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Re: Batam Info Thread

My previous Batam Group Trip Travelling Terms and Conditions was a little more than 6 months ago,so its about fair time i update them (especially on the hotel room prices and budgeting part). Just a little makeover from the previous...

Conditions for tagging/coming along with me :
To those who wish to tag along in my coming trip,do keep in mind that as under normal circumstances i only have limited slots (maximum 3+me),i will need to pick and choose who comes and who shouldnt.I apologize to you in advance if you arent the one chosen.It isnt becos you are no good or what-so-ever,its just that i need to filled the group of people with close enough age gap as well as similar cheonging frequency. So a brief intro of yourself NEEDS to be send to me via PM to help me consider you for the group trip. It was all along never on a 1st come 1st serve basis as i am not running a business here. Nonetheless,you may need to think thrice about tagging along with me after reading my regulations and below are some basic house rules :

1. Tagging along or coming along with me means you are joining my group trip. While linking up with me is not. Linking up with me means you go to Batam,we link up for a meal,a drink or a smoke,tcss a little and that is about it. You are not going with me anywhere.

2. No drama,dont choose girl like choose wife,no showing of attitude please. I dont go Batam to seek for love,for wife or girlfriend. All i ask of you is to be humble,considerate for others and courteous as there will be others along with me. As i DO NOT make a profit or money in any way/form when you tag along with me,i RESERVE ALL RIGHTS to drop you off halfway during/in the trip without the need to give you a valid reason/s or explanation/s. I'll just be honest here,extra people tagging along equates to extra burden to me. I am no guide as i dont qualify as one and i take my every Batam trip as a learning. And i am not recruiting anyone to join me in this trip,if you come ,you are tagging along and if no one comes,i shall travel alone with less to worry.

Prior to all the above,if you are the hard-to-please type when it comes to girls,sleep alone. I DO NOT guarantee there will be a female companion for you.

3. Ferry Ticket : Its S$48 for Horizon Ferries (ex.Prima Ferries) to & fro Batam; and this is on your own,you will be inform of the timing to book at the last min of the trip at http://primaferries.com/ so be online at SBF and watch your PM box.I will ONLY land myself in Batam Harbour Bay. You pay on that day we meet up when you collect your boarding pass from Horizon Ferries counter. (i will NEVER collect any money from you)

4. Accommodation : Formosa Hotel Deluxe room at Kaha Travel is at 475k rupiah per night (updated as of 23rd June 2015). If you can get cheaper room booking anywhere,by all means go ahead to book your own room ONLY after my confirmation with you,otherwise you may wish to join me to Kaha to grab a room voucher before heading to Formosa Hotel. Again,you will be informed at the last min on trip confirmation via PM in SBF,and if you wish to book your own room,please do so after i confirmed you are coming with me. You pay to Kaha travel counter when you reach there for the voucher if you plan to join me to get the room voucher. (again,i will NEVER collect any money from you)

5. Taxi booking if you need is 300k per day from my unreliable taxi source. If there are 2 pax,it's 150k per pax shared equally,if 3 pax,it will be shared at 100k per pax,if there are 4 or more,it will still be at 100k per pax too. Notice the extra 100k now? Simple reason,Taxi driver needs to eat and drink (most taxi driver smokes too) if we are going for our meals,fair? Max is usually 4-5 pax per cab.And if you think you can get below 100k/pax for all your moving around Batam for a 2D1N,by all means book your own taxi to tag along with me. My original usual plan is WALK. Reason for Taxi booking is for YOU to visit nearly ALL popular booking joints known in Batam for the 1st time and to catch a view of basically all girls available during their BEST hours using the shortest time.Obviously,walking will takes more time than taking taxi and if YOU WALK with me,you are unlikely to see all joints and even if you do,YOU will miss out on their BEST available timing hence your available choices becomes somehow limited.Whole idea is to see as many girls as possible. I already been to all booking joints countless times,so i do not need to visit them again. We are likely to view about 5-8 joints of girls. And we wont be visiting any joints that are within 2 min walk distance from our hotel. Joints that are very near the hotel,you visit them yourself . (i will only collect 100k rupiah to 150k per pax for your 2D1N trip and be paying to the unreliable driver/s in your presence in a few separately times becos i dont like to pay them at 1 go)

Your 100k taxi covers :

a. From Harbour Bay to Kaha
b. From Kaha to Formosa Hotel
c. bring us all for lunch
d. Visit about 5-8 joints 1 round
e. go back to one of the previous visited joint to choose your girl
f. go to the next joint if the girl you pick becomes unavailable when you returned or the next next one.
g. the girl gets send to your hotel room by that unreliable driver.
h. if you are going back next day,he will send you back to Harbour Bay to take ferry.

6. Food : It will be on Dutch and/or if you have better plans. I dont take sea food and drink alcoholic stuffs . If you want me bring you for food,i will only bring you eat what most of their locals will eat,definitely not any of those Golden Prawn or Wey Wey series of restaurants which i often brand them as tourist traps. Join me or dont,you will be given with more than one choice on the choice of food.(and you pay for what you eat and i do the same here as well)


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