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 Cynthia Luvs, 8th April I'm astonishingly awkward, easily affected and extremely negative. Contact Me
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Posted on 19 April 2016 ♥ Decided to head to Batam for my birthday trip as a short getaway because it has been probably half a year since I last went oversea! I miss traveling yet nowadays, I'm too lazy to travel around!07 APRIL 2016! Jio-ed the 2 mothers of ours together with us for this trip and we bought 4 tickets from Deal Ensogo which was only $50 per pax for a 1 night stay at Nagoya Mansion Hotel, Ferry Transfer and Land transfer. Excludes terminal charges and tour guide charge although we picked free and easy tour! We all met up at Harbourfront Ferry Terminal at 8+ in the morning. Checked in and get our ferry ticket before we ate some breakfast at the food court which was on the same level as the departure hall. Zav also changed SGD250 to Rp at Harbourfront as he is the one sponsoring the whole trip! Rate was 1:9500. Wefies with Mummy while waiting for our ferry at 9.30am.   It was a 45minutes ferry ride to Sekupang Ferry Terminal and we reached there before 10am (Batam time). Cleared custom and met up with our tour guide who brought us to our hotel at Batam which was at Nagoya Mansion Hotel, a 45 mins car ride away from the terminal! So happy that the mini bus only had the 4 of us, no other tourists! Reached our hotel at 10.45am (Batam Time) and since our room wasn't ready and we could only checked in after 2pm, we walked over to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall which was like 10-15mins walk away from our hotel. Settled down at Godiva Cafe or something at the Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall food street for our early lunch at 11.15am! Here's the drinks that we ordered!  Zav had the Apple Juice which was really good, very fresh and sweet! Mummy had the Mango drink which was Ice Blended Mango Juice. Mama Soo had the Mango Smoothie because the drink that she wanted wasn't available so Mummy suggested to her. I had the Kiwi Juice which was good as well! Very satisfied with the drinks! And while waiting for the food to come, CynZav's wefie time!  Food was served within 10minutes after ordering.  Chicken Satay - 25 000Rp (SGD2.63) for 10 sticks drizzled with Satay Sauce and Fried Onion which was Zav's favourite! Didn't really like the taste overall so I only ate 2 of it.  Soto Ayam - 10 000Rp (SGD1.05) which both our mothers had a bowl each! It was Bee Hoon instead of the usual Mee, they said it was not bad! Plus, the prices was soooo affordable!  Tenderloin Steak - 130 000Rp (SGD13.68). Shared with Zav since both of us weren't hungry at the point of time so we just order a main to share! Steak was good but I didn't like the sauce but overall, still alright! Bill came up to around 344 000++Rp but we just gave 350 000Rp and forgo the change which was about SGD36.84 for a 4 person meal with drinks, worth it! Walked around the mall to digest and Mummy managed to find herself 2 bags which she likes! Went to the hypermart at probably 1plus PM and we managed to get some drinks and snacks. Spent around 380 000Rp (SGD40) for 3 big bags of stuffs! Bought some fried mushrooms and get a cup of bubble tea each before we took a cab back to the hotel at 50 000Rp (SGD5.26) for the single trip. Checked in and managed to get our 2 rooms at 2.45pm which was a King Sized Bed each, yay! Also one room apart from each others' room!  The room was pretty spacious and the bed was really comfortable! Had a room to myself with Mummy and Zav had a room with Mama. Everyone got some nap while I just nua on the bed while everyone napped. Met at around 6pm and we went to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall again for our dinner at 933!  We ordered 4 dishes since both our moms have really small appetite and we only got a plate of rice to share within the 3 of them since I didn't have any cravings for rice. We had the Butter Crab, Cereal Prawns, Hotplate Tofu and Chili Crab! My favourite was the Butter Crab as the Chili Crab was too spicy for me! We also had a glass of fruit juice each at probably 16 000Rp to 20 000Rp per glass. Very fresh yet really affordable! Bill came up to around 350 000Rp, can't remember the exact amount but it was still quite worth the price even though the crabs were small! Both crabs were really fresh so no complaints! Went to get some breads and I got myself a Crepe since I ate really little for dinner so I was scared to be hungry later in the night. Went back to the hotel around 8pm via a taxi at 50 000Rp and we went back to our respective rooms to bathe etc before Zav and Mama came over to our room at 9pm+ to relax and chat before Mama went back her room at 10+ since she was sleepy already! Zav continued staying in our room and we ordered room service which came at 10.30pm since the 3 of us were getting a little hungry!  We had the Cream of Mushroom which comes with a bun, Fried Kuey Tiao w Seafood which was a tad too spicy for me as well and a Grilled Salmon w Cream Sauce at the side to share! It was around 350 000Rp (SGD36.84) inclusive of the taxes and service charges! Affordable since the food portion were huge and pretty yummy as well! First time in my life ordering room service and so satisfied by it.   Zav also passed me my advanced birthday present which was a huge card because he couldn't bring the gift over to Batam in case it was damaged. Zav stayed in our room till 1+ AM before he head back to his room to sleep. That's how the Day 1 for our Batam Trip went. |