[indovisitor2010]

My best friend just tested positive for HIV. His only playground is in Batam so 100% he got it from Batam girls. I googled and realised Batam has third highest HIV in Indonesia

In Batam, brothels occupy storefronts scattered among homes, shops and bars like the PP Banana Laptop Lounge. Pimps ply their trade wherever foreigners are found. The AIDS rate in the province including Batam is the third- highest in Indonesia after Papua and Jakarta, the national AIDS commission said on its Web site. Ayu, a 28-year-old prostitute, said most of her clients are married Singaporean men and not all practice safe sex. ``Sometimes the customer does not want a condom,'' she said, her purple eye shadow sparkling under neon lights. ``I cannot force.'' Like many Indonesians, Ayu uses only one name. Koh said the government works with activist groups to educate men before they get on the Batam ferry. Those efforts include handing out condoms and HIV prevention information. ``There's this huge reservoir of people who are HIV-positive and may not know,'' he said. ``Once someone knows they're positive, typically they change behavior.''