Runaway Trip to Batam, Indonesia @ 30/8 ~ 2/9/2012

Runaway to Batam Island, Indonesia with my buddy girl friends, Liching, Chloe & Huiling last month end. It was an early planned trip since buddy Liching wedding a year before as a surprise birthday visit to her. Separately, we arrived S’pore a day earlier to meet up with Liching for a day out. Liching first drove us to have our late lunch at Whampoa Makan Place, Novena where we have tasted most of the local food within the food court to fulfill our taste bud and stomach grunt.

We went to ride the Singapore Flyer, Raffles Avenue after lunch, the world's tallest observation wheel to catch the magnificent cityscape with the view of Singapore's iconic and historical landmarks from the height of 165m. We also went to catch the Ducktours, hop-on to a amphibious craft for an hour-long land and sea sightseeing tour that further brought us up close to Singapore's famous skyline, historical landmarks and gorgeous bay view.

After both the breathtaking experience, John made his way to meet us at Singapore Food Trail ( 新加坡路边摊 ) for dessert and drove us to Hard Rock, S’pore for Chloe to express her shopping needs before he further brought us to have a tasteful delicious Japanese dinner. Thereafter, we went for drink at Fremantle Seafood Market, Clarke Quay before we were sent back to V Hotel, Lavender for rest.

We woke up early next morning and gather with Liching at Harbour Front Cruise Terminal for our departure to Batam Island. It took us about an hour from S’pore to Sekupang Ferry Terminal, Batam Island where we were then picked up by the assigned tour guide to commence our trip. We were brought to visit the largest Chinese temple in Batam - the Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya Buddhist Temple for prayer, had our buffet lunch at Restaurant Sari Bumbu for a taste of Indonesia food, shop around few brand outlets, relaxing massage and an hour shopping at BCS Shopping Mall, Nagoya City before we were sent to check-in at The BCC Hotel & Residence within walking distance for refresh break.

At night, we were picked up to have our dinner at Wey Wey Live Seafood Restaurant, Harbourbay where, to my opinion, their food was just so-so at reasonable price unlike those highly complimented review found in Internet. We then had our girl gathering in one of our room after shower before we called the night off. Next day, we had our breakfast at the hotel, checked-out the hotel after we took our morning shower and made a short walk to BCS Shopping Mall for some final grabs before we were sent off from the 2D1N Batam Trip.

We reached S’pore in the evening, checked-in V Hotel Lavender and immediate went for our local dinner at the open-air Newton Circus Food Court, Clemenceau Ave North whilst Huiling went to visit her aunt. After dinner, we meet up with Huiling and headed to Ben & Jerry’s Dempsey Hill for salivary dropping ice-cream as dessert of the night before we ended the day. We bid goodbye the next day after we had our breakfast nearby and checked-out the hotel. Well~ It was a good outing overall, hope we able to arrange another short trip or, another S’pore trip to visit buddy Liching soon.