Yay! Our ferry arrives and we all queued up to enter the ferry to Batam. The ride to Batam was pretty smooth however we had a crazy time queueing at Batam checkpoint for 2 hours and everybody was squeezing their way through.


Mandatory selfee with dear who loves me so much :)


In the ferry with comfortable seats and amazing sea view from the window! Fell asleep within an hour cause really too comfortable to be sleeping on dear's arms. Hahaha.

We supposed to reached Batam and clear the immigration checkpoint at 130pm but was delayed till almost 3pm... walked over to the big mega mall (just cross the overhead bridge from the batam ferry terminal) and had pizza hut for our lunch! Look at the menu slurps slurps.


Majority of the pasta cost $5-8 per plate. Worth it because it's delicious!!!!!!!


The food doesn't look as appetising because I didn't bring a good camera haha oooops!

Tip 3
Do not be deceived by their taxi fares in Batam! Majority of the people trying earn money from tourists, especially singaporeans. Do ask around for their rates and if you can, take taxi from outside than shopping malls. They usually charge 50,000RP-60,000RP for short distance which it's extremely not worth it. On first day we took their price but subsequently, all our taxi fares cost 35,000RP and below. Try to negotiate if possible! ;)


Checked into Paranoma Hotel. Really big bed for 4 person instead of 2.


What I'm most satisfied about! The gorgeous view of Nagoya right outside our hotel!!! Can't express how happy am I because our location is too DAMN GOOD OHYAY



Walked to nearby shopping mall and there's like a mini amusement park. Majority of the rides cost $2.50 and you save more if you top up by purchasing their arcade cards.


Pardon for the blurry pictures.

AND OHHHHH I REALLY LOVE THEIR ARCADE! Each game cost 30c only damn cheap or what HAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHA Must to play in Batam! We just kept spamming their slot games to try our luck. (note: very very addictive)


We walked around ourselves which it's quite dangerous, considering there are motorcyclists and cars everywhere. There's this small hawker centre selling seafood, kuay tiao noodles and ayam peyak chicken. Guess how much we bought our stingray for? .......... for $2 per piece OMG. 



Yum yum yum. We get to choose what we wanted and we bought 8 pieces of stingray and 2 packet of rice back to hotel.


1 packet of satay which tasted horrible............. I never tasted any satay which includes chicken fats, beef organs other than the meat itself. Felt really damn cheated, but still pretty cheap! Word of advice: be careful when you purchase your satays. There are a few stalls selling the same ones.


Our spread!!! That concludes our dinner for the night. The stingrays damn damn delicious.

Day 2:  

RISEEE AND SHINE!!!! Beautiful view from our room!!

At 8am, majority of the people set up their own tents and stuffs ready to sell!!! Got me really excited because you'll never get to experience such thing if you travel with tour agencies. Woke dear up and off we go to see what they sell in their flea markets!


YAY with my messy hair


Wore our couple tee together that I bought for our 6th month! :) :)

Wow. They really sell everything, even army t-shirts, singapore marathon shirts which I've no idea where they get from. The streets are bustling with people and the items are pretty cheap! I can't really remember but dear bought 2 pair of sandles ($4 each) while I bought 2 shirt ($3 each) 1 shorts ($2.50) and a pair of shoes ($3)

Btw you won't be able to get anything new here, however the shirt, shoes are in good condition. Some, even selling branded goods like zara, f21 stuffs at less than <$5


It strikes me that the people there are living in poverty and majority of them work at a young age. They don't mind sitting in corners with mud, dirty water or rubbish areas. I've learn to appreciate life more and be grateful to our country.


OMG PREPARING TO SET THE FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!



Dear was so worried cause the tube kept vibrating when the fireworks is out. My super brave dear :-) Everyone was clapping for us until no more hahahhahahahaha


Day3

DAY 3 WAS BAD CAUSE OF HARI RAYA HAHAHA
Haha shop all close, missed our breakfast hotel buffet and the roads damn quiet. Seems like everybody is celebrating this festive season at home with their families. Walked and walked, finally came across this wet market hawker centre with only few noodle stall operating. Ordered Mie Ayam and Mie Sop Ayam for our breakfast! :)



Yum yum $1.50 per bowl inclusive of mineral water. The soup rather tasty!!


Went to visit this small boy who touched my leg haha. Value drop lollollol Dear visited their shop again to buy his briefs before off they went to celebrate Hari Raya! ;)

Finally it's time for us to go back to Singapore. We wanted to take taxi but this friendly uncle offered to send us to the Batam Ferry Centre at 20,000RP! So three of us on motobike.... really dangerous but it's a good experience!!! ;) By the way during our trip to Nagoya Hill mall to BCS mall, two really nice guys offered to drove us with their car for free! Lucky us.

Saying cheeeseeeee

Oh yes don't be deceived by the stall. Haha they are selling really cheap steaks for $1.50 and they taste DAMN GOOD. Small portion but good enough! ;)


Food is here!!! The kway teow taste damn delicious.


Dear's favourite spaghetti topped with BBQ chicken for $4!

We bought boxes of maggie goreng home and some frozen chicken and seafood home. Reached singapore at around 7pm and dear came to my house awhile before he booked in for army. That concluded our whole trip... and.......

Just want to specially thank you, my dear for pampering me throughout this Batam trip, offering a short relax massage cause I'm feeling exhausted from all the shopping and all massage parlours closed for Hari Raya!! You're best and this marks the end of our adventure to Batam together! It was definitely the best and not the last. Thank you for loving me so deep <3 love you dear :)

xoxo can't wait for 19days later...........
Any questions regarding batam you can comment below, will be sure to help! :)