Batam Info Thread

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

Bro nono1973 reminded me of one very old time lauchiao Bro Sassina2

http://sammyreviews.store/showthr...ighlight=batam

wow...such an old thread...do you want to merge or just closed the thread...once closed cannot post but can read...

[Zoap]

Originally Posted by iicycold

Hello Brother! U got 9 person,why stay apartment where there is only 2/3 rooms? unless u like see each other fucking or u looking for orgies.

I recommend u stay 1 hotel name call Hotel Sinar Bulan,rm good,clean with air con,got shower place plus got free wifi all in. U want to book overnight girl just go downstair,beside the hotel got Queens massage have many fish tank girl to choose. Want to eat cheap & good ,directly downstair is a big food court. Wan to go KTV go downstair directly cross opposite the main road got Dynasty KTV. The hotel per night only S$24.00 inclusive all taxes ,9 person all in will be S$216,cheaper than rent apartment,right? Some more 1 person 1 room,got more privacy. Better still,this hotel only 5 min walk to Nagoya Hill shopping mall. Wan book better book fast,cos limited rm only. U can always book from booking.com or agoda.com & double check if i am lying or not.

Another hotel i wan to recommend u is batam star hotel,one of the most popular hotel near to super popular overnight booking place call sedona or Golden Bird KTV. Only abt S$26 1 night. Room good plus got wifi. Some more just 10 min walk to Nagoya hill mall. Surrounding area plenty of local food,at night if boring can still go Noname Bar to listen to live band. Golden Bird is also a KTV where u can go there to sing song if u like. Golden Bird KTV is also a fish tank place with KTV,one of batam biggest overnight gal booking place.

After u read my post and still want apartment,i can only recommend u best batam service apartment call Bali Hotel. It used to be a hotel but convert to service apartment. I don't knw the pricing nw but i know last time their hotel rm price abt lesser than S$20 per night,so i think their rm price now shld not be too ex. Reason y this hotel is gd cos directly opp got 2 booking place with fish tank & many girls name MM massage & Indah2. It is also 5mins walk to Morena29,one of batam overnight booking joint with the most number of syt.

Remember,if u stay near overnight girl booking place,u also save on taxi fare plus taxi driver no chance to collect commission from the Boss of the place where u book yr girl,so u pay less for each girl. 1 stone kill many birds. i still recommend u my no.1 choice call Hotel Sinar Bulan,my no.2 choice for u is Batam star hotel.

Hope i answer all yr questions & may u enjoy yr trip.

Thank you so much bro, it really help me alot.
Will go and look up at all info that you provided.
Will write fr about my trip after i cum back

[Black Page]

I am back. I found in my room of Formosa the "secret" place of Nono where he hides the money... But it's empty. He did not forget to take everything out.
I will use the safety box. Have fun all.
PS: I am just back from KL, where I did incredible things with and without my chinese hot gf. For the first time, I will miss another place while in Batam...

[maddog_mlvn]

Welcome back to Sg and to Btm. Will be staying a week in Btm again ?
U will miss the place I just left, but u will soon get over it, once the happy hrs start rolling.

[lurpsexx]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

You have a lot of choices in DC Mall, for computer parts, carnival mall? Not too sure. BCS bottom floor has a lot of HP parts. Hope this helps.

Bro, Nagoya mall basement also lots of HP shops..

BTW, these shops prices comparable to SG or cheaper? Saw same accessories but didnt ask the prices, as almost all are MIC items same same SG sim lim ah neh shops... hp I didnt enquire as they are also older models.. some very old too..

[nitecrawllerr]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

wow...such an old thread...do you want to merge or just closed the thread...once closed cannot post but can read...

No lah. I just want to share with bros here. Miss those lauchiao posts.

Anyway hope u just leave that old thread alone. Any info pertaining to batam should just be posted at "Batam Info thread".

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

No lah. I just want to share with bros here. Miss those lauchiao posts.

Anyway hope u just leave that old thread alone. Any info pertaining to batam should just be posted at "Batam Info thread".

Thanks...I closed the thread...can read and search...no longer can post...

[Zoap]

Hi bros, any intro for go kart and paintball at batam?

[faszcom]

Originally Posted by Zoap

Hi bros, any intro for go kart and paintball at batam?

Harris Resort Batam @ Waterfront.
But far from NED. There are bars at the Waterfront city, I think dead already.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by iicycold

Wish u gd luck in yr coming trip.

