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Originally Posted by nono1973
If i am you (narrating myself as a newbie),i will not grab a full day taxi from the harbour itself. 2nd,i will definitely not do so if i fail to secure a GOOD BARGAIN from the very beginning (unable to have a 30k taxi fare,yes..not 40k or even 50k). 3rd,if i am new and its my 1st travel to Batam,i will choose ONLY Formosa Hotel as advise by most of the senior batam travellers in this thread.
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Completely agree bro, i know i screwed up when i took up his offer, i think i was abit nervous and too keen to get things done ASAP.
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Originally Posted by nono1973
1. I book Formosa on a weekday from online,i reach Harbour Bay. I get a taxi,try to bargain to 30k but the driver die die wants 50k (or maybe 60k). I go to another driver,tried again still fail. So i dont really have a choice but to take the taxi at 50k/60k to Formosa Hotel. No,i dont need to ask the current taxi driver who already "chop" me once when i took his service from Harbour Bay to Formosa Hotel for a full day taxi usage and especially not from one that is so hard up becos i know if i have further transaction with this "guy",every other things thereafter will never come cheap.
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Yea this is pretty much what happened, the taxi driver will try to chop u from that point onwards when u take up his offer. Luckily i did not agree with all his suggestion, including bringing me to eat seafood, which im quite certain he will be suggesting golden prawn lol, the famous tourist trap restaurant.
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Originally Posted by nono1973
I reach early in Formosa,its on weekday...i wont know if i am able to check in when i reach early,but during the room booking online,i would likely have read that checking in time should normally be 2pm indo time (3pm for Sillypore time and if hotel has enough rooms,they actually allow guests to check in as early as 12pm or at times much earlier
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Will definitely book formosa on my next trip lol.. i prefer to get started early, so any early check in before 12am will definitely in be in my favor.
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Originally Posted by nono1973
Before i start travelling on the taxi,most likely i would already know where i wish to go. I usually have my itinerary ready. For a beginner,i wont be greedy,i want to go to the 5 major joints (Gold Bird,Bunga,New Berry,Permata and Happy 8) with the most number of girls in Batam to choose girl,i want to have lunch,i also want dinner. Maybe even shopping or movie at night until next morning send me back to Harbour to head to Sillypore
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I agree, newbies need to be firm in instructing ur supir where to bring u to, don't let him lead u on. Where u want to go for massage, where u want to go eat, which joints u want to visit, etc. Have to say i didnt do that well with regards to the eating part and massage part, but luckily i stand firm on not visiting some joints he suggested, well in this case, Morena joints.
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Originally Posted by nono1973
Nagoya Spa and Massage is a good place for massage,bro. The price is on the menu as stated. Yes,they are more expensive than other massage shops but what you are getting is close enough with Spa Secret standard of massage tho not as good. But its one of the lowest in pricing under the same category kind of top class massage. In my point of view,this is not a mistake. Its always good to try all categories of massage in Batam which will enrich your experience in your future trips to Batam.
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Thats reassuring to hear, with regards to how much i paid at Sawadee massage, i can't really recall, but its definitely below 200k.