Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[Nulgath]

Originally Posted by sadsky18

can book online ?

Bro,just a suggestion since it's only a day tour,i would say u visit some online hotel site like agoda/booking.com, search under Batam Nagoya & then there will be lots of listed hotel to choose from,pick any one but don't make payment first & look at the provided map for hotels near to Nagoya Mall.

[miumiu6464]

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[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by sadsky18

guys. need some pointer .

2nd trip to batam tomorrow with a lady friend .

can recommend any nice hotel near nogaya shopping centre ?

its a one day trip ( morning go , evening back ) .

can book online ?

For tomorrow is low season..
Don't need booking..
Just walk down the slope fr Nagoya Hill cross the road you would be spoil for choices of rooms.
Some cheap hotel could even give you further discount if you tells them you don't use the room over night.

[sadsky18]

Originally Posted by miumiu6464

Do you need a posh hotel, probably you want a nice place for your companion? Or any 2-3 stars hotel will do?

any okok one will do

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by sadsky18

any okok one will do

You may wish to try this one...which is right inside the mall itself. Very basic,very simple.

https://sammyboyforum.com/showpost.php?p=147...postcount=2368

You can email them for room availability and reservation. (it may take a while for them to reply you)

[miumiu6464]

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[BFOMF5]

Going back to Sgp in few hrs time
Check my passport...
Found that in Apr...
I hv used 7 tickets and Spended 13 nights in batam

2-5 = 3n
10-11=1n
11-12=1n
16-17=1n
23-25=2n
25-26=1n
29-3/5=4n

I must be crazy...

[hawkeye007]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Going back to Sgp in few hrs time
Check my passport...
Found that in Apr...
I hv used 7 tickets and Spended 13 nights in batam

2-5 = 3n
10-11=1n
11-12=1n
16-17=1n
23-25=2n
25-26=1n
29-3/5=4n

I must be crazy...

For the month of April, I spent 25 days in Batam...

[sadsky18]

Originally Posted by nono1973

You may wish to try this one...which is right inside the mall itself. Very basic,very simple.

https://sammyboyforum.com/showpost.php?p=147...postcount=2368

You can email them for room availability and reservation. (it may take a while for them to reply you)

bro. ,thanks .
like that no need run up and down .
better .
thanks alot

[JieJieJiaoWo]

Originally Posted by leekwantew

My opinion now is that the 3 shot rule is pretty much confirmed.

Maybe before booking try ask the papa or mama "10 shots no problem?"

[dkdk]

Originally Posted by JieJieJiaoWo

Maybe before booking try ask the papa or mama "10 shots no problem?"

10 shots probably will end up reported on news. Either girl or customer might die on bed haha

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by hawkeye007

For the month of April, I spent 25 days in Batam...

Haha You must be PR in batam..
Just wonder did they have any rules for maximum number of days within few month or a year..
Like in Singapore.. they kind of limited visitors who clock numbers of days within few months.

Eg. A Malaysian without work permit stay in sg for 30 days them do a turnaround at JB an got another 30 day.. but he cant do that continously...as CIA would require him to be away from sg for an unspecified period...before he could enter sg.

Any senior could advice.
Tq

[hawkeye007]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Haha You must be PR in batam..
Just wonder did they have any rules for maximum number of days within few month or a year..
Like in Singapore.. they kind of limited visitors who clock numbers of days within few months.

Eg. A Malaysian without work permit stay in sg for 30 days them do a turnaround at JB an got another 30 day.. but he cant do that continously...as CIA would require him to be away from sg for an unspecified period...before he could enter sg.

Any senior could advice.
Tq

Hahaha, not one shot la. You used 7 tickets, I only used 2 tickets.. Lol..

Anyways, I don't think they have such a law to limit the number of days per year. For the past 3-4 years, I probably spent more than 180-200 days per year in Batam; haven't had any Batam immigration officers stop or question me yet. The most is upon my departure, they might just casually ask me why I was here for 2-3 weeks, that's all. I give them my reasons and they just go "okay".

In my opinion, it's primarily because we are here to spend money, versus in Singapore whereby in your example, people are likely to go there to earn money. This is the different between first world and third world countries.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by fishingman

almost all the time is they have other agenda when they detain sm1 in their station witout a passprt during spotchek. The police already knew those tourist 99% nvr bring passport out before going for them. It is in their written law that tourist MUST able to present a valid original passport upon police spotchek.

As far as I know, in all civilized countries the law prescribes that a foreigner must have the passport with him at all times, to be ready to demonstrate he is a legitimate visitor in case of police check.

Try to come to Europe or USA, do something wrong or just be stopped by police for a random check in the street. Do not expect that a smile and "I am Singaporean" without your passport would be enough to leave. Most likely, you would be suspected to be an illegal immigrant, from China, India, somewhere in SEA.

HOWEVER, unless police has a special agenda or reasons to suspect that something is wrong, such rule is never tightly enforced till the consequence to detain someone until he provides the passport (again, I speak about "civilized countries", and I include Indonesia).

MY ADVICE is:

1) When you travel abroad, never bring the passport with you, when you go out from your hotel. The worst thing that could happen to you is to lose your passport or have it stolen, much worse than having the wallet stolen with all cards and other documents.
It happened to me many years ago in the USA and it was REALLY A NIGHTMARE: you need to go to police, contact the nearest Consulate or Embassy (hope it is in the same town where you are, but most likely it will be not), wait they prepare a replacement document, wait they mail it to you, pay the expenses, and ONLY THEN you can leave the country. You might even waste your flight return ticket, since all this may take several days.

2) At all times, keep with you your national picture ID and a paper photo-copy of your passport. It has no legal value, but it will be enough in case of police check (again, unless police has a special agenda or reasons to suspect that something is wrong).

3) As additional measure of safety, make a scan of your passport and put it online (not public on your Facebook, I mean on some URL link which is accessible by anyone who knows the link but not if you don't know it). This will be useful for example if you lose the paper photocopy and need to print another one.

I am used to travel in all continents and I never had a problem following the procedure above. I have been stopped for checks by police in many countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, of course Batam, as well as various countries in South and Central America (countless times in Colombia) or even in Africa.
Sometimes I had to pay a "tip", when the goal of police was the tip and not ensuring the safety of their country, but nobody ever questioned my paper photo-copy of the passport. They know that keeping the real passport with you when you go out is not a good idea.

[Lao Er Ge]

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