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Batam Overnight

A little while ago I had the opportunity to go to Batam for work, so we decided to make it a trip. We booked Citilink to get there so we went to Terminal 1 of Soekarno Hatta Airport. This brings back memories from when I used see my grandma off at the airport. I hardly ever go to this terminal anymore.

View in T1


When we arrived I had a driver picked me up, which was super nice. He was originally fron Central Java, but his verbal Indonesian language sounds like how Sumatrans would speak it and it sounded more like Malay. We had seafood soup at Yong Kee Istimewa Soup and it was yummy!  

Seafood soup

After lunch the driver dropped us off at the hotel, the Swiss Bell Hotel Harbour Bay. The hotel is quite nice with a small-ish outdoor swimming pool with seating area. Good atmosphere. The location is excellent, considering that it is in the same complex as many different restaurants by the water as well as the Terminal to take the Ferry to Singapore. What I don't like from the hotel is the water. It has a bad smell. I don't think it's just the hotel though. It seems like the whole area's water has the same smell. Unfortunately for us, the fish that we ordered for dinner also had the same smell. It had been living in the aquarium at the restaurant afterall. We had dinner at Wey Wey Live Seafood but we were not too impressed.
Crispy Baby Squid
Prawn
Beer time!
Batam is also famous for being the duty free area, although I was told that things are not as cheap as they used to be. We spotted many stores selling duty free drinks and it was super cheap for Indonesia! Too bad we were not allowed to bring too many bottles back :P

Duty Free Shop
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