we were in Batam Island on the last week of Yr 2009, from 28/12 - 30/12.Batam island is connected by ferry services from Johor Bahru or Singapore. I was really excited as it was my first visit to Batam, same goes to hubby & little boy.
1st day - 28/12/09we left home after i settled some of my office matters, about 10am from KL. we have to make a stopover in Pontian to deliver some documents and finally reach JB at 4pm and after meeting with my husband's cousin who is staying in JB as we need to park our car at his home for the next 2 days, we adjourne from my husband cousin's home to the zone ferry terminal in JB, book ticket for 6PM, (Indonesian Time, 1 hr behind Malaysian time) so we reached Batam at abt 6PM Indo time.


muka penat..
nasib dah book supir - pak awin. dia dah tunggu kat ferry terminal (batam centre) to bring us to hotel - rupanya hotel yang we book situated was about 45 minutes from Batam Center.
kat sana around 6pm dah macam 7pm ..dah gelap.. so the wholeday on the 1st day of our trip gone just on the transportation..
we arrived at the hotel, Turi Beach Resort (Nongsa Area) at 8ish pm. the lobby was really huge and i was amazed with the breathtaking view. As the lobby was on a hill, you can see the sea view that facing JB, all light up.
There are two wings in this resort, we were booked on the old wing, as soon as we reach the room and take a look around i was immediately dissapointed. The old wing was rather old and shabby and look really run-down. (according to the bell boy the old wing was about 20yrs old -- no wonder lah)
defitinely need to change room. so hubby kata relax dulu sini and we will change room the next morning. since we are just going to stay for 1 nite here which will be gone in couple of hours - so we unpack and tidur..


2nd day - 29/12/09
after breakfast we moved to the new wing, the new Tirta Wing. of course we pay a little bit more, but then we definitely enjoyed the new room. yg tak puas hati, from the hotel rates to other hotel service incld restaurants all in SGD.
