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I am staying until Tuesday and free from afternoon. Any bros care to meet up. B
I don't need touts and on Dutch basis.

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Hi, any bros going this weekend? Newbie here who needs guidance...PM me pls...thank you

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No,u didnt kena chop,i get 2 girls from kings massage to massage me , 2 girls with fj on 2 different time of the day excluding massage price also pay same 600k. u definitely didnt kena chop. :rolleyes:

Their open mouth price is 600k for 1 fj each girl each session,but all i need is disagree when price is offered,and the girl immediately drop price down to 400k.Wow! 33% disc & without much effort, i end up paying 600k altogether for 2 girls on 2 different time on the same day for my in rm massage. Oh,btw..inside my own rm massage is 100k for 1 hr.

Aiya! I should have remember to bargain to 250k since so many bro stay formosa pay tat price..lol. Anyway,50k extra more only,sup sup water la...:D

Next trip i wil be more clever & wn't be less not clever. :rolleyes:

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heading to batam this tuesday, any bros want to recommend any massage parlours around Nagoya Hill area? cause that's the area I will be staying. Thanks! :D

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I heard alots of girls delivered to hotel from overnight booking shop. Who pay for the transport and how much

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You do not need to pay for it The joint will settle it

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Since u ask,i recommend the below 11 shp,all of them within 200m from Nagoya Hill shopping mall,surely will have 1 tat suit u -

1. Eska Massage

Address: Blok R4 - F3 , R4 - F3A, Nagoya Hill, Jl. Teuku Umar, Lubuk Baja, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7493866

2. The SPA Secret

Address: Komp. Nagoya Garden Phase I Blok D No. 1-2-3, Riau 29432, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 423123

3. REBORN Foot Reflexology & Tui Na Massage

Address: Lubuk Baja Kota, Lubuk Baja, Batam City, Riau Islands 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7493655

4. Majesty Spa and Massage

Address: Nagoya Hill Superblock, Jl. Teuku Umar, Lubuk Baja, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 749 3568

5. Martha Tilaar Salon Day Spa

Address: Nagoya Hill Ruko mall Blok P No. 7-9, Riau Islands 29152, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7493636

6. Sakura Massage & Spa

Address: Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall Ruko R4 Block G. No.12B, Nagoya Hill Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29432, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7493773

7. Everyday Massage

Address: Blok E No.7-8, Pertokoan Nagoya Hill, Jl. Teuku Umar, Lubuk Baja, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7493861

8. Five Star Massage

Address: Lubuk Baja Kota, Lubuk Baja, Batam City, Riau Islands 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 7286808

9. IndoThai Nagoya

Address: Komplek Nagoya Garden Phase I Blok D No. 4-5, Riau 29432, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 421611

10. Sawadika Massage

Address: Nagoya Hill Mall 1st Floor, JL. Teuku Umar, 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 778 433988

11. Vie Beauty Care and Spa Massage

Address: Blok R4 E5, Ruko Nagoya Hill, Jl. Teuku Umar, Lubuk Baja, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29444, Indonesia
Phone:+62 822-8040-6969

Lastly dn't say i misleading public by putting up incorrect info ,none of the above 11 massage parlours are fake but jus not likely to have any special service offered & even by a very low chance if have special oso gng to be a doubling price like "King massage at formosa" which is sure 600k rp & higher for 1 shot.

i'm jus answering a qn directly base on the qn. Hav a gd trip stayin in Nagoya Hill area!

Oh,i almost forgot,sm of the 11 shps have guys doing massage for male customer which u cannot choose/change too. 1 bro in tis thread tried b4, he says he feel very dirty.I tink he forget use the shower provided. Will be camping here for more FRs on the 11 massage parlours tat's near Nagoya Hill recommended by iccycold. :rolleyes:

*i tink i gather gd info & shld hav tis post put on my siggy like nono's. :p

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Kings Massage happy ending 600k is high. can bargain lower. I got it at 450k on my 1st solo trip.

As for the locations of the joints, check out my signature of the map. :D

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Here is a short FR of my 3rd 2D2N Trip to Batam. As mentioned earlier before, this trip will not have much adventure as I went with my gf. Why 2D2N? Because we went after our work. By the time we reached our hotel, it was already 5pm plus Indo Time.

For this trip, I choose Harmoni Suites Hotel to have an experience of the hotel. It is just about 5 to 10 mins walk away from Formosa Hotel. It is right side of the Formosa Hotel which you need to walk pass the mickey mouse BKT.
The side door of the Harmoni Suites is near the shop selling durian stuffs.
The cost of the room is about $20 plus extra of Formosa Hotel. Below are the pictures of the room.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Batam/Room.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...%20Kitchen.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...%20Cabinet.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tam/Toilet.jpg

What surprise me was there is a small kitchen in the room where you can do cooking the room. There is also a small exhaust vent above the cooking area to prevent your room from smelling of cooking.
In the cabinet, basically you have everything for cooking, pots, pans, rice cookers. even cutleries for eating like bowl, spoon, fork also available. You just need to buy the raw materials for cooking.

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We had our dinner at Ikan Bakar Acia stated in Bro Nono Food List which is just 5 mins walk away from Harmoni Suites. When we reached the place, it was quite crowd. In the end we settled for its next door neighbour food as i had craving for Fried Osyter.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Batam/Acia.jpg
The whole meal is only 127k.

