Batam Info Thread

[TonyCheong]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Come to think of it,i have never taken ice made from tap water in China before but i do drink lots of water from the well when i was there.

The only time i went to see a doc there was when i was down with seasonal flu at GZ,where i need to buy a queue ticket from the people waiting outside. And collecting the medicine from their hospital was a rather hilarious sight to me at 1st,becos i feel like Santa Claus carrying 2 big paper shopping bag of medicine issued to me from the Hospital...lol.

With the pollution an all time high in China, I'd be careful of well water also.
Use for bathing and washing konek still can.
For drinking water better use bottled ones.

China hospitals cannot make it lah.
I rather fly back to Singapore if need to see specialist.

[Rockies]

Originally Posted by wala

You read and read will not get u anywhere. Read, plan abit chiong liao. Reading 2 thousand pages, better U go there 2 days. Plan properly your trip hoseh, plan wrongly or cock up, just take it as a lesson. Then plan for round 2.

Noted with thx.

Wn't be reading all 2000 pages,jus those by bro Nono & sm seniors will do.

I been to batam a couple times,but tats few years ago. Just thought i get sm update here b4 heading there.

Planning to go on Mar 15.

[Rockies]

Originally Posted by nono1973

You have been to Batam before,bro. You just need to know where to find what you go there for will do,hehehe...

Thx bro & noted.

Oh! Batam-wise sure must bargain,otherwise surely get chop carrot head.

[orang_jawa]

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Not like i received pay increment

KohOnly21, don't for me na...

[KohOnly21]

Originally Posted by orang_jawa

KohOnly21, don't for me na...

Today pak so free, never look for your sugar?

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by Rockies

Oh! Batam-wise sure must bargain,otherwise surely get chop carrot head.

I totally agree with u. One of my Indonesia customers ever told me,living in Indonesia,regardless how much u feel the things u wish to buy are really dirt cheap ,u must always remain cool-headed & tell the seller yr "merchandise" is very very expensive.

[authenticanie]

Originally Posted by banana81sg

cheers......bro nono for yr update of list, anythin just pm me, i know my fr always nt so good. lol

Yr FR is gd enough for me. At least u aren't a free-loader who took info from this thread & don't contribute back.

SGD to Rupiah Exchange Rate :

[hendri2]

Exchange rates are in the Indonesian banks websites...your posting is useless...useful ones are rates obtained in the shops opposite Formosa and alone the main road...if you can't get a market rate, you can't find the hole...as simple as that...hehe!!

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by hendri2

Exchange rates are in the Indonesian banks websites...your posting is useless...useful ones are rates obtained in the shops opposite Formosa and alone the main road...if you can't get a market rate, you can't find the hole...as simple as that...hehe!!

do you realised this nick only used to post exchange rate ever since Feb 2014...

[newyorker88]

Originally Posted by nono1973

When someone reputable (or regular) blacklisted a place in the public,it means it is definitely "no good",after some time i think should give the blacklisted place a chance to revive. It will be a good to reach a win-win situation for both the joint and cheongsters. For myself,i will skip MM massage,Happy Massage 8 and Indah2 booking joint for the time being as their service standard (and number of girls) has dropped quite a bit. But will be back to them in a couple of months.

lol.

If they don't improve, they will end up like massage 82, AKA 28 massage, now close.

[Virmid]

Planning to go to batam for CNY? Will I find the girls there, or will it be a holiday there too? Any of the brothers please give info!

[KohOnly21]

Originally Posted by Virmid

Planning to go to batam for CNY? Will I find the girls there, or will it be a holiday there too? Any of the brothers please give info!

1) Prepare additional money as the girls there will be asking at least 20% higher
2) Book your hotel as soon as possible, hotel are filling up fast as i post.
3) Book and collect your departure ticket as soon as possible, ticket are selling fast as i post.
4) Most chinese shops will be closed during the first 2 days and i guess the exchange rate will be bad due to less competitor.
5) If you go to KTV, be prepared to give out angpows

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by banana81sg

basically theres a total of 16 msg shop there which i saw. In the red box , there is 9 (28 massage, A3 , good one, sinar kuda mas, elline, peppy, kyngs, beautiful and bintang)

and in green box there is 5 (chinatown , A5, princess, tulip, davant asia). Beside DC theres another one but i forgot name (pink circle) and further down from DC vernessa (yellow circle). blue line is the longkang that seperate the place

I actually read your FRs again and again a few times,trying to digest the information in it. I am going to do some bookmarking now on your given information to the best of my understanding,hope you wont mind the way i re-arrange all the info provided by you. As they are no longer as scattered as your previous FR and there are more details now,i actually took some time to digest all the key informations.