Thank you,bro.

1 more day before i go Batam,hehehe...

Originally Posted by johnkhb

PS: I'm still trying to keep P69 as a semi-hidden secret.. Afraid that it gets overwhelmed.. Hehe..

Hehehe...keep it that way,bro. Even when i didnt know where is this P69,but out of respect, i wont ask.

i believe most who travelled to Batam on a regular basis has got their own little secret/s after some time. I have my own too. Not that i didnt share it before but not everyone will REALLY carefully read and notice it in my summaries (its all in there),hehehe...better stay low profile,otherwise these "good" places will one day be overwhelmed and the market spoilt. I remember a bro ever says in this forum, "Sharing is Caring,but indiscreet sharing can be Scary".

One of the good things about writing summaries (long ones) on my trips is i dare say i with-hold no secret from anyone reading it, yet i can camouflage those "good" places i wish for it to be lesser-known with words so practically nobody will bother to visit those places,hehehe....and i didnt need to write a bad review of that place.

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Side Note : Good places are good only in my own opinion and may varies from others view. So dont ask me for the exact place,please read about it in my summaries and venture. Walk my trail if needed to. They are one of them HERE.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

Indorasa has curtains.

Oh,that means Indo Rasa has no room. And special done only via thru a curtain covering? Hmmm....

Originally Posted by fishingman

Hahahaha!

I cannot help laughing no stop at this post when i see hw u writing this post. All correct i no find loopholes recomandation. Like tat is reli super budget & sure hav a cannot forgetable gd nite stay in btm. Completely totally no bullshit recomandation.

You always like to laugh at others getting into a disaster.

Actually i had an impulse to try to correct bro iicycold this morning,but change my mind later. Reason is he isnt wrong in what he says and i have no rights to correct someone trying to teach another person a lesson who has chosen to question before reading.

Lesson i learned is,not everything shared on the internet world is true and always do my homework before i travel. Honestly, i would love to see an FR on that place next month too.

Originally Posted by newyorker88

You have a lot of choices in DC Mall, for computer parts, carnival mall? Not too sure. BCS bottom floor has a lot of HP parts. Hope this helps.

Thank you,bro and YES! It helps a lot,bro. Look like i have a lot of places to shop now.

One of the type of toys (similar) i got from Nagoya Hill Mall (Illustrated Video) some time ago :

Pretty cool,isnt it?

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

I am going to Batam early April for the long weekend..

Weekends and Public Holiday will be crowded in Batam.

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

I have make a hotel booking and will be staying in Formosa hotel.

Booking and staying in Formosa Hotel is definitely a good start.

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

I would greatly appreciate if all the broz here could advise me on the taxi price for 1 whole day booking.

Take a taxi ride from Harbour Bay to Formosa Hotel 1st.

After check in,check with the Receptionist regarding booking taxi for the whole day,but dont book 1st just get their pricing. Tell them you will come back later.

Walk out of the hotel front door,you will be approach by taxi drivers who will ask you if you need a taxi,check with them for the taxi prices (whole day) and then bargain from there. Fyi,most of them understand English and some even Chinese. Bargain the price to that was stated by bro Newyorker stated here.

Compare prices between receptionist and those quoted by taxi drivers from outside the hotel front door to get the "right pricing". There are no such thing as a reliable taxi driver (personal point of view). So, choose wisely.

If all else fail,look for the Hotel Bell Boy in red uniform. They are the key people that are at most time can make things work within the whole hotel. Dont forget to tip a little.

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

Any good place to find cewek and the market rate?

Read here and here.

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

Oh if u know of any good place for watersport at reasonable price also can recommend?

Sorry bro,water sport is relative quite a distance if you stay in Formosa and that is where you are currently nearer to most cheong places (Formosa Hotel). The only water sport i have is at the Formosa bath tub and with the girl of course...lol. (does that count?)

Originally Posted by prankzter_86

All your kind advise will be much appreciated.... Sorry cuz it has been quite sometimes since I went to Batam.... hehehe

Base on experience,every Batam trip is always different.You will need a lot of luck (with some basic techniques) to get the right girl.If you read ,you will understand. Hope you will have an enjoyable trip to Batam.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

Bro nono1973 reminded me of one very old time lauchiao Bro Sassina2

http://sammyreviews.store/showthr...ighlight=batam

Sorry i quoted the whole post becos your information are really good. Its a good read from the given link.

