Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[m600]

Originally Posted by lee123

grand drangon cewek sitting 500k, 600k and 800k, booking from 2.5 juta, 3 juta and 4 juta, yes agree have many cewek but if booking a bit expensive

seriously this kind of sitting fee in batam??? LOL Better go Jakarta or Vienam anytime the cewek there better then batam KTV sia. paying this kind of amount in batam really spoil market sia.

just my two cent of view no offend guys.

[shahgila]

Originally Posted by DDAMn

Wifi connection strong?Using which network operator?

So far have not tried it. It should be the same quality as cell carriers there. But after 1st 1gb per day, the network will slow down but still able to use social media and whatsapp. So not advisable to use it to download videos.

I am getting it next week and will give review.

You can check it out at the link below:

https://horizonfastferry.com.sg/booking

Beats the $19 per day for my Singtel autoroam with unlimited data.

[trippinlsd]

Originally Posted by lee123

grand drangon cewek sitting 500k, 600k and 800k, booking from 2.5 juta, 3 juta and 4 juta, yes agree have many cewek but if booking a bit expensive

Thanks! looking at the drink prices it seems on the high end for batam standards

[nono1973]

Upcoming new apartment project closeby to Waterfront Ferry Terminal called Opus Bay,hehehe...a ferry terminal not many people here used. Its not launch for sale yet, i think...

Not that i am interested to me but i finds that i havent travel via Waterfront City ferry terminal before, so i might one day try out for fun,hehehe...thats if i am looking for some fun at Water Front City area.

Just a note.

[nono1973]

Hmm...ANNABELLE COMES HOME is already screening all over Batam theaters and i am guessing tomorrow, Spiderman Far from Home will be coming to Batam too,hehehe...

Spiderman Far from Home



The trailer

( Click to show/hide )

...and then there is...

ANNABELLE COMES HOME



The trailer

( Click to show/hide )

Did Annabelle ask Spiderman to come home?

Hehehe...thats a joke but the title of the 2 movie were...well...just a little contradicting,hehehe...

Oh, if anyone's wishing to eat and drink while watching the movie, you should know which theater to go to...hehehe...

https://samsforum.com/showthread.php?p=...4#post18619974

Ok, time to enjoy Batam...

* BCS would be a good place to shop if everyone starts heading over to Grand Batam Mall,hehehe...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

It happened almost every part of Indon. So u are not entirely wrong to assume Indon is a corrupt country. I remember decades ago lah. I knew this imm offr from Batam Ampar. Well, he belanja me. Drove a car. Looked new to me. When asked, he told me his mthly pay pathetic. But can afford to have a new car...cheong here and there.

Hehehe...reminds me of taxi drivers in Batam. They were not poor people, in fact their monthly income were as high as (if not higher) than many local Singaporean who traveled to Batam.

Took countless taxis in Batam over the last 5 odd years, used to ask them about their monthly income and the least paid taxi drivers i hear earns about S$1.5k a month on average. Highest one was over S$4k a month. And to think most overnight booking girls i talked tends to sympathize taxi drivers...hehehe...

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

Corruption has not been eradicated in Indonesia, but there are some tourists who will attract questioning.

Definitely not completely eradicated but things did improve quite a bit comparing the past which is why i only commented on Batam and avoid using the word, "Indonesia",hehehe...

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

Singaporeans/Malaysians first time go to Batam alone kana ask why go Batam, and if can not speak Malay or Bahasa Indonesia then Why alone if cant speak. Answer wrongly and sure kena called into room.

I dont speak Indo Bahasa too. Perhaps thats why i am often prompt the "golden question" by the immigration officer/s. Touch wood, i didnt get called to the office before. I mean i do understand that the immigration has the Rights to call anyone into their office w/o any valid reason. Which is why i use to say, staffs working with Indonesia authorities were the very people i feared more than robbers, scammers, thieves, drug sellers/addicts and gangsters whenever i traveled to Batam.

My only defense against them, the phone number and address of the Singapore Consulate in Batam.

https://www.mfa.gov.sg/batam

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

Sometimes ask stay which hotels, go how many days, do what in Batam. Give touristy answers normally can clear with this type of question.

