Batam Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

When you're stressed out of the hectic life in Singapore, there's absolutely so much things you can do to escape the busy life in this island, even for just a day or two.  Visiting the nearby islands of Malaysia and Indonesia is always an option especially when you're tired of seeing skyscrapers and towering condominium buildings everyday.  Batam, Indonesia, being one of the most accessible Indonesian islands from Singapore is definitely worth checking out. A day trip pac…

It was originally planned to be a kind of thanks giving, my brother & I decided to commerate our birthdays this way. But when the family heard, we ended up with a bunch of thanks giving & a total of 8 goats to scarifice. It varied from thanks for our blessings to a prayer for the dead. I was happy that we managed to do this trip. Basically we paid for the goats & we gave some money for the preparation of the feast, the village or orphanage provided the man power. Thus we wer…

This was our most ambitious family trip ever...4 generations to an Indonesian island 45 minutes away from Singapore. Now getting schedules for 15 working adults, 2 school going kids & a 2 year old was not easy. My poor sister is a housewife, yet she was like a travel agent for 2 weeks..LOL!..I felt for her being a former travel agent, especially when your passengers are not sure whether they were coming or going....:)- Anyway, it was a success, after loads of work from my sister. We…

I didnt enjoy the place. It was my 2nd time to get there and even the first one wasn't enjoyable. We stayed in Harris Resort. My sister spoiled my weekend. She didnt want me to go on cable ski, karting and some other activities. We spent the night in a bar. I sang there. What i really like most is the body spa near Nagoya mall. Man, it was so relaxing! Im planning to go back there just to have a massage...

Some random pics from my random travels

Most of us travelling to see new and beautifull place or a change of scenery and perhaps to experience a different culture and history. Thailand,specially bangkok and pattaya is a beatifull places.

Visited Batam, Indonesia last Feb with Frieds. Interesting Place, great food!

So, we've finally step foot in Indonesia, though Batam wasn't exactly the place we wanted to find ourselves at . . . Had NO intention of finding ourselves stuck on this island, but we really had no choice!!  And what a dump!!  Quite the sudden change from the cleanliness and order of Singapore, for sure!!! In any case, like I've already said, we had no plans of getting stuck here, but due to travel restrictions, we had no choice!! We left Singapore, as planne…

chunks and tiny bites of my wanders around south east asia