Batam Day 1

We arrived at Habourfront at 8.20 am and had breakfast before our ferry at 9.20 am.

Penguin Ferry (Nice cable car backdrop)


We sat on the ferry for about 1 hour before reaching Waterfront City, Batam.

There is free shuttle bus service to Harris Resort which is about 3 mins drive from the ferry terminal. We checked into the resort and dumped our luggage in the 2 rooms we had booked.

Side view from our rooms

Front view from our rooms

As you can see, there isn't much infrastructure in Waterfront City. The beach also looks deserted and we seem to be isolated from the rest of the world. We headed down to Harris Cafe for our free lunch at 11 am and we were the only customers in the cafe. There was only a couple who arrived when we were waiting for our food.

Next, we explored the resort and the facilities include bowling alley, squash court, table soccer, big swimming pool, arcade, gym and spa. Most of them were not utilised at all except for the swimming pool where there were a few couples. Waterfront City is severely underpopulated! Maybe it is because of the lunar 7th month.

Harris Resort

We decided to go for Go-Kart next and it was $20 for two 10 mins rides. The minibus took us to the nearby circuit track and we were ready to race after wearing the helmets.

Go-Karting

We got splashed with mud and water as some portions of the track was wet due to a prior rain. It also affected our driving as we skidded along bends due to poorer grip of the tyres. All of us became quite dirty after the race.

We went swimming in the big pool next as we were all in need of a bath. We played many 'stupid' games in the water and i even taught most of them the correct technique for diving.

After we changed into our clean clothes, we got into a cab and headed to Nagoya for shopping.

Along the way to Nagoya

Buildings along the way to Nagoya

We alighted at Center Point where we grabbed a bite at MacDonalds. We then browsed through some of the shops, walked along the streets and played some games at the arcade. There isn't a lot of shopping that we can do at Nagoya.

Dinner at a local eatery

Bedtime!

We played Blackjack and our bets for each deck is 1000 Rupiah ($0.20). Gs had extremely good luck and he was the overall winner winning 26000 Rupiah.