I cannot remember when I visited Batam but I just remembered that I used to board the ferry from Finger Pier Building (which is gone), there was no air con and it was really crowded. Last Saturday, I boarded the ferry from Harbourfront and it was a good one hour journey. This time round, my trip to Batam was with my wonderful group of neighbours.
Our first stop after our arrival was to purchase keropok (its prawn crackers). After that, we were supposed to go for Go Karting but due to the rain, we just have to delay that till the evening and so, it was more shopping. Personally, I thought stuff in Batam ain’t that cheap so I did not buy much too. Our lunch was Sudanese food and it was really good. The sambal was so hot that I got to drink a few cups of water. Surprisingly, the restaurant had a group photo of Singaporeans who visited them previously.
Traffic in Batam is horrendous. Its so horrible that I prefer not to take the window seat. Motorcycles were traveling in opposite directions while traffic lights actually has lights that are not working! The guide brought us to this shopping mall called Nagoya Shopping Mall to shop. The scariest thing I found about this shopping mall was a deep crack at the basement of one of the shop that we visited.
The shopping mall didn’t have anything interesting EXCEPT A&W! We were like a bunch of country pumpkins when we saw A&W. We were so excited and quickly found a spot to enjoy their root beer float.
Other than shopping, we went for a massage which I didn’t really enjoy very much. I still prefer my usual foot reflexology I go at Eastpoint Mall. After massage it was go karting, flying fox and then dinner at a seafood restaurant. Though it was a seafood restaurant, the prawns that we got were like adult shrimps. So you know how big the prawns are.
Though it was a long and tiring day, but I enjoy myself very much since its the first time I’m traveling so far with my neighbours and my 2nd overseas trip in 2 weeks. Well, I’ll be flying again soon and there will be more updates coming. Stay tuned.
Photo Credit: Jacqueline S and Charlie P
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