Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by nono1973

I once saw a group 4 to 5 young Sillypore ah bengs (with gold-dyed hair around 30 years old of age) 2 or 3 trips ago in Formosa playing and talking loudly just outside Formosa reception after they came back with their booking girls. Their few booking girls were just seated quietly outside the Vienna restaurant chairs smoking while these boys were playing and teasing each other like little children. I think i might still have the video recording of them somewhere,hehehe...

I think the noise they made were so loud that the entire reception area from the lift till inside the restaurants can hear them. And i am talking about both Tea story restaurant and Vienna,hehehe...so in a way,talking overly loud is not just Sillypore Auntie's specialty,it also applies to younger Siilyporean bros cheonging Batam in group too.

If we ever see ea other,if u ever happen to find the video,shw me ok?

i very interested to see these monkeys.

Originally Posted by newyorker88

Trinity Spa.

eh? Tht trinity spa close dwn aldy?

Originally Posted by nono1973

Batam Center custom officers seems to be more stressed up (given the fact the volume of ferry passengers they need to handle were much more) when i make those comparison,hehehe...

Like in any country,most of the country's local demand sm form of respect to their local culture. Talking loud in public is definitely irritating to most.

Originally Posted by Black Page

In the old rooms of Formosa, there was a potentially very useful tree of variously shaped plugs at the bed side to recharge mobile phones, but also those plugs were not working in most cases

Mos if nt all rms in formosa aldy no longer has multi phone charger,they r being replaced by 2 usb wall port for guest to bring their own usb charging cable to charge their phone.

[Humlea]

Question about Gidoen Hotel...

The difference with superior and deluxe and from size... 26sqm - 30 sqm...
But the junior suite to deluxe double is only a few dollars difference and I can't see much facilities differences.

Anyone stay there before knows what is the difference between normal deluxe, junior suite and deluxe double?

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by MiG27

Thanks....anyway, read your analysis on the worsening condition of city central hotel.....think give it a skip.
Hana not bad.....only room too small....n can hear neighboring room......n smoking can smell.

Honestly speaking,for 288k/338k/388k per night (weekday price),i think it is still worth a stay for the location (no hair dryer,no kettle,no fridge - only available in junior suite). If you want to try,better hurry,hehehe...cos after another year or so,i bet it will be a goner with the rate it is deteriorating.

Originally Posted by MiG27

Btw, i might have miss it....why are you looking for a lan line connection?

I need a stable internet connection for my computer. With a stable connection,i can do many magic show in the room,hehehe...my room becomes a convertible.

Mini disco,mini Karaoke,mini Game arcade,mini Bar etc..hehehe...

Originally Posted by MiG27

Well.....actually im asking because im might be going jkt after a short stay at batam.
Just want to check feasibility. Hehe.

Imagine this,2 years in Batam...and i havent been to its Airport. I have heard a bit of "this" and "that" in the airport area but well...

Originally Posted by BBmanX

Anyone tried gideon hotel _ just me massage

This JustMe (Justmine) massage? Hehehe...an expensive place to start with.

Comparing it with Kings in Formosa.

Originally Posted by BBmanX

Is there special? Even if im not their guest?

There is but their special service price is on the high side.Hotel guest/s get free use of Spa facilities tho.Massage room also got safe box too. Hotel has lots of golfers and families. Golfers and families tends to pay higher price for special service behind those curtains,hehehe...and then comparing it with Sillypore pricing claiming it as "damn cheap" or "dirt cheap".

Originally Posted by BBmanX

They bring me to a common area, means no special

Get used to it bro,hehehe...by now you should know what i mean.

Most of us in this forum has gotten some form of special service in common rooms that were curtained. No need to be too alarm even when those supposingly known to be CLEAN massage places where the massage ladies still pop you the GQ.

Just remember to bargain down will do or be pay higher price in local terms like those in Utama area right now.

Originally Posted by Black Page

Gems are for those who know how to dig deep in the ground and make hands dirty if necessary.If one just seats and looks at the ground surface, he sees only the dust and the small garbage.

Golden words indeed. 2 men whose hands are dirty can sometime makes a good buddy. Many bites the dust and comes back to tell me that Batam is a boring place,hehehe...

Originally Posted by Black Page

I don't think that spoon feeding or digging to hand gems to the one who is sitting is a good policy.

All these while,i rarely do that. Most time,i provide only a direction. i rarely remember most girl's name (unless they are no good) nor do i recommend a particular place/joint.

Illustrated example, you may have shared some so-called gems base on your gentlemanly character,but for a barbaric-characteristic-me to take on a gentlemanly's term of a "gem",its result/s can really varies. Therefore i do not recommend anything to anyone as one man's meat,another man's poison often applies in every cheonging scene...it is especially so in Batam.

