One last pic to share on the restaurant food :
Ok,to me we had a really big lunch and our bill turn out to be only 317k+ for 3 pax.A good tasting meal that filled all of us. After lunch,we head for some shopping at Sunboss departmental store before heading back to hotel at 245pm to check out of room.
We took the 320pm ferry from Harbour Bay back to Sillypore. Honestly,we were already missing Batam and were already starting to look forward for our next month's trip (June 2015).Nope,i already have a concept for my next trip,new things,new places,new food to try out (new girls too...lol),but i wont be making any plans as yet until...hmm....just keep a look out in this thread,hehehe...
Group Trip Rating : 8.5/10
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Now to account for all the dollars and cents since this is a group trip with all the new faces and there are some money collected -
The amount the group (and me) pays :
1st night,1+4 person = 100k/each = 500k
2nd night,1+2 person = 100k/each = 300k
Total : 800k collected (including myself)
Unreliable driver payment : 300k/night ,2 nights total : 600k
(we hit more than 12 point to point travel,to and fro each day/night)
1.Money changer,
2. Kaha,
3. Hotel,
4. 7 joints,
5. shopping,
6. Lunch,
7. Dinner,
8. Supper,
9. back to Hotel x 3 ,
10. back to Harbour Bay
Unreliable driver's meals and cigarettes per day: about 50k/day,total : about 100k (by me)
Someone check out of room w/o paying for the in-room bar counter items taken by their girls and i have to clear them on the last day at approximately around 100k (by me). This is a mistake made by the receptionist who are very very new. According to them they actually forget to charge or charge wrongly during the previous check out,so the final bill falls on me. I could choose not to pay tho but well,its small money and i dont wish to argue as i am rushing for the ferry but will definitely give them a piece of my mind in my next trip.
Receptionist/Misc tipping : 90k for 3 days (by me)
Total damages : 890k
Total amount collected from group (including myself) : 800k
This accounting on the dollar and cents is just to show that i do not make profit from this trip,in fact i fork out an extra 90k. Then again,i do make something out in this trip. I make new friends,good people,those who dont PM me for fun,they are sporting people and dont fly me aeroplane.And i learned from them too.
Organizing trips isnt an easy task,so if you READ my itinerary,READ the date of my trip 1st,do not PM me if the dates are not the days you wish to go,otherwise you are wasting your time and mine.
Below are some key things bros here may wish to know before you start PM-ing me.
1. I dont organize trips to Batam on weekends.And i dont organize group trips every month.
2. I dont use wechat/MSN/QQ or any multimedia communication device or smart phone communication apps.
3. I do not reveal name/s or phone number/s in most cases.
4. I dont really trust people unless we met before or i already know you in the Batam thread.
5. Please read my group trip's
Terms and Conditions 1st before PM-ing me an intro of yourself.
6. Basically most of my knowledge on Batam are already on my
signature.
7. I get to choose who comes and who dont on my trips as there are only limited slots.
8. My aim is to learn and enjoy Batam. If you have other things in mind,stay away.
Hoping for your understanding and as also to avoid any misunderstanding/s.
Cheers!
*looking forward to the June 2015 trip as i type.