Friends come and go but they leave footprints in your heart.Short getaway trip to Batam! :)
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 | Posted by JOANNA |
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Look at the view! isnt it beautiful? omg, im so in love with it once i landed my feet onto the resort that we've booked! :D
my done up nails for the trip! JF darling do my nails for me this time round, super love it with the sunset feel along the beach! did the nails one week before the trip and im looking at my nails everyday counting down to the day of our trip! thats how excited i am for the short-getaway!
it's the very first time am traveling overseas with B together with the peeps. (other than malaysia). lol. and its the first time am planning for a trip! pretty much tedious for the planning for a big group i must say. we have 12 people in total! but i'm happy that they corporate with me along the way together with B's help and we had fun! achievement unlocked! yay!
So, we booked the 1st ferry timing which is 7.40am! we need to check in 1 hr earlier which means we have to be there at 6.40am. all of us were like so zombie feel yet feeling excited for it!
see our sleepy face while waiting for the peeps under blk to walk over to pioneer mall. B say that he is feeling so energetic while i look so seh. we only had 2hrs of sleep!
i've booked a 15 seater van in sing with the pickup point at pioneer mall to tanah merah ferry terminal and its super worth it i must say. 12 pax for $60 only! imaging we were to take cab from pioneer to the ferry terminal, it would cost us around $50 for each cab (4pax), inclusive of midnight charge. see how much we've save! i know i may seem to be a lil too auntie? HAHAHA. but $$ saved!
of cos, since our meeting point is at pioneer mall, first thing of all is to have Mac for breakfast! a good breakfast to start off the good holiday!
& here, off we go to the ferry terminal!
the uncle drove so super fast as it's midnight with very few vehicles on the road, we reached the terminal 1/2hr before our check-in, thats explain why we have so much time to camhore awhile! :D
after that day of doing my finger nails, i came home and tried painting my own toe nails, so happy when it is a success! and coincidentally, JF darling did her toe nails with the same pattern too!
i like this photo! look so funky with the peeps! x)
and so,B and i went to check-in for the rest and retrieve for our boarding pass! time to check-in!
im a person with motion sickness, the ferry that we took wasnt that stable or i should say the current was pretty much strong in the morning? We head out to the back of the ferry for some fresh air and scenery viewing!
i personally love the view of the sea.
一望无际的海，吹着海风，把你的脑放空，享受大自然的美。
dont you agree that the view was super nice! expecially when the sky was around 7.40am plus!
ferry duration was around 35mins and we have reached Nongsapura ferry terminal which is nearer to our resort. the shelter bus service guy was very nice! because we are a big group, he asked us to wait awhile while he booked 1 whole bus for us. :) but which also mean that we will be the last to depart from there. but its okay!
our resort was very deep in near the seaside area but luckily it was just a 5-10mins ride from the terminal to the resort.
and finally! we have reach Turi Beach Resort! all of us was like WOW when we alighted from the bus, the scenery there was super beautiful! if only i can build a hus there and stay there forever, seriously i dont mind! HAHA
went to proceed with check-in first, but as we are there way too early thn the check in time, we check-in our baggage first and went to explore the resort while waiting for our room to be available.
part of the view of our resort from the highest point! dont you love it?! its really beautiful!
they have their own seasport rental there! a pity that due to tight schedules and pretty costly, we gave it a missed. but i told B, one day we will go another place to play the seasports! i wanna try it sooo badly!
this the swimming pool at the other side of the resort, it is 2.4m deep! but its super nice!
because its holiday, of cos we must have jump shoot! HAHA
there's a stair at the end of the long trail walk, we are just so close to the fishes! pretty scary too, you may fall anytime!
does this photo look like those kampong 小孩? :D
look at their resort lobby toilet! super classy!
and finally our rooms are ready, the receptionist wanted to gave us rooms at the raini wing at first as she recommended that it was newly renovated rooms, but we asked for tiara wing instead. cause those photos online about raini room wasnt that good, and the view at tiara wing look much more better.
so we gotta spilt our rooms, 4 at lvl 4, 2 at lvl 3, but its too high lvl our view was blocked by most of the trees :(
i love the shower room! although there is no bath tub, but there is shower head! thats the one i was trying to phycho B to replace his house shower head with! super super shiok!