Another real life example will be in my last Batam trip,the bro who joined me took a 22 year old pretty-enough girl from Gold Bird at 1 million rupiah,he had a not-so-good time,but when one of the bros i knew who tried the same girl on the following weekend,the end result was reported heavenly (according to him) and he is planning for a RTF soon,hehehe...

Conclusion of it lies on chemistry,as the characteristic of the pair were able to click well there and then. And like i say before,chemistry is 2 sided.

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by Humlea

Question about Gidoen Hotel...
Anyone stay there before knows what is the difference between normal deluxe, junior suite and deluxe double?

Oh... I think I found it... Junior suite and deluxe double have in room safe and normal deluxe don't...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Humlea

Oh... I think I found it... Junior suite and deluxe double have in room safe and normal deluxe don't...

Bro,if i dont remember wrong,other than the respective room size,one of the few differences were :

Superior Room - No mini bar,no fridge

Deluxe Room - Got mini bar,no fridge

Junior Suite - Got both mini bar and fridge

All Gideon hotel rooms will have an in-room safe deposit box.
(i stayed in superior room about a year ago)

(i cant help seeing you heading the wrong direction hence i replied to you 1st)

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Bro,if i dont remember wrong,other than the respective room size,one of the few differences were :

Superior Room - No mini bar,no fridge

Deluxe Room - Got mini bar,no fridge

Junior Suite - Got both mini bar and fridge

All Gideon hotel rooms will have an in-room safe deposit box.
(i stayed in superior room about a year ago)

(i cant help seeing you heading the wrong direction hence i replied to you 1st)

Whoa... bro, you always reply me few days later... second time you reply me immediately... LOL...

[nono1973]

Kepril Mall Batam...hmm...heard of Nagoya Hill Mall,heard of BCS Mall,even heard of DC Mall too....this Kepril mall seems like not a very popular name for most new Batam visitors but its not a name that i have not heard before either....

...and how far is it from the Nagoya Hill area?

I havent been there before,was wondering what is inside it?

This is also the mall with the other Blitz theatre ,similar to the one at Harbour Bay Mall. Not the usual Cinema 21 orgainization. May go there to have a look see....

[doggy123]

Anyone been to sekupang batam?

[doobeedoobeedoo]

Anyone going into batam this weekend?

I'm gonna try some of the places bro nono suggested earlier in his posts

[Ojekbtm]

Can usually tell how young the girl really is by looking at the type of panties they wear eg Disney cartoon prints hehehe

[fde83]

Originally Posted by Ojekbtm

Can usually tell how young the girl really is by looking at the type of panties they wear eg Disney cartoon prints hehehe

Not young la bro, its the cheapest they can afford and find at thier kampong. Why not you buy for them? Victoria's secrets maybe? So other bros like me can enjoy what you spend on them.

On a side note, kepri mall is mostly local shoppers I see but there's good food going around and theres also a mini amusement park inside the mall (If thats how you call it)

[9835]

Big bro. Can I check $90 for 13 Seater van. For 1 day is it expensive.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Kepril Mall Batam...hmm...heard of Nagoya Hill Mall,heard of BCS Mall,even heard of DC Mall too....this Kepril mall seems like not a very popular name for most new Batam visitors but its not a name that i have not heard before either....

I thought to go there just to have a look years ago, but then I gave up, because I lacked motivation to take a long ride by taxi or ojek. Why to go there, I asked myself?

To find something new to buy? NO, because there is nothing that is not sold at Nagoya Hill, or Top100, or Ramayana, or BCS...

To approach new girls? Maybe YES, because there are virtually no tourists at Kepri Mall, and even less bule (zero), so I would stand out, but actually NO because 99% locals are really not interested to flirt with a foreigner, and those ladies who are interested to flirt do take an ojek and go where foreigners are (Nagoya Hill for shopping, Kampung Bule for partying).

I also look at the photo of the inside sell area. So lonely... Sad.

[1stClass]

Originally Posted by 9835

Big bro. Can I check $90 for 13 Seater van. For 1 day is it expensive.

Nope. I think that's the fair rate.

[Ojekbtm]

Originally Posted by fde83

Not young la bro, its the cheapest they can afford and find at thier kampong. Why not you buy for them? Victoria's secrets maybe? So other bros like me can enjoy what you spend on them.

On a side note, kepri mall is mostly local shoppers I see but there's good food going around and theres also a mini amusement park inside the mall (If thats how you call it)

Thanks for your insight. It is an eye opener. Guess it's true what you just shared. Pity them .. BUT their brasserie got class / standard ...

Btw, I will be buying those flavoured edible under garments for them kekeke. It's a real turn on. May get a couple for myself too .. Underwear