whimsical*girl

We decided to break away from routine and made a trip south to Batam last weekend.

Having stayed at Harris Bali before, we thought Harris Batam was a safe bet. Indeed it is in terms of service standards, except for the little glitch at check in. The same can't be said for the rooms which had the typical dated look rather than the modern minimalist ones we had in Bali. Alright, I didn't really fancy that fact. See how enthused I was:

"VERY (indeed)!!"

It wasn't long before we figured out that there was nothing much happening on our side of the Island. What beach? There's just a pool, shaped after a computer mouse.

The cab ride to town costed a freaking fixed rate of S$15! We dropped off at Nagoya Hill, Batam's biggest mall. There was a huge food court, Matahari departmental store, a cineplex and smaller individual shops. It's nothing you can't find back home, only that the goods come cheaper. Barely an hour spent and we're quite done...

We adjourned for our massage at the SPORT Massage Centre & Spa, a place by web's recommendation. Cheap and good at S$21 for 2 hours. This was followed by dinner at Golden Prawn 933, a seafood restaurant by the sea which I felt was overly commercialised. We had to go and check it out anyway, since it's the default choice by anyone who's been to Batam. Here's presenting you the prawns and crabs!

This pretty much sums up the day.

*****

The next day went past pretty quick too. Bowling (No, I can't bowl but I can wash the gutters well!), A&W, foot-reflex, then home. There was nothing at the cinemas that we wanted to watch, despite the dirt cheap tickets at S$3 each. Thanks to cable TV at Harris though, we managed to catch the Bee Movie and TNMT while we were there.

Bye, Batam! Don't think I'll be going back anytime soon.