The next day we had free breakfast in the hotel and went shopping at DC mall which also in a way lead me to Marine Live Seafood as it is along the way.

Lunch was settled in hotel room due we had a kitchen :D

After lunch, we went up to level 7 of the hotel for massage. The rates are normal. I didnt had a chance to massage alone as my gf asked for couple room massage :(
The massage, gym and swimming pool all located at level 7.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ing%20Pool.jpg

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We had dinner at Marine Live Seafood. As we went to DC mall and saw Marine Live Seafood, it was easier to find.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...%20Seafood.jpg
The meal cost 439k. The drunken prawns soup, the stir-fried vegetables and the seafood tofu are the must try dishes. These dishes are mentioned in the thread by other bros.
I love the seafood tofu and the drunken prawns soup especially the tofu, it is totally different from what you can eat in singapore. Even my gf said it is special.

On the last day, I did try to go for solo massage at level 7 but end up none as the massage rooms are all taken up :(
After check out, we went to Bridge Massage opposite Formosa for massage before heading back to Singapore.

My rating for this trip is 6/10. Basically nothing much but to enjoy the food. Next trip will try Da Vienna Hotel which is very near to Ikan Bakar Acia.

Below is a map for bros who want to walk to places like Marine Live Seafood, Ikan Bakar Acia, Meximo Wantan Mee, Instar Coffeeshop Bak Chor Mee and DC Mall from Formosa Hotel. I did this map for my friend who went batam last week.
Further down Formosa Hotel, you will see Harmoni Suites which i stayed on my 3rd Trip
Marine Live Seafood - when you reach Utama Hotel entrance, walk further up and you see Utama Pub and Marine Live Seafood is just straight ahead.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tam%20Info.jpg

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Any bros going this saturday?would like to join the outing...thanks

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AIYOOOOOOooooOOOO...... boi tahan (shakehead) .. really boi tahan.... see the photo and those exact dishes makes me imagine the tastes and textures flavours swirling in my mouth. AIYOOOOO!!!!!

After reading your food-part FR, can tell we have similar tastebuds ! If you are in batam in future and thinking of dinner - and like a chance meet up as well - hit me up ppPPplease~~~~~

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Delicious food at Marine.. Will revisit again in Dec.

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Yep,Formosa will eventually have to go after their lease are up (if i dont remember wrong should be towards end of next year or somewhere 2017). The piece of land has already been sold off quite some time ago according to whats being shared by one of the bro in this thread few months ago.

I did share (or have hinted)a little before,Center Point beside Formosa will eventually become a hotel (its emptying itself now). Da Vienna Hotel is "likely" belongs to the Management of Formosa since i see staffs of Formosa at Da Vienna in my previous summaries. The surrounding land,lucky plaza to New Berlian (Nagoya 68 hotel) site has also been sold too. I was also looking for alternatives to Formosa since 5 – 6 months ago.

Indonesia do things very much slower than in Sillypore especially when it comes to tearing down and rebuilding something. It will still take a while before Formosa will eventually comes down. I am guessing,at least more than 1 year later. Its not too late to find an alternative now and i have been doing that since...well...read my summaries over the last 6 months.

Yea,those Chinese news paper from Sillypore when they reach Batam cost me 10k,hehehe...anyway,even Batam Pos or their local papers,i still pay them 10k. I will take the papers from the kid/s who sells it after paying her 10k.

In my own perspective,beside just discouraging Syndicate from using kids as beggars,i always believe if one is willing to work,he/she SHOULD NOT go hungry. i will pay the kids for the newspapers (usually at a little higher price) and then collected the papers they sells even when i dont really have much use of it becos i have this belief that no one likes to beg in the street or choose to be a beggar if circumstance allows it.


One really needs to really set their dignity to the lowest to beg in the public street. And in this case if the little kid (or their parents) choose to "work" for a living ,why should i take away this most BASIC DIGNITY by treating any of them like a beggar? (dignity here refers to dignity of the kid's parents and the kids themsleves)

These kids selling newspapers are Newspaper Sellers,not beggars. Stop treating them like they are beggars for starter.

Its a very basic mutual respect to another human being. Look at it from another angle,the parent/s of these kids for some reason/s cannot work (or choose not to),so the kids goes out to “work” to bring in or somehow subsidise the family household's bread and butter, will anyone here reading this post do the same if you were in that same/similar situation with the kid's family? (I am making illustration base on myself being in the same situation as the parents of the kids who sell me the papers) IF given ONLY 2 paths under similar circumstances as their parents,will I choose to want my kids to “work” or to “beg”?


Kids cant really tell the difference between "working for a living" and "begging for a living",but WE as adults can,dont we?

Newspaper usually cost : 5k
i pay the kids who sells it : usually 10k (sometime 7k to 8k)
Extra 2k-5k given is not a donation in this case but a small tip. (there can be more than 1001 reasons for tipping a little kid)

If i give 5k or 10k to anyone who ask me for money in the street. They are begging and i am donating. There is mainly ONLY ONE reason why i donate to beggars,becos i PITY them. And i respect those in the streets of Batam with a good pair of 2 hands and 2 legs who choose to "work for a living" w/o hurting others.