I read a few things which i think i might have read wrong. The link was mainly from 11 years ago and i read that overnight booking girls during that time in Batam was between 500k to 2 million? That is even more expensive then today, given the fact that exchange rate was 5700/SGD to 5900/SGD. (i did an exchange rate check online for 2004)

Hotel is a little lower in price as compare to today,roughly about 15% plus minus increase 11 years ago after offsetting the exchange rate difference. So the increase in Hotel price isnt really high as compare to today.

I learned from that thread that detailed Batam information comes with a price tag 11 years ago. 11 years ago,i pay about S$15 for my 8mb thumbdrive from Iomega which i still have it today. Today i dont see anyone willing to buy it at that price for a 8mb thumbdrive,hehehe...and obviously nobody sells it too...lol. What i am trying to say is,internet bandwidth is more expensive 11+ years ago,hehehe....

Originally Posted by Black Page

I am back. I found in my room of Formosa the "secret" place of Nono where he hides the money... But it's empty. He did not forget to take everything out.
I will use the safety box. Have fun all.

Welcome to Batam,fren!!

You found my room? I dont have money in there,hehehe...but you should find a audio cable (pc to TV) if there are anything in it.

Money? Check the New Testament Bible provided on the PC desk drawer,there should be some small notes which i left it for the "hardworking" room service staffs if they happen to clean "my" desk well enough,hehehe....

I will be there in the same hotel as you by 2morow this time....hehehe...

Have fun too!

Originally Posted by lurpsexx

...these shops prices comparable to SG or cheaper? Saw same accessories but didnt ask the prices, as almost all are MIC items same same SG sim lim ah neh shops...

The items you found stated above from MIC,80% of them cheaper than in Sim Lim Sq. You will still need to bargain for the BEST price. Just take note that some of these shops are "brother shops" like those Sim Lim Sq own by ah neh (in sillypore). Meaning they know their customers will compare prices from shop to shop ,and since rental is cheap the "same owner" will rent down a few shops selling the same thing but run by different people so they can monopolize a certain area to control their pricing and to keep ample stocks. (1 of Sim Lim Techniques)

Example :

Bro Lurpsexx is a Batam local businessman,he went to Nagoya Hill Mall basement to rent 5 to 6 shops within a radius of few shops apart,naming them as shop A,shop B,shop C,shop D,shop E,shop F and shop G. When nono1973 go to a shop at Nagoya Hill Mall to shop,he 1st step into shop A,bargain for a MIC phone from 1000 000 to 900 000. Shop A tells nono1973 that 900k is the best price,nono1973 dont believe,he went to the next shop,which is shop B,shopkeeper knows nono1973 just came from shop A,so he says he will give him at 850k for the same thing. Nono very happy thinking that by going to roam around more,he could get better deals,so he approach shop C but shop C says no and the final is 850k. Then nono visit shop D and later E,all saying same thing as shop C.

After walking and bargaining with so many shops,he was exhausted and finally reach F who gave him the BEST ever price 820k!! Nono w/o even thinking just grab,pay and go. So he happily goes back to Formosa hotel and on his way before he reach Formosa,he went into Lucky Plaza to check out whether if he gets a real deal at Nagoya Hill Mall. It was then he realise that from the 1st shop (in Lucky Plaza) that what he bought was actually retailing at 800k,and the shopkeeper to spite nono further says if he plan to get a 2nd set and from him,he can give him a discount to 700k,and that was before the bargaining starts. End up nono1973 goes back to room crying over kena chop ,knowing that if he were to buy another of the same thing,he could jolly well get it at least at 600k (or below) after bargaining.

<ignore the below paragraph,its just extras,hehehe...>

In order to balance his proud ego of being kena chop an extra 200k+,he came to the Batam Info Thread which he often frequent to share his experience, telling everyone there truthfully that tho he overly pay for an MIC product by 200k+,he is very very HAPPY with his purchase blah blah blah....and if it were to happen again,he will still do the same thing (but in fact,his heart is bleeding,hehehe...).

[authenticanie]

SGD to Rupiah Exchange Rate :

[Fr0z3nHe4rtX]

Hi, This is my first time to Batam to cheong and touring but i am going with my friend and i was thinking about BCC Hotel and Residentual but i dont know if this hotel is girl friendly or non-girl friendly