I had my 7th trip to Batam on 5th Aug 2014 and back on the 6th. This time round,my indian fren again cannot join me,but i manage to learn quite a bit on VOA becos of him even when i don't need to.
Here's the
Link of VOA which i bookmarked to share with those non-sillyporean who needs the information.
In this trip,i took a 1045am Prima Ferries ferry from Sillypore Harbour Front to Batam Harbour Bay. As it was raining,the ride on the ferry was a rough one and the ferry was 90% full. (i don't like crowded) Upon reaching Harbour Bay,did some basic shopping on daily necessities at Harbour Mart in Harbour Bay before approaching to book my next day return to Sillypore at the Prima Ferries Counter. After stepping out of Prima Ferries,
was approached by some uniformed guys (who worked at the Bay) to ask if i need Taxi,they quoted 60k and when i ask for 40k,EVERYONE LAUGHED at me. Got pissed off by their laughter and walk away further down towards shopping mall where i was approached by
a REAL taxi driver who are not in uniform.Manage to bargain to 30k to bring me to Kaha 1st then to Formosa. But i still tip him another 10k upon reaching Formosa Hotel.And he seems happy about it. So my taxi trip cost 40k in all and i need a taxi becos it's raining.(i'd have taken ojek)
One lesson i learned from this trip,whenever i got approached by anyone who is in uniform in my future Batam trip asking if i need taxi,i will either reject or ignore them.
Reached Formosa abt 11am indo time. Try to check in but my room i reuested for isn't ready. I actually booked 2 rooms,1 for my fren who is coming later. Both rooms aren't ready,so i walk to opp Formosa to change money and after that to Kings Massage on the 4th floor in Formosa for a foot reflexology at 90k/hr.
This is the 1st time i am having foot reflexology in Kings Massage w/o being on a massage Chair but lying on bed. I was told to strip my bottom half while the girl do the reflexology. About 30mins later,she pop the Golden Question,which i think wasn't exactly a golden question. It's not a HJ she is offering,but according to her is Therapy Dick Massage. Was quoted 200k,i didn't bargain cos i don't plan to take up anything "special" as i was just killing time for my room/s to be ready. After the foot reflexology,paid the counter 90k and tip the massage girl 50k for her effort/attempt to "try to" make me take up the special service...lol.
Upon checking into my favourite room,i called Gold Bird (1230pm) and they are open.By now,the rain has almost stop so i take my time to walk to gold bird to pick a girl. As usual,pick the biggest,ugliest and oldest available girl,pay papi 600k and request him to send the girl to my room at 3pm. Before leaving,give papi a small green packet containing 50k in it. Left Gold Bird to Nagoya Hill Mall by foot and manage to find Kopi Luwak cafe. I choose to dabao the coffee and walk to behind Relax Massage's food court for Lunch and enjoyed my Luwak coffee there. Relax Massage is directly opp Formosa.
After lunch,take a slow walk back to Formosa.Before heading to room,i walk behind formosa to buy some mineral water and red bull. The girl arrived at 3pm,had one round 1st while waiting for my friend. Went online to SBF to check any PM and saw Bro Madara's reply from our previous communication.I heard from Bro Madara there is a new booking joint in town,and where is that? The place is called Dolly Massage....
Upon linking up with bro Naka in the early evening on the same day,i learned that Dolly isn't a new joint. Memory KTV opp Panaroma has closed down and reopened as Dolly Massage. Bro Naka even bring me there to look see. It was near to Utama Hotel,and even nearer to a Ass Hotel....opps! No,no...sorry,it's S Hotel...i manage to recce around its surrounding and below is the Map to S Hotel,and then to Dolly booking joint. (Dolly & S Hotel is at bottom left hand corner)
To save on Taxi commission (or kena carrot head),one may ask the taxi driver to drop you at S Hotel. What i did was walk into S Hotel,take a name card from them and walk out. Turn right from the front door of S Hotel and walk straight along the five-foot way which takes abt a min until i reach a right-turn corner and then i turn RIGHT...and then continue to walk straight for about 1.5 min,and i see Dolly sign board and front door.
Below is Ass Hotel name card (front & back) for further reference :
In this trip,i have the honor to link up with Bro Naka and Bro Madara for a bit of info exchange and smoke break. And the info they fed me with,i have testify it personally and shared them above. And as this post only allows 4 pictures in a single post,the lesser important info like Coffee Luwak,Golden prawn restaurant,Dried sea horse,Temple etc will be shared with the rest at a later time.
Hereby wish to give thanks to bro Naka and bro Madara for linking up and sharing positively. If fate & time allows,we shall meet again...in Batam of course...lol.
Cheers to all!!