Your original FR as below :

1. http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28946

2. http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28947

3. http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28948

Summarizing it :

Now there are basically 2 areas on the map (thank you bro Banana81sg for map), Red Box and Green Box ,divided by the line of River/Drain in blue :

Red Box got 9 Massage shops :

1. 28 massage - by looking outwardly w/o trying,all MILF

2. A3 Massage - crappy attitude plump young girl,60k/hr massage only do 20mins. (typo of 200k tip,should be 20k tip to the girl)

3. Good one Massage - 60k/hr ,offered 100k HJ and 300k fj.,mostly SYT

4. Sinar Kuda Mas - 50k/hr , as it was late,see mostly all MILF.

5. Eline Massage

6. Peppy Massage - 60k/hr ,offer SYT offering 100k hj but didnt take up.

7. Kings (or Kyings) Massage - 60k/hr,VIP room at 130k/hr,MILF with nice body and sexy. Offered 200k HJ and 400k fj

8. Beautiful Massage - 60k/hr,offered 300k fj has many SYT.

9. Bintang Massage


And in the Green Box there are 5 shops :

1. Chinatown Massage - 60k/hr , VIP room at 100k/hr. SYT offered 200k HJ and 400k FJ,after bargain,becomes 150k HJ and 300k FJ. Was offered bbbj with CIM at 500k.

2. A5 Massage - SYT at 60k/hr, VIP room at 100k/hr (hj150k,FJ350k,BBBJ500k)

3. Tulip Massage

4. D'Avant Asia Massage - 100k/hrs and 140k/hr for VIP room (got SYT but picked a girl that dont match photo,only 2 available girl in album at the point of massage)

5. Princess Massage

Out of the Green Box there is a Yellow Circle,and there the shop :

- DC Vanessa Massage

And there is a Pink Circle outside Red Box that Bro Banana81sg forgets the Massage Shop name.

Total Massage Shop on the Map is : 16

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I have also refer to your previous FRs on Jan 2015 for reference :

http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28542

http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28543

http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28544


Note : The information in this post were all provided by bro Banana81sg,i am only consolidating them in one single post so as to bookmark them all down to make it easier to update the Batam Listing later.

Credit for the above information goes to Bro Banana81sg.

The Batam Listing :

http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28877

To bro Banana81sg,if i make any mistake/s summarizing your FRs in this post,please correct me.

To all : All informations provided in this post/s are FREE for all who wish to visit Batam,they are mainly provided by unselfish bros in this thread over the years to help one another make cheonging in Batam more enjoyable. I mainly consolidate them.

Happy reading and please do not quote my whole post.

Copy and paste the below link if you need to quote this post :

http://samsforum.asia/showpos...ostcount=28967

Sincerely thank you.

[newyorker88]

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

1) Prepare additional money as the girls there will be asking at least 20% higher
2) Book your hotel as soon as possible, hotel are filling up fast as i post.
3) Book and collect your departure ticket as soon as possible, ticket are selling fast as i post.
4) Most chinese shops will be closed during the first 2 days and i guess the exchange rate will be bad due to less competitor.
5) If you go to KTV, be prepared to give out angpows

Just to add that Horizon Ferries charges extra 12 dollars for the ferries( 2 way) during 18, 19, 20 Feb. No bookings allowed( If I read correctly)...


These 3 days are also very packed. so please note.

[Mels]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

Just to add that Horizon Ferries charges extra 12 dollars for the ferries( 2 way) during 18, 19, 20 Feb. No bookings allowed( If I read correctly)...

Just to add,if already got the ferry ticket,will need to check in 1.5 hour before boarding according to Horizon ferries staffs. Non-CNY period was to check in an hour before,CNY period must be 1.5 hour in advance due to the super long queue.