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Good Day Nono1973
Hope you received the first part, anyway we took the 10.45am ferry from SG to Harbour Bay jetty. One of the guys had engage a driver by the name of Fekir which he used before. We told driver to go to Gideon Hotel driver say no good and expensive took us to Kireinn, which was terrible no breakfast and many things in the room not working like kettle, hot water showers. The rate of the room is 250k. He pickted us up in a taxi, please advise of you get this.
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This is the 1st part? 
Never allow taxi driver to help you with the type of hotels to stay in, or you will be half-handicapped. 
Why so? You cannot get other taxi drivers..no 2nd opinion. Just my point of view. |
Funny you should say that, I was totally stranded everytime driver did not want to go to a place we want. |
Simple, Kireinn is a 1 or 2 star hotel. Whereas Gideon is a 3 star hotel who serve higher scale Singaporean in that area BCS. The location is very important in Batam too. I expected you to be stranded once you are staying in inconvenient hotel,like Kireinn.
Why didnt read my basic guide? I stated very clearly, Formosa Hotel (good breakfast too,i say they are 2nd best in Batam). Not becos it is how good it is, but becos of its in the middle of everywhere you all wish to go and MORE importantly, they already have everything under ONE roof,hehehe...its a hotel made for any Batam newbie.
Formosa Hotel :
4th floor got King Massage, and Alishan KTV, behind the building is Happy 8 booking joint (and Nagoya Citywalk Mall), opposite hotel building there are 2 more massage shops. 8 mins walk to Nagoya Hill Mall. Beside the hotel building got Lucky Plaza (electronic,hp and sim card), further down Lucky Plaza got all the street food.
Best still is, formosa provide 2 way transport from Harbour Bay ferry terminal to hotel and vice versa at 50k rupiah. |
Good Day Nono1973
Did not get to read your tips and information until Thursday night when I came back, this was a last minute trip, myself last time in Batam was 2007, the other go at least once a year. We just decided on Sunday to go on Wed, so I wrote to you On Mon, check on Tues no reply from you and its not your fault I know you are a busy person and have other interest and I understand and also I ask you at the very last minute, so hopefully in future with the tips and information you gave we will follow it and give you a field report. Once again many thank Nono and very sorry to have taken up your precious time. By the way on my report about the Kueh Lapis shop have you heard about them before. Have a blessed day. |
Sorry, my replying PM is too long and has exceed the words limited, so once again i gonna reply here instead, with your nick censored from public view.
Erm, the basic guide on Batam in page 1 of the thread was written many years ago,hehehe...intended to help 1st time Batam travelers and/or newbie to get around Batam as if its like Singapore's Sentosa,hehehe...anyway, no need to brood over whats already over, i often believe, every trip out of Singapore is an experience. Good or no good, so long one learned something from it...its really not as bad as it seems, as in your next and other future trips to the same/similar place, your this current experience in this trip is gonna play a VERY important key role to help you.
https://samleong.shop/showthread.php?t=586297
https://samleong.shop/showthread.php?p=...9#post18753429
(there's an old saying, "God helps those who help themselves")
Ok, back to the kueh lapis shop. There are too many kueh lapis shop in Batam, and i have not heard of the name Nyonya Melati Kue Lapis even when i think i might have pass it by before,hehehe...did a bit of googling and realize it was located around DC Mall. There are quite a handful of Kueh Lapis "factory" in Batam , in case you didnt know. And is this the DC mall one you went to?
I was actually quite impress with one type of kueh lapis they are selling tho,hehehe...
(Durian favor)
You probably noticed. The durian favor. There is however one thing that i didnt like about this shop even tho i have not buy from them before.
There are no price tag. Cannot find price tag even at their websites or facebook.
And what does no price tag means in Batam? It means seller can name any price. And when seller can name any amount, it only means one thing to me,hehehe...the lesser intelligent Singaporean "beings" will have a VERY high chance to be chopped.
For layer cake factory, i have been to 2 if i didnt remember wrong. One of them was Diana Layer cake around Batam center. You may wish to google the name, and you will have no problem finding out their pricing. They are also one of Batam's MOST expensive too,hehehe...hence i often use their pricing as a benchmark to compare price with others.
The last time i was there was somewhere 5 to 6 years ago,and the price hasnt change a bit.
I used to be stupidly (like those lesser intelligent Singaporean "beings") visit these kuah lapis factory to buy the cakes from them but today, if i wish to buy layer cakes from any of such "factories", i simply dial them and it will be delivered to my hotel ROOM in a few hours. Well, believe me, its not like when you go to these "factories", they are going to give you those layer cakes that are fresh from their oven every time. They also apply the 1st in 1st out policy too.
Of course, those time i am still new to Batam, less experienced. I made some mistakes along the way too. But i shared it today hopefully lesser people would be less intelligent like me in the past, just like i have learned from the seniors here to avoid mistakes made by them before.
(inside Diana kueh lapis factory)
90% of the time, layer cakes are sold within the same day (due to the high volume of human traffic),otherwise the next following day. Especially in tourist area like Harbour Bay Bayfront Mall (observe how they keep and display their cakes). Therefore if i do not have that kind of time to even dial for a layer cake, i buy from there instead. In another direction of looking at it, i do not need to carry those layer cakes from hotel to ferry terminal. Saved me the time, effort and trouble too,hehehe...most of the auntie/uncle's kueh lapis were bought from ferry terminals. And they can really buy a lot a lot....
Hope my reply on kueh lapis is useful to you on your next and future Batam trips.
Just sharing.
PS: Diana layer cake shop has only 2 favors to choose from (yet they are 1 of the most expensive) hence they could be specialize in what they do. Just my guess, ultimately, its still up to individual's taste bud.