Batam, Indonesia Travel Blogs

Stinky Batam
Mar 22, 2005

... on a whim to take a boat to Batam, an Indonesian island conveniently accessible by ferry from both Singapore and Johor Bahru. Batam caters mostly to Singaporean holiday-goers, weekenders, and day-trippers, (and, as we later learned, hooker-hunters). It ...

our day trip -part two
Mar 6, 2006 (3 photos)

... harbour front on the MRT to catch a ferry. within five mins of arriving at the ferry terminal we were on our way to Pulau Batam in Indonesia. the ferry took an hour to get there and then on arrival we got stung and made to buy a seven dau US10 visa despite ...

Batam
Aug 16, 2006

Didn't like Singapore. Day Trip.

Wakeboarding in Batam
Jun 8, 2004 (7 photos)

... EH Long run this park and they made me feel right at home. We took a 1 hour ferry from Singapore and arrived in Batam. It reminded me of the Dominican Republic, a complete contrast with Singapore. It is not modern and not clean. There were men fixing ...

Indonesia
Jan 20, 2006 (13 photos)

Some of us took an afternoon ferry trip to the Indonesian island of Batam where we chatted with locals, ate Indonesian food, and shopped. A blues/jazz band from Jakarta played in the hotel and did a great job on my requested Norah Jones while we played ...

Indonesia
Mar 11, 2006

after shooting down through singapore on the excellent MRT transport system it was lunch then onto the ferry for a trip to batam insland in indonesia. and as magnum mentioned, it just wasnt what we expected, so after getting another blue dot on T Po and ...

Batam
Aug 22, 2006 (2 photos)

... and worn that you can't see the letters - luckily I can touch-type). This morning I caught the ferry to Batam which is an Island of Indonesia very close to Singapore. When I arrived I was greeted by a local girl called Octavia who is showing me around ...

cheeky little trip to Indonesia
Dec 2, 2005

Like i said we did a cheeky boat trip to Indonesia, we arranged a trip over to Batam on the Batam islands of indonesia, an hour long ferry ride where I fell asleep to find that Joel had been steering the boat for a while...Im guessing thats what woke me up ...

Boomtown
May 13, 2007 (1 photos)

Singaporeans come to the nearby island of Batam in Indonesia for fun and frolics.  For 'fun and frolics' read massage parlours.  For 'massage parlours' read, erm, something a bit naughty. Ahem. Tim and Rachel come to Batam because they want to ...

Batam Island
Jun 22, 2008

... leech'. - L Planet. Tomorrow I'll attempt to get a ferryboat ride to Pekanbaru on Sumatra ( The Big northernmost Island of Indonesia for those of you too lazy to consult your world atlas). I bhooked my aforementioned ticket from Bali to Darwin on July ...

Odissea sull'Equatore
Nov 11, 2008 (9 photos)

... l'Equatore; la prima volta che mi trovo nell'emisfero meridionale, ed ovviamente non potevo che farlo in grande stile. Indonesia: e' incredibile la quantita' di esperienza folli che possono capitarti in questo Paese in soli tre giorni. Avevo un piano, piu ...

Spent a Week That Night
Apr 7, 2007

... and they all told me the same thing: no ferries to Sumatra until tomorrow morning. Shit. I'd have to spend the night in Batam. I bought a ticket to a city called Pekanbaru for the next morning and pulled out the Lonely Planet that Jon had left with me. It ...

Indonesia
Jun 20, 2005 (1 photos)

... was a long queue at the ferry terminal but we were able to get a ticket for the first Penguin ferry to Batam in the Riau Islands of Indonesia. We did not have to put our rucksacks through baggage - which was great news, but we started to question this as ...

Batam Island, Indonesia
Sep 22, 2007 (55 photos)

Backpackers trip to Indonesia

From Riau to Jogja via Djakarta
Jan 28, 2009 (7 photos)

Left HarbourFront Centre in Singapore by ferry at 07:55 hrs, arrived Perlabuhan Batu Ampar in Batam, Provinsi Riau Kerpulauan, at 08:00 hrs WIB (Waktu Indonesia Barat, or Western Indonesia Time). By taxi to Hang Nadim Airport (BTH) for Air Asia flight QZ ...

downtown
Jan 12, 2007

... now have been replaced by port of Harbour Bay which is its location bunch up, and is now served by Wavemaster ferry). Besides Batam Center, also there is port of ferry in Mussel which also serve the target of Singapore, but its location farther and its cab ...

Weekend trip to Batam
Nov 20, 2008 (14 photos)

Short weekend trip with the speed ferry to Batam for a view beers and Golf.

Welcome to Batam
Apr 26, 2008

spend 2 nites

the ASIAN TRIP....
Jan 12, 2009

THIS IS MY FIRST PLACE... batam.... so fun that the place is so have a lot of entertainment place....

Batam
Apr 4, 1988

Trip with mom and her friends while dad was overseas in Basle, Switzerland. Nick wasn't born yet.

Batam
Jun 21, 1996

Batam

Just a ferry ride away.
Sep 23, 2005 (4 photos)

After five hours of sleep in a day hotel. Well, a room I suppose the red light district of all places. Anyway, the bed was clean and I was able to get some rest and walk around a bit before catching the taxi to the Tannah Merah Ferry Terminal. Too bad it ...

Kontes Mekanik Honda Nasional 2004
Apr 4, 2004

Pengalaman pertama saya mengikuti kontes mekanik Honda tingkat nasional di Batam, Riau Indonesia Menegangkan, mengesankan & menyenangkan...serta penuh tantangan dan tak terlupakan!

Swinging Singapore
Jul 3, 2006 (5 photos)

... you are meant to do this, but the basic plan was esentially get a ferry from Singapore to this seriously dodgy gangster island called Batam and then get another ferry and then a bus to Sumatra. Yet despite getting up at 6 and being on the first ferry, we ...

Batam, Indonesia
Mar 22, 2008

a whole day tour in batam.. its like a rundown place.. it used to be a tourist area but now since the economy is down a lot of establishment are closed

batam batam batam
Jan 10, 2007 (4 photos)

For the air transport of from Jakarta to balmy and cheap Batam, I suggest Indonesia Airasia, representing famous airline budget subsidiary company from Malaysia, Airasia. efficient and Good Service, and its ticket price is also spelled out members compared ...

Batam Trip
Jul 3, 2007 (4 photos)

... it when I was at there. So that is my a piece of story about Batam Island. Batam is one of development islands in Indonesia, Batam also known as industrial island. Many of big fabric built in this island. We can see some of sight seeing in here, but it ...

Indonesia...
Feb 27, 2008

A trip on the side: Batam Island, Indonesia...

Batam Indonesia 2 day 1 night
Jun 14, 2008

 

Bintan Islands
May 14, 2009 (4 photos)

It is a peaceful place. I spend the whole day in bintan Islands. the development is in progress. In years to come u will see this island becom tourist attraction center as the beaches are clean and beutiful.