[nono1973]

Originally Posted by MiG27

Hi Bro Nono,

The 225k aroma massage at blue bayou is for 1 hour.
I find it waste of money.

Thanks for the info,reason why i ask for how long the duration of the massage becos 225k is a pretty highly priced,and Indo Thai was charging around that price for 1.5 hour. Blue Bayou is indeed very expensive from my perspective.

Originally Posted by MiG27

Btw, I saw your trip is 15 Mar 2016......did you factor in it is the school holidays?
Hehe.

I have my reason/s for picking a school holiday week for this trip. One of them will be me trying to be unpredictable. Notice my trip on the "days" itself constantly change? Its a method to keep those who arent really serious in joining me out.

I prefer to keep the group small (1 + 3 at most,1+2 best). And below are some ways i have considered that may deter non-serious bros from joining me.

1. Weekdays - Most bros will have to take leave from work to join me

2. School holiday,man with children at home will be more difficult to join me

3. Likelihood of bros who joined me may also have to be worry about seeing familiar faces (their relatives,friends,colleagues etc) in Batam during a school holiday. (eg : Daddy! Daddy!..i think i just saw Uncle George in the hotel lobby holding a young girl's hand my age walking into the lift)

Above will be what those who plan to join me need to consider before they start PM-ing me to join in this trip. Those who could eventually join me definitely carry some quality weight in their character becos they bother to make some sincere effort to conquer the above 3 obstacles (and thru some other testes too). How could i bear to disappoint such friends who joined me. Thats how i eventually made many truly good friends that still remain in contact with me (via forum PM) to share our experience (and intel) in all our thereafter Batam trips. And these friends are those who will be seriously looking for a good time and will watch one another's back too.

Many applicants has shown great interest,but not all will eventually be in the trip. And organizing trip from my perspective isnt simple task. As most of them were still pretty new (or 1st timer),i need them to get adjust to the environment. Bring people who are new go Batam,basic responsibility is a definite must.

Help them understand where they are,how to move about using different ways (ways of their good point and bad ones),distance from point A to point B of certain places,their attitude to blend in to the culture,what to do for their future trip if they were to come alone or with their own group,how much to pay for the things to come and the most important thing,what to do if things dont go right,hehehe...eg,booking girl didnt turn up at desire time,massage girl refuse certain special service,getting the right price etc,hehehe...

Of course,the easiest way to travel all over the world is to allow Money to do all the talking. But if a person thinks and do it that way,he/she most likely will be missing out a lot of more in-depth things in a country he/she traveled to. He/she will be just like another "Cave-man" at best and locals of these countries laughed at such.Just like i read before, some China tour guide/s mocked at Sillyporean for being the most gullible tourists in the world. Even prostitutes can openly called Sillyporean MEN stupid...hehehe...and to my surprise,many men agreed.

So,the least i wish to have is to have those who joined me in my Batam group to be called stupid or gullible by another.

In short,school holiday period,more tourists going there for short vacation but lesser cheongsters. The crowd were mainly families,couples etc etc,hehehe...and usually,that kind of "crowd" deters those who plans to cheong from going there,hehehe...

I have been monitoring the crowd on different occasion in Batam. My own analysis as below :

1. CNY time,supply 120%,but demand 150%+

2. Hari Raya time,supply 50%,demand 25% and less

3. School holiday time,supply 100%,demand 75%

4. Public holiday with super long weekend time,supply 100%,demand 120%+ (depending on what public holiday)

5. Normal weekend time,supply 100%,demand 100%

6. Normal weekday time,supply 80%,demand 50%

And then there is the beginning of the month weekdays and beginning of the month weekend. The last weekdays week of the month and the last weekend week of the month. (i didnt forget the mid month of the same thing mentioned) Those will be an entirely different story altogether if i merged with the above 6 points,hehehe....

It will be crowded in my coming trip but entertainment places wont be on weekdays,hehehe...

Originally Posted by MiG27

Big jam this Sat.....welcome to school holiday horror.....

Horror? Hehehe...my only regret on the chosen date is Batman vs Superman movie will not be screening in my coming trip (but the next following week).

I took some photos...

The Departure Hall of harbour bay when i 1st arrived Batam (its newly renovated). Notice there was 2 queue lines?

The day i departed from Batam on a weekend before departure gate opens,look at the queue below... and by the time i put away my camera phone,the queue length increased by another 50% plus.....

The photo above and below wasnt taken when i am the 1st guy in that long queue,but was taken from another queue instead....hehehe....and i am the 1st man in that "other" queue,hehehe... *showing off*

After getting my passport chopped...we went to the business class lounge to wait for the gate to open.

Originally Posted by lextaxy

bro nono1973:
if you haven't been to hai ou, please make it a date this time. no fancy food but just good home style zi char that's tasty and of all - local pricing.

Thank you bro. I have long heard of this place but my time of travel didnt allow me to go in search of it. I am no fancy food eater,hehehe...i am a eat-to-live kind and a no sea food person (unless friend/s joining). Thanks for assuring this place.

Hmm...someone just PMed me to go eat Crocodile Meat in my coming 15th March trip,hehehe...