Batam Trip (1-3 May 09)

I have always heard from friends about shopping in Batam.

My thoughtful Significant Other gave me a pleasant surprise by organising a trip to Batam over the Labor Day long weekend.

William had wanted to book the resort but it was fully booked.
Nevertheless it was a nice short trip.

Both of us went shopping in the major malls of Batam.
Here are the places we went :

1 May
- BCS Mall (Batam City Square)
- Batam Mall where Ramayana is (Ramayana is the equivalent of Robinson in Batam)

2 May
- Nagoya Hill Centre where Matahari is(I like this the most where I bought the good and inexpensive laptop bag after a long search in Singapore).
- Mega Mall (next to the Ferry Terminal)

Besides the malls, we went to the bustling wet market on Sunday morning and night bazaar near our hotel (Panorama Regency Hotel).

Had wanted to go for a spa. Learnt a lesson that we must book in advance in future. Both of us could only go to IndoThai for a short massage session. Bravo to Wil who finally tried out massage!! :-D

The only not so satisfying thing is the A&W meal.
Both of us were so happy to see A&W at Nagoya Hill Centre. At the end, we did not get to try the root beer float as it was not sold at the satellite branch we went and the chicken was overly fried.

The 'winner' of this trip is probably Wil who bought 3 tops.
I tend to feel that guys' clothings are more worth buy than ladies in Batam.
I just couldn't find something that I like in the major malls, except on the last day when I bought a polo tee at Polo shop at a hotel. It was at 50% off.

Both of us conclude that a day trip to Batam will suffice if just want to do shopping ;)