My brother's family arrived shortly before us. As expected, the ferry terminal was so crowded. We aren't the only Singaporeans who took advantage of the long weekend.
It was a long wait before it was finally time to board. The ferry was delayed probably bcos there were too many people heading to Batam. We had plenty of pictures while waiting.
The boat journey was supposed to take 40 mins. The kids had been warned to be really quiet upon arrival. I don't know if the custom still turns people back for being too noisy but we didn't want to try. The kids, even Lil Isaac were really well behaved and we cleared the custom smoothly. I was so glad that the q was cleared really quickly.
There was hotel provided transfer. We didn't have to wait very long for the bus. I was surprised that everything went so smooth and so fast. They were much efficient than I thoight they would. Well, until we arrived at the hotel....
The checking in took a long time even though there werent that many in the q. Finally, we got our room. I asked Daddy Lim to pose and he was definitely at ease.
It was lunch time and we headed to the only restaurant in the hotel for lunch. We waited like forever but didn't get served. The staff were running around without getting much done. They apparently cant take stress. Blehh. Eventually, we headed back to the hotel for cup noodles instead. Haha, our 1st meal in Batam. Well, the kids appeared to be happier to play toys while eating cup noodles then sit in the boring restaurant, waiting for somebody to serve us.
The rain came on and off. The kids were bored and so we threw them into the pool! There is either no safety standard or it was safe to swim bcos there was no thunder storm. It drizzle on and off but people were still swimming. The rain became heavier we turned back to the hotel. The kids swop to dip in bath tub instead. More soaking. It must be a competition to see who turn into a prune 1st. Lol.
The weather was kinder in the late afternoon and we went to explore the tiny beach right beside the hotel. Though tiny, it was decent and we spent a good 1 hr. Kids were picking sea shells.
We brought Lil Isaac to explore the water breaker.
We then walked to the kelong for dinner and had to wait 1 Jr before the restaurant starts operation. The jetty was beside the restaurant and there were 2 uncles fishing. One of them was super good. He caught so many fishes in that 1 hr we were there. The kids were very well entertained by the dying fishes. So sadist.
We headed back to the restaurant when it almost time for dinner. Lil Isaac ran, fell and hurt himself. Faint. Luckily it wasn't that bad.
Dinner was good especially when we were all so hungry. Midway through dinner, the little boy fell asleep. It was 7ish Singapore time and Batam is 1 hr behind. Let's see what time he wakes up tomorrow. Duh! We all had an early night.
Mummy Lim
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