Batam trip - Day 2

The next morning, darling woke me up around 7:30am. He said we shouldn't waste the included breakfast even though Ferry would bring us to have wanton mee later. Greedy darling! Ferry reached hotel to fetch us around 9am. We then proceeded to one of their favorite noodle shop. Honestly, I was already full by then. Darling still ordered one bowl for me. I was not sure if it was because I was lacking of appetite or the noodles were just not right for my taste. I only had a few small bites and left darling cleaning up the rest for me. :p

Lor mee (no vinegar)

Mee kacang (noodle in peanut gravy)

Wanton mee (no dark sauce)

The next in the itinerary was to visit the one of the largest temple in South East Asia - Maha Vihara Duta Mitraya, located in Batam Centre.

Maha Vihara Duta Mitraya

Diana, May & I

Ferry & darling

Darling was praying

Some volunteers were cleaning the statues

Laughing buddha

Laughing buddha on dragon chair (souvenir for our parents)

They took us to another temple for Guan Yin after this. It was located at PT KTM resorts. The iconic Guan Yin statue towering over 23 metres high at the resort, more of a tourist attraction than or religious reasons.

Giant Guan Yin statue

Darling & I

PT KTM resorts

The weather was really hot. So, May suggested to go for massage & spa as it was really cheap there. She said a lot of Singaporeans went to Batam for massage & spa and pedi & manicure. I would love to try spa but it wasn't convenient for me that day (having menses :p), so I could only have foot, hand & shoulder massage. Darling chose massage & lulur (Javanese body scrub). Mine was Rp 70000 (less than S$12) and darling's was Rp 140000 (around S$21) for 1.5 hour. So cheap! The service was not bad, ok? The seat was even provided with personal LCD TV and headset. It was really impressive. I had my massage while enjoying cable TV channels.

Massage parlour

Personal LCD TV and headset

After the soothing session, we were all hungry. Darling needed rice, so we went to a restaurant which served nasi padang. The nasi padang was not like our hawker style. The waiter would place all dishes in small plate on our table. We didn't need to finish all of them. For those dishes we didn't want, we just left it untouched. Then, we wouldn't be charged for those dishes. For vegetables, they charged plate by plate. For meat, they charged piece by piece. Overall, the meal cost Rp 191000 (about S$30) which we all thought it was quite expensive. :p

Nasi padang (various dishes)

After lunch, we only had Rp 1000 left in our wallet. We spent all our budget. So, it meant we should balik kampung already. :)

Darling and I (happy & contented)

It was a fruitful trip thought it was a short stay. We had great experiences over there. If not for Ferry, Diana & May, we might end up with a boring holiday in Batam. Thanks to you guys very much. Of course, thanks to darling too as he arranged to meet up with Ferry. Hope to visit Batam again when we are free. :)