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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Highlights of My Batam Trip 8,9,10 August 2013

During the first day of Raya 8 August 2013
Evonne and I joined the old folk's tour to Batam Island.

First stop is Yong Peng food court
where I had fish ball soup
then we boarded the ferry to Batam via Singapore
the comfortable Ferry ride
we were brought to the biggest mall in Batam but it was empty due to the Raya hols
I had the most delightful cofee and tea time treats at this Bistro
 my friend had tom yam, I had mee curry

so relaxed and worry-free
 Batam Mega Mall
 next stop was the Ralph Polo Lauren outlet, Ken would have gone delirious here.

 The biggest, and I mean HUGE chinese temple in Batam
 the most crowded kueh lapis outlet
We did not order any, as it was a holiday and no one is making any kueh for you
 dinner was sumptuous chinese food
seaweed and fish bladder


at night we put up at Golden View Hotel
next morning was a full day: our Batam tour guide
Lover's Bridge
Dragon fruit farm : again it was "Lebaran" or holiday and
no dragon fruit juice were sold, much less for us to sample

dinner!!! seafood at this quaint floating restaurant
which also doubled as a souvenir shop


horse show: I am no stranger to this as I am a Johorean and this is the kuda kepang popular in Johor


Minature Indonesian houses display next
Chinese community next to chinese temple
deity in Chinese temple
Dinner was Indonesian: in this lovely authentic restaurant
we did not eat here, but inside with tables and chairs
that night we had Karaoke as a substitute for our free massage
free beers thrown in
then I was signalled to go upstairs, I thought they had a midnight feast, turned out they wanted to play cards
so I had an early night instead!
As if that was not enough, the next morning saw us  at the Casino at Sentosa!
with the aunties waiting for the connection to Malaysia
dinner was at Rong Chen in Yong Peng
Yong Peng by night: invaded by us

the jam from Singapore into Malaysia: it was Raya plus Singapore National Day 9 of August
So, that was my BATAM TRIP!!! Strangely, with three queues of customs (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) to go through..three times of X RAY ing luggage times two.......I ENJOYED MY TRIP!!! hehehe..

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