There are of course other songs that stirs the atmosphere for the evening,most of which i dont quite understand. Anyway,I left the guys for the evening on their own as my girl has left too. I need my bonks still i do double check on all of them being sober enough to walk back to their room. It is only the next morning breakfast that we met up with each other again. We headed for the Hotel's free breakfast and our plan for the last day of our trip. A massage session at Indo Thai w/o any special service near Penuin :
Cost each of us 200k for a 1.5 hr massage. Its an open room partitioned only by just curtain. At this point,everyone needs a break from all the sexual activities from the last 2 to 3 nights,hehehe...massage was good which covers every inch of our bodies,i think Indo Thai Massage was comparable with the one at Atalanta but my friends says they are a bit better than Atalanta. By the way,Indo Thai isnt cheap. If Atalanta is at 250k for open room concept and being the most expensive,Indo Thai would be the 2nd most expensive for a 1.5 hr massage at 200k.
After the massage,there was some rain,we initially wish to go to the Japanese Restaurant at Nagoya Hill Mall but i told them Jap food wasnt my cup of tea and we will still need to search for the location of the restaurant,so we all end up in Hotel Instar coffee shop for that Bak Chor Mee and the Hor fun (some other zhi char food too).Lucky it was still open...lol.
We were late for the hotel check out,so extended one of our room for half a day for 350k at Formosa while checking out the rest of the other rooms. There was a total 5 rooms,we check out 4 of it. It was a Friday,the same day Formosa was almost fully booked.
Back to the room,rest a little...and we went off at around 515pm to Harbour Bay to take our ferry back to Sillypore. Every was rather grouchy as good time passes fast in Batam. When we reach Harbour Front,we went to a food court and i realise the difference between life in Batam and Sillypore. We have to squeeze inside a very very big food court to eat in Sillypore with minimum comfort but in Batam,we have all the space we need to lay back at a small food court to fully enjoy the delicacy.
Anyway,thats about the end of our trip. I learned a few lessons in this trip.I will just lay the mistakes here for my own future reference for future trips.
1. I should have planned an itinerary like i always do for 2nd night onward since i know most of my friends werent as experience in Batam as myself.
2. I have over spend by more than double the amount i budgeted due to my lack of discipline.I am very sure my friends over spend too.
3. We were suppose to go to Jap Restaurant Bento Tei but we didnt make it there.
4. We were suppose to shop at some warehouse shopping mall instead of wasting our time at BCS mall for 2 days in a roll.
5. The normal me rarely step into any air con eating place,but i did for the 2nd and 3rd day/night trip.
6. We didnt spend much on girls,but more onto food,drinks, massage and KTVs in this trip. I am sure we didnt get chopped but where did our money go to? I dont know...lol.
7. I trusted the taxi too much,assuming they are like Sillypore taxi in terms of puntuality, i expected too much,i forget the indo culture,my expectation isnt balance.
8. What the trip lacks are diciplines this round. Everyone has their own itinerary,and i try to cater everyone's itinerary into the trip. This will not happen again.
Overall,its a crazy 4D3N for me. I learned a lot from this trip and gather much info than what i would normally do (eg. Alishan KTV pricing,how the KTV system works,Atalanta Spa ambiance,Indo Thai kind of massage,super nice food places etc). But i believe it can be done with lesser cost in future. The worst in travelling overseas are spending a lot more than usual but yet not getting what we were hoping for. Anyway,its a curse from my personal perspective,and i kind of expected it. So in my next trip,my number 18th trip to Batam...it is going to be a "correction trip". I shall right my wrong from there onward,hehehe...
My rating for my 17th Batam Trip : overall 6.5/10 (16th trip was 8.5/10)
I finally struggle to finish this 17th trip summary...now? I LOOKING FORWARD to my 18th Batam "correction" trip. Making sure i try my best to avoid making mistakes from my current 17th trip,..and
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3rd Batam trip,hehehe....
Until then..... (i am actually looking forward to my 18th Trip cos i know it is gonna be a good one as i am not going to make silly mistakes)
Additional Notes 1 :
A place i been to but not mentioned in details in my summary :
...and as for how to get there? I happen to chance upon the map when i was replying to bro Micmac on how to get to Hotel Instar coffee shop to eat the Bak Chor mee....it is just directly opposite Hotel Instar :
...walking distance from Formosa Hotel if you notice the map and very near to New Berry too. That should help reply most of the PMs that ask me on the whereabout of a Pharmancy in Batam. If you still dont know how to go there by yourself,just go to the next available Pharmancy at Nagoya Hill Mall. 1st Floor inside Nagoya Hill Mall facing Sakura Hotel also have another pharmacy.