From Singapore Rolling Down to Batam Island

Motor scooters are in plague proportions, every taxi driver has one hand always pumping the horn, and roads that begin as autobahns all of the sudden flip into pot-holed tracks. Hey, Mates, I don't think you're in Singapore any more.

However you're solely 20km away, on Indonesia's Batam Island, and it's only taken you an hour journey to get right here on the Batamfast ferry from Singapore's Harbourfront.

Common ferries shuttle Singaporeans to Batam to purchase low-cost clothes and layer cake, and convey Indonesians to Singapore to buy cellphones that work. There are massive, excited, chattering crowds, competing with the Indonesian music blared out by the onboard TV within the nook of the ferry. The trip itself is an experience.

The city of Batam is the richest and quickest rising city in Indonesia. Manufacturing and engineering have drawn in firms from all over the world and the industry has drawn in people from throughout Indonesia.
Opposite the Central Ferry Terminal are the Hypermart and the Mega Mall. Amid the red soil of new building sites, new housing is being thrown up everywhere.

The coast of Batam, like that of its subsequent door neighbor Bintan, is dotted with resorts. Singaporeans flock to Batam for weekends of golf and women, we had been told. Rainforest is being sacrificed for golf courses and beaches privatized.

Locations You Just Have to See in Batam

Nagoya Batam

In case you're the kind who is more drawn to highly urbanized sites, then you definitely will undoubtedly love Nagoya. This place is the leisure and business center of Batam. Right here, a whole lot of eating places, retailers, dance clubs, spas, karaoke clubs, cinema, bars, plazas, Batam hotels, and music lounges can be found. Among the widespread shopping centers in Nagoya include Nagoya Hill, BCS Mall, the DC Mall, Megamall, Kepri Mall and Robinson & Ramayana.

Turi Beach Resort

For those who're looking for less energetic pursuits, you can spend a few nights on the east side of the island at Turi Beach Resort, on a quiet, un-crowded seaside with a pleasing pool (and an average restaurant by Indonesian standards, it must be said) then on the town at the Novotel Batam, comfy and generic on the inside, apparently gaudy on the outside.

Barelang Bridge

An appropriate route for the morning tour is a trip to the Barelang (Batam - Rempang - Galang) region. All it takes is a car of course. Motors can indeed however for the convenience of rental car is advisable to use in Batam. And do not forget to prepare food and drinks  so stopped on the grocery store that's passed during the trip went to Barelang, which should be go through from the Nagoya is Panbil Mall, here are the Ramayana and KFC for lunch options, Kepri Mall with Carrefour and Top 100 Tembesi with top 100 supermarket.

The journey will be fun later. The primary sight that must be enjoyed is an excellent perspective of the first bridge with metal rope components exactly as we often see in American films and Hong Kong. Apparently there are also available in Indonesia, Batam exactly. Ease the first place visited was the Melur beach. Entrance is just ten thousand rupiah per car. From there, the location of the seashore is barely about 500 meters.

Completion of Melur seashore trip, simply across the junction the place the shingle seashore was the site of the former Refugee Camp Vietnam. About twenty thousand tickets per car. Nicely after this that rarely exists elsewhere, specifically to visit dragon fruit plantation. The original planting dragon fruit from Taiwan was later cultivated in many areas in Barelang.

At late afternoon after completing three of this unique place. On the way home you can enjoy the sun set over the ocean horizon line.