Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[faptrum]

Hi guys, me and my bro are planning to head to Batam next month for some fun. Any advice for cheap and good bang in the Nagoya area? Expected price for massage joint and overnight outcall will be appreciated.

[ParadiseX]

Hi. I am planning to go batam tomorro and finding an accompany.

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by Black Page

WAIT a second my friend. Of course it's not safe (but it's not Jodoh there). I did not say it's a good idea.
Please look again at my post.
https://thesbf.shop/showpo...postcount=3529
My two sentences should not be put together removing your original sentences, which I replied to.
I wrote two unrelated sentences in reply to your TWO different statements.

Originally Posted by tomcat007 View Post
1. If you're not familiar of the place, I would discourage against walking from Harbourbay to Formosa. It's walkable though. I usually do that, or I take ojet.


And I wanted to confirm that.
I wrote that "one my first times I walked TO LEFT instead of right", then "I was stopped by a wise ojek driver after 10 minutes, who did not take long to convince me I was making a mistake".
In other words: I was walking in the middle of nowhere to nowhere, because I made a mistake walking to left, then an ojek collected me and drove me back to Nagoya.

After that, there was the second topic, about the economic convenience for 4 people of using a car instead of 4 ojek.

Originally Posted by tomcat007 View Post
3. Only take ojek if you're alone. With 4 or you, it will cost up to 80,000. Too expensive.
which I commented "But the fun is unbeatable..."

Yup, thanks for the clarification. I was browsing on my phone. Hence when replying to multi-quote messages, I tend to just quote once and replied right away, so it seems that multi-quoted messages is only 1 message.

I know that your initial message is referring to the walk to the LEFT (going to where, I don't know also) instead of going to the RIGHT, in the general direction of Pacific, of Nagoya. This "RIGHT" direction is what I'm trying to say is unsafe to walk at night.

My bad here for being lazy. With phones getting more powerful these days, the time that I spend on my computer is only about 20-30% of what I used to, the rest being spent on the phone.

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by faptrum

Hi guys, me and my bro are planning to head to Batam next month for some fun. Any advice for cheap and good bang in the Nagoya area? Expected price for massage joint and overnight outcall will be appreciated.

How about checking out here:

lobangs on cheap bonks & great food

Lots of bros here take the effort to post their trip report in this thread. Spend some time and read through and you will most likely find the answer to your questions. In fact, just look back 2 days and you're like to see my reply with some indication of how much to bring along and average expenditure per 2D1N trip.

[maddog_mlvn]

Originally Posted by Black Page

And I wanted to confirm that.
I wrote that "one my first times I walked TO LEFT instead of right", then "I was stopped by a wise ojek driver after 10 minutes, who did not take long to convince me I was making a mistake".
In other words: I was walking in the middle of nowhere to nowhere, because I made a mistake walking to left, then an ojek collected me and drove me back to Nagoya.

Bro Black Page for ur info u r not walking to nowhere, u r heading toward Batu Empat , another 10mins walk, going right will up a hill( use to hv long house for st, at the hilltop ), follow that road all the way will lead u to the side of The Hill Hotel and behind Nagoya Hill Shopping Center( where the water fountain main entrance ).

[BFOMF5]

Sep 4th trip
As usual first Train first ferry

[fde83]

WOW!! looks like loads of fellow cheongsters going batam next month. Have fun fellow bros. Enjoy and always stay safe.

[hottip]

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Disco is still upstairs. The game center there open as early as 8.00 am (earliest in Batam, the rest usually open only at 10.00 am/10.30 am)

Thanks bro KohOnly
Anyone around in Btm to TCSS today to Sat?

[nono1973]

Interesting,i re-read the thread again and i notice this post....

Originally Posted by localbest

For Malaysian/Indonesian who travel from Johor Bahru to batam.
Finally Malaysian/Indonesian from Johor Bahru Stulang Laut ferry terminal can have a direct ferry service from JB direct to Harbourbay Ferry Terminal. The direct ferry service was started off end of last year.

So now Johorian or even Singaporean/indonesian can travel directly from JB to Harbourbay Nagoya unlike last time have to reach batam centre first and then transfer taxi to Nagoya. Thus save on precious time and money and effort.

The ferry ticket price from JB Stulang Laut ferry terminal to Harbourbay and Batam Centre are the same because the distance apart from JB ferry terminal to both ferry terminals are almost equal if you look at the map.

There are now currently 2 ferry companies operating from harbourbay to JB stulang laut.

