I had posted previously, travel from Singapore to Batam (Harbour Bay). And this time, I'm going to post another 'series' of travel to Batam which will arrive at Batam Center. Probably this the most frequent for people travel to/from Batam - Singapore.
There are 2 operators running the ferry to Batam Center: Batam Fast and Penguin. This time I took Batam Fast which cost me $40+$7 for return ticket. The reason I put $40 + $7 is because you will pay $40 in Singapore and $7 in Batam. You may also make advance booking for the ferry back from Batam - Singapore when you arrived at Batam Center, this is to ensure you will have a seat at timing you prefer for going back.
Once you arrived at Batam Center you may heading to Mega Mall Batam via connection bridge at level 2. If you decided to go straight to Hotel, there is a taxi waiting just outside the Batam Center. I strongly suggest for car rental for touring in Batam. The car rental with driver will be much cheaper compare to Taxi and easy to go anywhere at your own.
1 day trip itinerary
1. Balerang bridge - current popular attraction in Batam that connected about 6 islands. Along the journey you may find few beaches.
2. Old Vietnamese refugee camp or the biggest temple in South Asia "Vihara Duta Maitreya"
3. Kelong (fresh live) Seafood and dragon fruit farm near at Balareng bridge-3 *Please be aware of hygiene issue due to flies around when food served
4. Shopping at Malls (eq: Nagoya Hill)
5. Massage
Things to note:
1. Main Languange: Bahasa Indonesia. English is widely spoken for any tourist places or related such hotel, restaurant, or taxi driver.
2. Timing is GMT +7 (1 hour behind Singapore Time). 8pm in Singapore is 7pm in Batam
3. Public transport not well developed as Singapore, so convenient transport will be taxi or car rental
4. Curreny 1 SGD = around Rp 6800,00 (07/05/2011)
How to rent a car in Batam
1. Talk with Hotel staff to get a car rental
2. Anton: +62812-701-4074
3. http://batamrentcar.com/
and so on...you may google to find out more. Please note point no2 i got it from other blog who used them and no3 from Google. I'll suggest to ask price for no2 and no3 to compare with no1. Most of the cases rental from hotel is higher than outside.
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| Batam Fast schedule |
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| a seller near the bridge |
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| Balerang Bridge |
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| Dragon Fruit Farm |
1 comments:
Thanks for compiling such nicest information in your blogs. Articles are very informative and hope again I will find more like that..
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