usually during trips where i bring newbies,i will ask them if they wish to buy indo sim card as getting one was pretty easy when the batam version of sim lim sq (lucky plaza) is just beside the hotel we stayed in. But most dont find the need to do that as they are at most time sticking to me thru out the trip and our hotel has wifi. The only time i strongly recommend an indo sim card to newbies or frens who joined me in my trips is when they "think" they are going to revisit batam again in the following 2 months. Otherwise,their sillypore sim card will be more than sufficient.
thanks bro.. Nevertheless, i'll try to get a indo sim card next time i go there shopping and massage... Easier for me to use google maps to navigate and pin the "interesting" places i went to.. :d
err...nope,none of the guys with me ever went with me on a day trip,but since you mentioned about my ex. Colleague's trip (with me). I was with an ex.colleague during one of the trip,but the next day,more ex.colleagues came,and they were all planning for a day trip. As the number were really big,i need to get 2 rooms for them at grand nagoya hotel at around s$23.00/night just to put their belongings as they will be checking out on the same day. Honestly,its nothing fantastic in the room,simple chair,simple table and a queen size bed. Its more like a hostel than hotel. Alternatively,staying in the hotel i stayed in cost about s$48.40 base on a 9400/sgd exchange rate. Grand nagoya and formosa is just about 300 steps away. There are many hotels (1star/2star) nearby,but most will cost around s$35.00 per night (plus/minus).
So after knowing i can accommodate my ex. Colleagues during their day trip to a certain 2 star or 1 star hotel,i begin to illustrate how i can accommodate myself if i one day decide to come on day trip. The illustration of my day trip you read was an older version where i am still very new to batam,here's the newer version where i am a little more experience.
version 1
1. I go to batam in early morning,grab a room in either sakura/lovinna which will cost me around s$30.
2. As its too early to get a girl from joint since its still morning,i shall head for light breakfast 1st.
3. Then head for a 1.5 hr massage.(special or no special doesnt matter)
4. After which will be time to head to check out booking joint girls. Find one,pick them up and head to hotel.
5. Then it will bonking all the way until dinner time where i will bring the girl to dinner and release her back to joint thereafter.
6. If time allows,will go for another massage before checking out and head back to sillypore.
version 2 of illustrated itinerary of my day trip.
1. Had quick breakfast upon arriving at harbour bay.
2. I go to batam in early morning,grab a room in either sakura/lovinna which will cost me around s$30.
3. Head to some massage shop,check out the massage joint (with special) there,ask one masseur to come at 11am...go to another massage joint,ask the next masseur to come at 2pm,then another one to come at 4pm. Head back to hotel room before 11am to wait for my arranged masseur/s to arrive.
4. By then it should be dinner time.
5. After dinner,check out of room and head to harbour bay.
6. If time allows ,will shop around.
My day trip illustration was planned base very much on my very own interest that i do not take sea food,alcoholic drinks and night life.
thanks for the examples itinerary bro.. Very useful... I think for me if day trip is to go early like 9 am ferry to batam, then goto nagoya that side to makan b'fast, then walk around the massage joints in your past frs like bridge, kings etc to massage relaz and bonk if they offer specials in house.. All settle in the massage joints.. Then come noon time go for nasi padang lunch at the sederhana chain stores, then walk to nagoya for shopping, buy kueh lapis & keropok, see show, eat a&w, then afternoon maybe go for massage again n zzzzzz.. Then late afternoon prepare eat dinner and balek kampong to sg.. So for me i am 1 shot happy guy and more shopping and makan type..
thank you for your compliment,bro. What you read are summaries,not really the details. There are still many in depth details that are not added in eg,overnight encounters with departmental store girls,hp shop girls,getting special from clean massage joint etc etc. The summaries beside just sharing briefly my trips to batam here ,are also meant for me for future cross reference what i did right/wrong. I read back my past summaries very often to plan my next trip too,hehehe...:d
me sama sama like u bro... Past frs good guides for future trips.... So i'm thankful for all other bros who share their frs here and in other threads so tat the rest can learn from their past experiences 