Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[Ninja_Assassin]

Originally Posted by tiuminator

Strange. I dont face such problem with Horizon ferry. You went on weekends?

Yep..... every weekend is fully booked.

[Ninja_Assassin]

Originally Posted by tiuminator

Any idea how much it cost both ways to and from jb stulang laut to batam?

2-way return is rm$200/= which is about S$60.... cheaper than SG.

[airman]

Originally Posted by Meltdown

It was known as Thai Odyssey previously.
Bought over by Indonesian because of Covid.
Still the same staff and environment.
20% cheaper (Monday - Thursday only)
$30 plus for 2 hours aromatherapy,

you mean 2 hours of massage for only $30? That's a steal!

what are the side dishes?

[BFOMF5]

HRZ schedule change.


Yesterday morning try take HRZ 2nd boat (8AM) to SG, missed the new 2nd boat(715), got to go for 3 boat (830).
The worst thing also my first experience of delay(1hr) due to bad weather.

[m1969]

Originally Posted by lincoln3010

Ibis styles batam nagoya.

Thanks bro, will try. Any idea if its FL friendly ?

[drawing]

Arrived on Friday, visited MM, Sekar, The Link,Mawar and the old Kupukupu around 3pm. Most of them changed/rotated OKT regardless of whether the name changed.

Most places have quite a few girls 10-30 but selection was not great, pricing around 1.2-1.8m

Went back to picked a girl from Mawar against my initial judgement and gosh! What a poor decision it was. Total waste of my time & 2.5m! She was good looking but refuse to talk/engage, complains a lot of just kept to her phone. Should have stick to my original decision and not book her.

Luckily, Saturday was better, booked a pitite one from Sekar and she was chatty and fun.

Can feel that Batam is coming back after 3 years

[applebottomjean]

Not asking to be spoon fed by bros. I’m going to batam soon but unable to make a drop by joints to book. I’m going to give a longshot with michat and wechat. But any bros with lobang for outcall do pm me, appreciate it. Will be asking my driver for contacts too

[Moredhel]

Originally Posted by applebottomjean

Not asking to be spoon fed by bros. I’m going to batam soon but unable to make a drop by joints to book. I’m going to give a longshot with michat and wechat. But any bros with lobang for outcall do pm me, appreciate it. Will be asking my driver for contacts too

Forget the michats and wechats route bro. Mostly miss or online okt operations. Tried and tested on 3 seperate occasions.

All of them were assigned by online okt via the chats. So they will not look anything alike to the photos. Much better to take the time to drop by the booking joints or massage places.

If you like the thrill of the chase, then discos and pubs are your options, though bringing them back to the room might cost a pretty penny.

[tiuminator]

Originally Posted by Ninja_Assassin

Yep..... every weekend is fully booked.

How about batam centre ferries? Fully booked too?

[kum69]

The last time i was there was more than 15 yrs ago. I used to work there. I frequently went hunting. My favorite hunting ground was Planet. And even before that i used to hunt at Ozone and Sphinx.

Any snipers here can share, how fertile is the hunting ground now. And where?

Cheers !

P.S. By the way i am going there between 13 to 16th December. Any brothers there or going around the same time? Pls inbox.

[retirebatam]

Originally Posted by tiuminator

Any idea how much it cost both ways to and from jb stulang laut to batam?

From (stulang laut) Berjaya waterfront ferry terminal to harbour bay ferry terminal two ways is RM 160 + 21 (surcharge) = RM 181

which is about S$55, saving of (73-55)= S$18. But the ferry they use is smaller than horizon ferry.

Those who wants to go to stulang laut ferry terminal can take a bus from JB Sentral bus terminal near kastam, and the journey takes about 15 minutes to reach at less than RM2.

Harbourfront to Harbourbay

Pros
1) shorter journey (40mins)
2) Uses better and bigger ferry
3) departure & arrival at the ferry terminal is 13 trips per day

Cons
1) More expensive

Stulang Laut to Harbourbay

Pros
1) cheaper
2) can go to batam directly from JB without the need to go back spore

Cons
1) longer journey (1 hour 50 min)
2) uses smaller ferry
3) departure & arrival at the ferry terminal is only 3 trips per day.

[retirebatam]

Originally Posted by nono1973

But i go Batam salon, have a hair cut + hair wash + face wash last 2-3 months ago, it cost 100k rupiah (around S$10), few days ago i go same place, same shop, same hair dresser, price still 100k rupiah but it becomes less than S$9,hehehe...

