Dear Friends,
The above excursion will be Two days/One Nite excursion on the weekend 6th & 7th September.
Twelve participants including the EO (Easier to round-up Three pau-hong-chia as there is no taxi service)
ITINERARY – Day One: Depart 8am from Harbourfront via Indo-Falcon ferry. Those wishing to depart later
at 11.30am via Sindo ferry kindly inform EO
After check-in Hotel Maxi and nasi-padang lunch, we shall spend
between the hours of 1.30-4.30pm(Indon time) visiting i) Gunung
Karimun waterfall ii) Pongkar Beach iii) walk-about the ferry-
terminal beachfront area
After seafood dinner, three doors away from the hotel which the end-five rooms
of levels Two-Five have seaviews, we shall adjourned for karaoke or play
billiards/pool
PLEASE REMAIN INDOORS AFTER DARK
Day Two – After breakfast in hotel, we check-out by Ten am(Spore time) and
take leisurely walk/shopping to the ferry terminal. Boat depart
Twelve noon(Spore time)
For those who arrived by Sindo ferry your departuree time is
Three pm. My SUGGESTION you check-out together with
the earlier group then later you park/rest yourselves at the
Early-eighties built beachfront Hotel Holiday which is less
than Ten minutes walk to the ferry-terminal
No Monetary collection is involved. Pay as when you travel.
Regards
Abel Tan
Hi Abel
I must commend you for arranging all these tours to Indonesia…
The last time I went to Batam was many donkey years ago when I had to meet a customer who had a development there. And Karimun was just some distant ferry-ride Indon island, Tanjong Pinang a destination for older karaoke fans…
But why, may I ask, should we remain indoors after dark? I can understand avoiding dark alleys and deserted places….
Hi Kenneth,
Thank you for your interest. The reason for remaining indoors after dark is by
Eight pm(Indon time), except for the seafood restaurant three doors away from
the Hotel Maxi and the small cafe next door to the Hotel Palapa which is by L-shaped distance like from the bus-stop at Bras Basah Rd in front of the NTUC
Bldg to the Saint Joseph Church, all the other shophouses are closed. My guess is Purchasing-power is markedly less in Tajung Balai plus the “homely”
culture of the residents.
One may wish to spend the evening time at the open promenade adjacent to
the Hotel Holiday, where there are a few stalls catering to guests of the hotel and another two the Riau and Indah within fifty metres away, but the Hotel Maxi
to this partially sea-facing promenade, is a distance like from the junction of Bencoolen St to the Esplanade and because my trusted taxi driver (1996-2004)
had Balek-kampong, I have stopped this evening excursion.
Regards
Abel Tan
Hi Kenneth,
Upon check-in Hotel Maxi, we can arrange with the hotel chauffeur for his service of the evening outing.
Regards
Abel Tan