soft

I see. Does it mean sealed tight can bring into ferry?

[retirebatam]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Anybody can explain me why the choice of fresh fruit in Batam is so poor compared to Malaysia? Yes, Malaysia and Thailand are the farms of South East Asia, but why Batam cannot have fresh fruit?.

Batam is an industralised island city and has one of the busiest port. It has limited land for plantation and agriculture farming as it is only twice the size of singapore.

Therefore most of the fruits are imported either from java or sumatra and therefore it is not as fresh as when it was harvested.

Originally Posted by Black Page

I see fresh rambutan almost every time I go to KL, right season or not, but in Batam it seems always off season. Not to say about jambu air. Most of the times, at the market in Jodoh jambu air are old and damaged, when I see them.

Most of the rambutans in the world are produced in Peninsular Malaysia and West Java and also Thailand.

Because these areas has vast amount of land for cultivation and the warm tropical climate are favourable to the growth of rambutan.

[retirebatam]

Originally Posted by mygirly

I see. Does it mean sealed tight can bring into ferry?

Ever brought in to MRT inside but could not smell anything when it was sealed with several layers of wrapping plastic..保鲜纸

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Ever brought in to MRT inside but could not smell anything when it was sealed with several layers of wrapping plastic..保鲜纸

Mine was NOT sealed.
It was in the backpack, just in a plastic bag.

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Batam is an industralised island city and has one of the busiest port. It has limited land for plantation and agriculture farming as it is only twice the size of singapore.

That's right, but why they don't import them from Malaysia?? The ones I see at Hypermart (when there are) are NOT cheap