My favorite Budi Siang Malam chicken rice still at same price too (before & after covid period).

Yes, in fact the cost of goods and services in batam was very much cheaper in comparison to spore can say almost everything, that was why spending money in Batam gives more bang for your buck

In addition, it become lagi cheaper when value of rupiah drops..

Originally Posted by nono1973

Hehehe...UOB chap just called, ask me to change my placement as interest rate is 3.7-3.8% now. Go to make an appointment with him to go down to see him. I'm definitely avoiding the queue.

Just to share another piece of saving money tip is to place your cpf ordinary account saving which only earn 2.5% to a newly launch ocbc bank fix deposit at 3.4%.

The minimum placement is S$20k and maximum is S$1 million.

This is provided if you have spare fund in your OA account and need not pay for your housing loan anymore

Originally Posted by nono1973

Hehehe, therefore i go Batam eat lots of fruits.

In Singapore i eat lesser fruits than i am in Batam.

Apple is just illustration. I do not have apple in the shopping trolley tho,hehehe....

Talking about fruits, in indonesia, one very famous fruit that the local like to eat is salak, the appearance of the fruit has a scaly brown skin look like snake skin.

And there is another famous indonesian fruit I love to eat the most is known as "harum manis". It is a type of mango with green skin and light-yellow dots which is sweet and fragrance in taste.

The lemon yellow flesh is thick and juicy too. Talk until here my saliva already drips..

Originally Posted by nono1973

Others go Batam eat sea food or some high end Japanese/Korean food or the sort, i go Batam eat fried rice, chicken rice, char siew rice, mix fruits etc, hehehe...food isn't my primary priority in Batam.

For me... 给我龙虾龙肉，还不如给我一盘叉烧饭。

For me same here, I am not able to take too much seafood as I am slightly allergy. Seafood like prawn, lobster, squid, oyster, etc has a high content of cholesterol with the exception of fish which is rich in omega 3 good for health.

The fish that I love the most in batam is gurame, a type of indonesia fresh water fish which is super delicious.

That is why everytime I go to batam big 3 mall, (DC,BCS,NH), I will always dine in the following budget friendly restaurant with aircon and some with free wifi.

Baresto cafe
Kangen cafe
Malaya cafe
Bistro Godiva
Ayam penyet Ria
Coffee Town

Some of the cafe always offer gurame, fried rice and other promotional food at 30%-50% off.

Therefore every time I visit batam tend to have a chance to eat those promotional food at the restaurant mentioned above at a very cheap price which is super value for money, hehe

If I were to eat those food in an indonesian restaurant in singapore, the cost is at least double to triple in cost.

[tiuminator]

Originally Posted by retirebatam

From (stulang laut) Berjaya waterfront ferry terminal to harbour bay ferry terminal two ways is RM 160 + 21 (surcharge) = RM 181

which is about S$55, saving of (73-55)= S$18. But the ferry they use is smaller than horizon ferry.

Thanks for info. Worth trying.

Any idea the bus no. from custom to stulang laut ferry terminal?

[Ah Ti]

Originally Posted by drawing

Arrived on Friday, visited MM, Sekar, The Link,Mawar and the old Kupukupu around 3pm. Most of them changed/rotated OKT regardless of whether the name changed.

Most places have quite a few girls 10-30 but selection was not great, pricing around 1.2-1.8m

Went back to picked a girl from Mawar against my initial judgement and gosh! What a poor decision it was. Total waste of my time & 2.5m! She was good looking but refuse to talk/engage, complains a lot of just kept to her phone. Should have stick to my original decision and not book her.

Luckily, Saturday was better, booked a pitite one from Sekar and she was chatty and fun.

Can feel that Batam is coming back after 3 years

no need to talk, screw her 3 rounds hard hard and ask her to FO, that's it, mustn't tips.

[Jas28]

Originally Posted by drawing

Arrived on Friday, visited MM, Sekar, The Link,Mawar and the old Kupukupu around 3pm. Most of them changed/rotated OKT regardless of whether the name changed.

Most places have quite a few girls 10-30 but selection was not great, pricing around 1.2-1.8m

Went back to picked a girl from Mawar against my initial judgement and gosh! What a poor decision it was. Total waste of my time & 2.5m! She was good looking but refuse to talk/engage, complains a lot of just kept to her phone. Should have stick to my original decision and not book her.

Luckily, Saturday was better, booked a pitite one from Sekar and she was chatty and fun.

Can feel that Batam is coming back after 3 years

U book the SYT for 2.5m for 1 day ?