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Originally Posted by nono1973
The one that they use to make the water look good should be fluoride-kind of chemical. If there is a chance i stay in Gideon again,i will try to remember to go take their water for some lab test in Sillypore.
For those who didnt know,i did mention in my Gideon Hotel stay trip summary before that the 1st few secs when i turn on the tap ,the colour of the water flowing out of the tap were brownish before it turns clear again. So most likely the pipe transfering the water to my room must be very rusty. Recently,i heard from Taiwan news that Taiwan's tap water problem didnt lie with the filtration but more on their pipping. Batam may have similar issue. ( http://syrwater.pixnet.net/blog/post...8D%B1%E6%A9%9F ) To be safe,i will boil and drink from mineral water bottle instead. If most locals in Batam (and other parts of Indonesia too) prefer water from mineral water bottle than from tap,i am sure they cannot be too wrong.
As for Formosa Hotel,i hear that they have their very own filtration system for their tap water,but the fact is i do not know how often the hotel changes their filter. Still,i will NEVER advise anyone to drink directly from the tap anywhere in Batam,be it boiled or not-boiled. For bathing and brushing of teeth it should still be alright.
For additional read-up on water filtration from the previous Batam thread where a bro fix a water filter in his living home tap.... and he lives in Batam.
https://samleong.shop/showpost.p...ostcount=30608
https://samleong.shop/showpost.p...ostcount=30609
Thats for your reading pleasure,hehehe... |
Thank you,shall do a read up on it. Anywhere of Indonesia,i'd suggest drinking from mineral water bottle.
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Originally Posted by oscaroscar
Heading there for the first time solo 2D1N this coming Saturday! A newbie and hope to book cewek for the first time and hope that everything go swee swee. Planning to try out BM at Keyzha and also massage at Octupus Spa. Think my budget of $300 not enough.  |
If u plan to splurge,a thousand dollar will never be enough . I'd suggest u do a read up on the first page of this thread,after that read the latest 10 pages of this thread.
It's going to help u plan better.
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Originally Posted by nono1973
People are reading this thread and hopefully they wont be ignoring some of my advise here...hehehe...
https://samleong.shop/showpost.p...&postcount=497
https://samleong.shop/showpost.p...&postcount=518
I think i will have to move away from Utama area base on the current trend now. Maybe till May/June then go there to try again. Worse are those who could speaks Bahasa Indo or Malay paying higher than the normal price for special services. Sorry,I am just getting sadden and more discourage every time i hear of such. Massage shops around Utama area will likely be off limit for me and my group of friends from now on (for now).
Simple reason for myself,why go to mostly rundown Utama massage shops area when i can get 250k to 350k for FJ in comfortable cosy hotel condition type of service? (tested on my 2D1N trip last week in Kings Massage) Hehehe...actually it can be ironically a good thing that many goes to Utama area now,bro. That means to say the "previous good ones" were....shhh..... (there is always 2 sides of the coin),hehehe... Which can ultimately be a good thing for me. Will be heading to the opposite direction instead,hehehe... |
Noted with many thanks. U have given good advise,as always.