the room was ok and the view was not bad either, if only those tree can be any shorter abit eh. lol. but it was quite chillax exp when we have 4 rooms next to next, not only we can have phone calls to each other's room, we can just come out to the balcony and shout one another's name. guess we were the most noisiest guest there. opps.
and so, i booked a private 12 seaters van over at batam too to drive us around! the van driver was super nice too. because while in sing, when i bring up the proposal of booking the van, the rest say we will see how to book the van or not when we reach batam, and they finally agreed to booked the van.
luckily there is wifi over at the resort lobby, i whatsapp the person and he say that im pretty crazy to contact him so last min. LOL. but he was nice to give discount! suppose to be 8hrs for S$95, because i whatsapp him, he charge S$90 for 10hrs! and if we are going for massage, he will charge S$80 for 10hrs instead! such a good deal! why not right! :D
see how happy everyone is!
so we tooked a 30-40mins ride from Turi Beach Resort to Nagoya Hill shopping mall. the biggest mall in batam. we were all super hungry and we decided to go for A&W! something singapore doesnt have!
look at their rootbeer float! really its those traditional rootbeer float! even malaysia a&w was using paper cups. but here, its those GLASS MUG!
however, the portion was super small, and 1 meal cost arnd sing dollar 7bucks plus. not there filling, we hop over to the next stall for some BR icecream!
walked around the mall and we went to shop at their hypermart! it is really HUGE and cheap! how i wish i can buy everything home! see how much everyone shopped. all the basket was filled with finger food and drinks! most amazing is, their hypermart sell BIKE and helmets too! B and i was super shock when we see it. they really sell everything in there!
everyone was like grabbing their cupnoodles there. cause its really cheap and alot of varieties!
and there have mini yakult there! for 8000rp only!which is S$1 ! why sooo cheappp! i would like to buy everything home if i can!
went to buy their famous kueh lapis and everyone was satisfied with their buys!
so we decided to go to the massage place that the driver recommended, "Fresh Massage and Reflexology" trad massage cost about 160,000rp which is around S$18! my first time trying massage was super shy when they asked us to change and remove the top! cant stop laughing with JF darling in the room, the guys 1 room, and i share 1 room JF darling.
the massage was good but abit pain at some point of time and very itchy too! am afraid of itchiness and we just laughed it out. haha.
because it was pretty late alrdy, we went over to reneki seafood which was nearer to our resort for dinner. should have try the wey wey seafood that i've find online. :/
the food was ok, portion was ok but the size of the prawn and the crab was super small.
head back to the resort to chillax abit and we went to the bar, they have ktv there but their chinese songs was very limited and their 9 ball pool was very lousy too. so we only spend 1 hr there and decided to call it a day since everyone was feeling so tired alrdy!
we woke up at 7am for a morning swim! the pool is sooo nice! the guys was doing stupid stunt in the pool which makes everyone laugh. hahaha. swimming by the seaside was super relaxing!
see the backflipped stunt done by B and ZH! :D
went back to room to wash up and went down to have breakfast by the beach! ohh, how i hope that i can live life like this everyday!
it was a buffet breakfast, and they have chef there to cook scrabble eggs, omelette, mee soto and prata for you!
head over to maga mall this time round for lunch and bought J.CO donut home! it was like half price comparing of buying it in singapore!
so it pretty much sum up for our short getaway trip, the bus driver was super nice to gave us a 25seater mini bus from maga mall back to the ferry terminal. and i only booked it for 4hrs which cost S$60 only! :D
see how tired everyone is!
lastly, group photos to end off the trip! we had fun, joy and laughter throughout the trip! it's the companions that matters the most! yay!
encore! the "mole" brothers, hahahaha. cant stop laughing cause wy's mole is fake one! it was put up using the J.co choco flavour donut! HAHA.
ending off, i had lots of fun throughout the trip, tho we didnt manage to play the seasport, but the companion was good and B has been taking care of me throughout the holiday, i feel so much loveeeee. i wish for more holiday to come! glad that they are happy with the trip that i've planned, and i manage to save and cut cost for the trip too!
more photos up on facebook! :)
Labels: batam, holiday, resort, turi, turibeachresort