Hope it helps, cos I kena ask such question before.

Those were some of the common "golden questions" prompted in almost every immigration in all parts of the world,hehehe...

Thank you for sharing.

Originally Posted by BlickBassy

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For this reason, the group of officers got pecking order. If you new bird or kana marked, they send you to Nagoya. There got nice tourists but most time damn boring and worse like far from civilisation like that. That side how to eat money? Very little traffic and mostly transits from casino boats. The ok one is Sekupang. If you got a handle, just pay one or two dollar for express services and an angpow for CNY and Hari raya. But familiarity breeds contempt so if you go to Batam be unpredictable like using other ports. For example, Pungol and Sekupang got domestic ports, and Barelang also got stop over to get to other parts of Riau Islands, and more importantly can connect you to sg from other islands like Bintan and TBK. You see all kind of authorities from the polis, the navy and other military detachments on Batam island. Sometimes got to look sometimes they just stare you down. This is my personal, abeit dated causal observations.

Learned something, thank you for sharing.

Sounds to me like the Indonesia authorities were running on Mafia-management,hehehe...

Too many "incidents" happening in Batam Center ferry terminal (not just the corruption part alone), hence this is one port i would try to avoid. Regardless how cheap the ferry fare can be there, safety would be my number 1 priority. As for the other more expensive port/s, i would try to look for means and ways to see if there is any chance for a better than normal price.

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Double posting for system down

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

Singaporeans/Malaysians first time go to Batam alone kana ask why go Batam, and if can not speak Malay or Bahasa Indonesia then Why alone if cant speak. Answer wrongly and sure kena called into room.

Sometimes ask stay which hotels, go how many days, do what in Batam. Give touristy answers normally can clear with this type of questions

They always ask me why I go to Batam for 1 week.
I respond I stay in Nagoya, to meet friends and do holidays. Period.

[cleyeo]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Took countless taxis in Batam over the last 5 odd years, used to ask them about their monthly income and the least paid taxi drivers i hear earns about S$1.5k a month on average. Highest one was over S$4k a month. .

Bro, No hard feeling. I think over $4k is far beyond exagerration.

[Kaboon]

Originally Posted by cleyeo

I think over $4k is far beyond exagerration.

No intended offence, i think u feel that it's exaggerating because u haven't met any local chinese taxi driver before or some taxi drivers who owns a small fleet of cars that was rented to other taxi drivers....yet.

I feel the earnings of these drivers were understated.

[miumiu6464]

Originally Posted by Kaboon

No intended offence, i think u feel that it's exaggerating because u haven't met any local chinese taxi driver before or some taxi drivers who owns a small fleet of cars that was rented to other taxi drivers....yet.

I feel the earnings of these drivers were understated.

Yup. The original taxi driver I used way back in 2012, he's still doing taxi driving and owns a fleet of Advanza rented to companies executives. And, we have not covered their recurring commission from booking joints yet.

[fde83]

Originally Posted by cleyeo

Bro, No hard feeling. I think over $4k is far beyond exagerration.

Its pure BS bro.

[TrillianDent]

At booking joint, do you pay the girl the whole amount the next morning, or at the joint? What if you're only doing a massage?

[Myhorizon]

Originally Posted by TrillianDent

At booking joint, do you pay the girl the whole amount the next morning, or at the joint? What if you're only doing a massage?

If you are booking overnite, pay the full amount papi/mami at the joint. Either being the girl out directly or give a specific time for her to go to your hotel. Get the phone number of the joint, just in case you need to call. If you just go for massage, usually we have massage at the massage shop, so must pay at the spot.

Hope answer can give you clue and help.Enjoy Batam.

[sexy78d4]

Originally Posted by trippinlsd

Thanks! looking at the drink prices it seems on the high end for batam standards

Seems like batam is super overpriced now.

Think Philippines more worthwhile.

Me going batam end of this month. Looks like only got massage to do, since price too high. And seems many pubs, disco closed.