The two ferry ticket offices are located side by side near horizon ferry ticket office. Their schedules of departure from harbourbay to JB are different.

The first one is PT Putramaju (picture below showing schedule) (the staff said they use better ferry than the other company)

The second one is marine hawk ferry. (last time was known as mv mutiara)

It helps me understand my question which i was about to ask from my below photo...where does this ferry on the photo below from Harbour Bay ferry terminal goes to :

Definitely not to Sillypore and i think your post just answered a question i am about to ask. After looking a little deeper,i learn that this ferry also goes to Tanjung balai Karimun too.

http://batam.tribunnews.com/2015/07/...tam-ke-karimun

Thank you.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by maddog_mlvn

Bro Black Page for ur info u r not walking to nowhere, u r heading toward Batu Empat , another 10mins walk, going right will up a hill( use to hv long house for st, at the hilltop ), follow that road all the way will lead u to the side of The Hill Hotel and behind Nagoya Hill Shopping Center( where the water fountain main entrance ).

Thanks! I really did not know that.
However, imagine me, new in Batam, walking that road at night. I could not distinguish much around me. I doubt I could have found Nahoya Hill alone that night

Conversely, again one of my first times in Batam, I made a long walk (it seemed long to me, yet it wasn't so long) from Penuin back to Formosa at night. A girl told me she was employed in a casino there, and I wanted to go there to check.
It seemed a long adventure to me, at that time.

[localbest]

Originally Posted by nono1973

It helps me understand my question which i was about to ask from my below photo...where does this ferry on the photo below from Harbour Bay ferry terminal goes to :

Definitely not to Sillypore and i think your post just answered a question i am about to ask. After looking a little deeper,i learn that this ferry also goes to Tanjung balai Karimun too.

http://batam.tribunnews.com/2015/07/...tam-ke-karimun

Thank you.

You are rire brudder, mv oceania ferry operate between Batam Harbourbay to Balai Karimun. The schedule as below:

Harbour Bay Batam - Tanjung Balai Karimun :
07.15 WIB
09.00 WIB
11.00 WIB
13.00 WIB
15.15 WIB
17.00 WIB

Tanjung Balai Karimun - Harbour Bay Batam :
07.00 WIB
09.15 WIB
11.00 WIB
13.00 WIB
15.15 WIB
17.00 WIB

WIB stands for Waktu Indonesia Barat (Western Indonesian time zone)

The cost of ticket from Batam - Balai is 130k (one way) and 205k (two way) inclusive of taxes. The journey takes about 1.5 hour on average and may stretch up to 2 hours when there is hugh waves...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by localbest

The cost of ticket from Batam - Balai is 130k (one way) and 205k (two way) inclusive of taxes. The journey takes about 1.5 hour on average and may stretch up to 2 hours when there is hugh waves...

Thank you for your reply,bro. Now your reply has left me with yet another question,if you do not mind sharing (if you knew).

If i were to travel from Harbour Bay ferry terminal to Tanjong Balai Karimun,do i need to pass thru its custom immigration to get my passport chop again?

I asked becos i hope to bypass the custom passport chopping procedure and am wondering if it will be against their law. I ask the question also becos i have read in the older Batam thread that someone actually get into Tanjong Pinang from Batam w/o going thru their custom immigration to have his passport chopped. (he took a speed boat there if i dont remember wrong)

My greatest fear when going to Indonesia,their custom immigration.Where they keep finding loopholes in their own country's law to try to put tourist in some kind of trouble so they can extort them. Not forgetting there wont be a Singapore Consulate in Tanjoing Pinang nor in Tanjong Balai Karimun to help me if the immigration officers of the mentioned places has 'other plans' for me,hehehe...

Note,i ask the above question for my knowledge reason/s,i have no intention to visit Tanjong Balai Karimun nor Tanjong Pinang anytime soon. I apologize if you (or anyone) feel i asked too much.

Thanks again and cheers!

[localbest]

Originally Posted by nono1973

I think they are still using individual air-con type....

In fact some time single split air con unit can sometime be cooler than central air con unit.

If the single split or individual air con unit is brand new or with regular servicing, the air con is usually quite cooling, example LaiLai, Lovina inn, etc.
If one split unit in one room does not work properly, it will not affect other split unit in other room.

However, on the other hand, for some large hotel like Formosa, Harmoni hotel, etc using centralise air con system may have some disadvantage is that when the central air con system malfunction, all the rooms will get affected as the cool air that comes out from the air-con vent of each room is supplied by the central air-con system.

