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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Batam Centre
Where : Batam Island, Indonesia Place : Batam Centre When : 18 Mar 09 My last visit to Batam Island has been ages. Four years perhaps. I'm recently getting curious about the after-renovation outcome of Cruise Centre,Harbourfront Terminal. Friends told me that the immigration counters and ticketing counters are so much different now. Even the queing part to get your immigration clearance has changed. So today im free after my Ubin trip with Alphas Airport has to be postponed to some other day. I'm set with Asheen to take a ferry ride to Batam Island. Too bad Circa Gorda couldn't make it. Passport expired. *sob*sob*. Otherwise, its a overseas trip with PPG again. So much renovations has been done to Cruise Centre. Its more crampy i see. And everything from the boarding pass to entering the restricted area to get your immigration clearance and boarding the ferry..its all been electronically controlled. Tap..tap..tap... Met at McD at 10am, we had light breakfast. When we reached the ferry ticketing counter (Level 3) we saw that we just missed the 10.20am ferry departure because we didnt know that there's a 10.20am slot. So had to take the 12noon departure. Here's the ferry schedule in case you want some reference...   The port that we wanna land is Batam Centre. For a two-way ticket, it S$40/adult. We took Penguin 7 vessel. Check-in 45mins before departure. Gate close 15mins before departure. There's a waiting area before boarding. But its not spacious considering when its a PH or school hols. Its a 45mins ferry ride from Singapore to Batam Centre.
Nearest to the ferry terminal is a hypermart.  These are what we had for late lunch..Its at a food court on the topmost level of the hypermart. In total, we had to pay about S$9/person for these dishes including white rice and fruit juices. Cheap! Cheap!  Avocado Juice  Boiled gonggong. The sambal tumis is niceeee.....  Cumi-cumi asam pedas. This has to be my most fav dish! The sauce is so very the spicy and hot!  Black pepper beef The beef is very very tender and juicy!  Prawn cutlet with mayonese toppping Inside the hypermart there's playground for kids  There's also a shopping outlet (its called Matahari), a spa, cinema (we forgot to check out the price. heheheee...), hair salon just to mention a few and lotsa lotsa fast food outlet. There's A&W peez! Especially if you travel during weekends, PH and school hols, upon your arrival to Batam, pls book a return ticket and confirmed your departure time. This is because you wouldn't wanna get stranded on the island bcos of ferry full,without any plan to stay overnite. And worst still if you have to work the next day. So, book a return ticket before you start enjoying your shopping, eating and forgotten all about coming home. :) I booked the 17.20pm (Indo time) return ticket as there's no ferry schedule to depart at 18.30pm (Indo time)today. As we set sail onboard Penguin 15, enjoyed the sunset gazing...  You can get to see the silhouette of Spore City upon 20mins departing from Batam Island All pics taken using camera phone : SE W810i
++ quoth nessie at 9:58 AM Back to Top | Home Sunday, March 15, 2009
Much awaited..
Where : Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve When : 15-Mar-09   My third visit to Sg Buloh is a much awaited thingy. It was planned a month ahead esp when its difficult for me to have a off day on a Sunday. Finally 15-Mar comes! Since it has been an off and on raining day for the past few days, i pray hard that today will be a bright sunny and clear sky. Thank God it didnt rain!  In fact i love the cloudy sky!
 
     (Above) Painting to add colour to the mangrove's shelter rooftop  This viewing tower (pic above) has a very very narrow steps! (Below)   Have been reading so much of fellow blogger, TiDeChaseR's post about cotton strainer, finally i spotted one myself!  Past two visits here, spotted frequent presence of the monitor lizards, but today i just got to see this lil fella  Creepy caterpillars grouping together!  In my kampung days, i love eating these wild cherries! But no cherries for me today. This tree have season for fruiting? No idea! I've explored almost all the area in Sg Buloh. We spent three hours here. But before leaving...Watch it!  To SK, thanks for the companion! Looking forward to a next Sg Buloh trip perhaps... ;-P  Labels: local, mangrove, rambling, sungei buloh, wetland
++ quoth nessie at 6:48 PM Back to Top | Home Sunday, March 8, 2009
SSV - Shore Excursion at a Glance
 Malacca Stop-Over Discover Malacca & KL
Duration : 11hrs
Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang)
Pricing : $49 (Adult), $45 (Child) - Meal at own expenses Shopping Galore
Pricing : $25 (Adult), $25 (Child) - Meal at own expenses Shopping at Chinatown Shopping at Mid Valley Megamall Shopping at 1 Utama
++ quoth nessie at 8:49 AM Back to Top | Home Saturday, March 7, 2009
On board SuperStar Virgo again after four years!
Vessel name: SuperStar Virgo by Star Cruises Destination : 3D2N Malacca/KL Sailing Time from Singapore : 2359hrs Boarding point : Harbourfront Centre When : 4th - 6th March 2009
Check-in start at 2030hrs. All passengers have to be on board by 2230hrs. By then, gate will be close. There will be a briefing on deck on how to use the life jacket. From my past crusing experience, better to check-in early. This is not to avoid being refused boarding when the gate is close, but once you're on-board you can start having your late dinner! There are four restaurants thats inclusive in the cruise fare. They are Mediterranean Buffet, Mediterranean Terrace, The Pavilion Room and Bella Vista. Mediterranean Buffet and Terrace is a Pork and Lard Free Restaurant and it serves international dishes. It serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and late supper.
This is what greeted you, when you enter the ship
Here's some snap shots what u can see as you stroll inside and outside of SSV deck
I'm just glad that Star Cruises having promotion! For this trip, Star Cruises having promotion of second pax free! If the next promotion comes any time soon, i'll sure grab one more time. And I hope the wait will not be too long. Not another four year.shorter. pleasee.... :-)
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