Now that the most basic on arriving to Batam is done,time to take a cab to the newbie Hotel,Formosa. Over the time you step out the GLASS door mentioned earlier,you were approached by a lot taxi drivers(supir) and ojek(motor bike riders). Now it's time to try to taking a cab/taxi. Taxi is recommended for 1st time Batam Travellers. The taxi fare should cost you between 30k to 40k indo currency. 50k and above will be carrot head price as base on the distance traveled to the Formosa hotel,it is considered more expensive than taxi fare in Singapore.
If everything goes well,you will arrive at Formosa hotel in about 5 mins from Habour Bay.
You will pass your passport to the lobby and tell him/her you booked from online. They will safe keep your passport for you too.
Check out formosahotel.com for details on Hotel facilities.
After checking into your room,comes the challenging part. There is a Massage palour and a KTV right in the hotel,do feel free to check it out,but do be careful of the special service pricing. The girls in massage palour usually open their lioness mouth with a big price tag,so bargaining the price down is essential. Below is the map as a guide for moving out of the hotel to roam :
Note here on the map is,Dynasty,New berry,Queen 8933 and New Berlian are joints for picking up girls for overnight with you.
Walking out of Formosa Hotel front door,with your back facing the door...on your right will a building called Lucky Plaza as shown in map.It's only about 25 steps from the front door of formosa hotel. Further down towards Lucky Plaza right to its other end you should see another building,another about 30 steps around that area,you should see New Berlian. During your walk there,you also won't miss the many eatery places in that area.
From the front entrance of Formosa Hotel,again back facing Formosa front door...walk to the left about 60 steps away,you should see Dynasty. Opposite Dynasty (across the road) around that area you should see Queen 8933 within about 30 steps away (Queen8933 is 10 o'clock from Formosa Hotel entrance). Behind Queen8933,within sight distance, you should see New Berry.
Updated on 19th Apr 14: "New Berry had relocated to the Block near Indah 2 (opposite Bali Hotel) since Feb 2014. No more near Sina Bulan." (Credit to doggienine99)
Altogether 4 joints just within walking distance of less than 5 mins with a total of about 100 girls to choose from if you are there in the early afternoon.
Aquarium Girl Booking Joint Price :
600k to 1.5 juta IDR
End of service tip for the girl : 50k to 200k (depending on service level or rejection,anything less or more is subject to individual)
For shopping,walk to Lucky Plaza from right side of Formosa Hotel entrance to lucky plaze,you should see a BIG building call Nagoya hill Shopping Mall :
Not enough Indonesia dollar? Directly opposite Formosa Hotel has at least 10 money changers to change your SGD to IDR.
This info posted is a consolidated personal experience base on extracted advise/info given in forums & websites after personally making 3 trips to Batam.