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Be careful, to avoid bursting yr budget.

With that rate u are working on, it won't take long before 'stocked up'.

Ramandan is near. ;)

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Last time go with u to tuina, those therapists were eye candies. :D

Now that the place reopened but the girls no longer work there anymore.

Maybe should consider joining u again in yr next trip after this one. ;)

I hear from recpt, the petrol station shop won't be reopening.

Thanks for sharing, especially for lazy bump like myself. :cool:

i was just abt to ask u ferry pricing for the other ferry companies. :D

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When do the Indonesians start fasting?

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Start from evening of 23 March 2023 ends evening of 21 april. Hari Raya Puasa on 22 April

So all sinful activities will stop on 22nd March?

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Maybe you try and let us know:D

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If I remember correctly, it's still there, but usually the shop front will be closed, just that there's a back entrance. But lesser choice of girls I think, since a number will be going back home.

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Hi Bros, first time in batam will be staying till 23rd. Anyone want meet up?

Just sharing B2B with oil,certain girls in pheonix spa also offer. Just ask reception.

Will be there too. Happy to meet for a beer and swap stories.

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Noted and thank you for sharing, bro. :p

Do you know where is this Phoenix Spa?

(i quote-locked part of my post above so as to prevent others quoting my entire post when they reply to me. To avoid getting their post being removed.)

@nitecrawllerr , hehehe...next time can try Phoenix Spa, since you're a b2b fan, hehehe... :D

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Noted with thanks. I will go check it out next trip.:D Should be next to M-One hotel, Harbourbay terminal.

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Not a new salon, and located at almost directly opposite Lovina Inn Nagoya, hehehe....worthy of a try. Go to Lovina Inn Hotel Nagoya and stand outside entrance, one cannot miss out this place unless....well....hehehe... :p

Its called Xiao Mei Hair Salon aka 小妹发廊 translated to Little Sister Hair Salon.


Cost around the same as most salons in Batam, at around about 100k for cut and wash. Run by Indo Chinese and has a small handful of them. Got a handful of Indo girls that speaks hokkien or teochew too. Mostly were still non-chinese indo girls tho.

The bad, they allow customers to smoke inside hair salon hence the air in it is a little "polluted".

Plus point, their after hair wash massage is very good. I could say better than many hair salon i visited.

(like i often say, there are always good and bad on a "place", can't be all good and no bad, or vice versa)

Their core customers were mainly from Sillypore and Malaysia. Customer range were mainly uncles and aunties. They do pedicure and manicure too. Hair stylists there were much younger than aunties, hehehe...

Not my kind of place but well, i am sharing them here in case my poison could be someone else's meat? Hehehehe.... :D

Jut sharing my bits here.

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mod will thnk all fornot quoting entire long post in your reply...:)

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Nowaday overnight booking already cost around 1.5 juta to 1.8 juta for those lookable and younger girls in overnight booking joints.

My four-hand 600k x3 before 20% off is still within budget. ;)

Next month will need to cut back on spending, hotel price is increasing from around S$29 (CNY, Jan) to S$39 (Feb 2023). On March 2023, it went up to S$49 (talking about my staying hotel and my room). Really crazy. :(

Batam's getting more expensive. And i am starting to feel the pinch today.

Looking to work around "obstacles"....again. :o

Hehehe...ok, ok. My boat "capsized" this time round for trying to bring group A and group B together. I shall give another try on my upcoming March trip and hopeful i can score something. I need to keep in mind that i cannot always win all the time, some time i may lose the game too.

Losing means losing "money and reputation" in those shops.

Ramadan is close by, which also means more hungry girls (police and/or immigration officers also hungrier than ever during this part of the year). Air tickets were crazily high too, according to the ladies i met. They have to work harder if they plan to go "home". :D

Not all girls i knew can go home tho. Out of 10 i knew, only 5-6 going back. Some choose to stay for now and plan going back only AFTER Hari Raya is over. Some don't even plan to go back. I told the girls who are going back that they were lucky to be able to go "home". Because they can afford to.

I won't be there on 3/3, for your info only.