I notice that there are some rooms in formosa still have some air-con issue (not cool enough despite adjust to the lowest temp) example room 365 and 367. Hopefully the management can do something to improve the air con service of those room

Originally Posted by nono1973

I think they already do away with the bath tub :

[CENTER]

Seems like in the 80s and 90s, hotel operator like to install bath tub for the hotel guest. But the present days, having a standing shower in the toilet tends to be more common and popular as it can free up more space in the toliet and more convenient to get shower (without the need to climb over the bathtub)

Formosa hotel replace most of their bathtub with standing shower in the non-smoking rooms...

Originally Posted by nono1973

The price I have heard, has gone up a little as compared to the past. And it does look like City Central hotel has a competitor of its own size,hehehe...

This Holiday hotel looks good but as a 2 star hotel at the range of 300plus k, there are in fact quite a number of competitors at this range of pricing around the area...
Lovina Inn, City Central, Hana hotel, Ace hotel, etc

Alternatively add another 100k upgrade to 3 star hotel at 400plus k, have the option to choose nagoya plasa hotel, formosa, biz hotel, da viena, etc

[hawkeye007]

Originally Posted by nono1973

If i were to travel from Harbour Bay ferry terminal to Tanjong Balai Karimun,do i need to pass thru its custom immigration to get my passport chop again?

No need to go through immigration once again, this is a domestic travel. Basically, you just hand over the ticket for scanning (and IC or passport for verification) and you can proceed to board the ferry. The entrance for the domestic ferries is different from the entrance for the intl ferries.

It's just like flying from Hang Nadim Airport to Jkt (which I have done on numerous occasions). Go into the airport, proceed to airline counter to obtain your ticket. Sometimes they'll ask for ID for verification that you are indeed the passenger (which technically should be the right procedure), but sometimes they don't (happened to me a couple times).

Once ticket collected, proceed to security screening and then straight to boarding gate. Upon arrival at Jakarta, disembark and straightaway proceed to luggage belt and out of airport.

[localbest]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Thank you for your reply,bro. Now your reply has left me with yet another question,if you do not mind sharing (if you knew).

If i were to travel from Harbour Bay ferry terminal to Tanjong Balai Karimun,do i need to pass thru its custom immigration to get my passport chop again?

I asked becos i hope to bypass the custom passport chopping procedure and am wondering if it will be against their law. I ask the question also becos i have read in the older Batam thread that someone actually get into Tanjong Pinang from Batam w/o going thru their custom immigration to have his passport chopped. (he took a speed boat there if i dont remember wrong)

My greatest fear when going to Indonesia,their custom immigration.Where they keep finding loopholes in their own country's law to try to put tourist in some kind of trouble so they can extort them. Not forgetting there wont be a Singapore Consulate in Tanjoing Pinang nor in Tanjong Balai Karimun to help me if the immigration officers of the mentioned places has 'other plans' for me,hehehe...

Note,i ask the above question for my knowledge reason/s,i have no intention to visit Tanjong Balai Karimun nor Tanjong Pinang anytime soon. I apologize if you (or anyone) feel i asked too much.

Thanks again and cheers!

Good questions asked...

Batam to Balai
Although I have never experience it myself travelling from batam to balai before, but I guess anyone (sporean or indonesian) travelling from Batam Harbour Bay ferry terminal to Tanjong Balai Karimun ferry terminal should not need to pass thru the custom immigration to get passport chop.

Logically speaking travelling within the same country is not exiting from that country.

Also probably because Tanjung Balai may have two types of terminal, domestic and international ferry terminal. The domestic one serve ferry route to Batam, Tanjong Pinang and Tanjung Batu. While the international one serve ferry route to Singapore and Malaysia(pontian johor, puteri johor & klang selangor)
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG

Batam Sekupang also has international ferry terminals serving spore while the domestic terminal which is some distance apart serve ferry from sumatra...

Singapore to Tanjung Batu
Singapore now has no direct ferry service to tanjung batu (pulau kundur) unlike last time use to have..

The only way to get there is to clear custom at tanjong balai (pulau karimun) to get into indonesia first and then take a ferry service from Tanjong balai to Tanjong Batu..via domestic terminal

Riau islands have 4 main popular sex hub in the 80s and 90s namly the 4Bs

Batam - still very lively today and the sex trade will never die down.

Bintan (tanjong pinang) - less happening unlike last time when there is brothel village KM 24

Balai - has its share of prostitution and is still popular with malaysian tourist as it is near johor pontian terminal

Batu - less charming than before