Given so, he asked if we were doing "anything" over the long weekend. Of course I wouldn't let such opportunities slipped by. The next moment, I told him that we would be heading to Batam. Muahahaha.
Many Singaporeans must be heading to Batam too; the popular hotels were sold out and we eventually opted for the Batam View Resort. We visited the ulu hotel once with my brother's family. The ferry tickets were running out too and we got the 8am ferry.
It was an early day. Lil Shauna was hyperactive; she woke up at 5am and came over every 15 mins to ask us to wake up. Zzzzzz. We left the house at 6.30am. I was a little worried about the crowd at the ferry terminal and then missing the ferry. It was a mad rush to get the boarding passes and soon we were boarding.
The ferry took about 45 mins to arrive at the Nongsapura ferry terminal. We were happy snacking.
My new cap from Hard Rock Bali.
It was of course way too early to check in. We visited the activity center and I asked Zaky if he wanted to try riding a motorbike. Hohoho.
It cost us IDR180k for 30 mins. The ride took place in the open field beside the hotel.
Zaky took a while to figure out the relationship between the throttle and speed. When he first started, he went full blast and gave the uncle in charged a heart attack. The uncle was running after him and fortunately, Zaky released the throttle in time and didn't went off the slope. I don't know what was beyond the slope.
Thereafter, it was smoother.
We didn't use all the 30 mins bcos Zaky decided that he was pro after a short while and went faster plus making sharp turns. At one point, we saw him going really fast, straight into the abandon stage structure. It was too late for us to do anything. He did release the throttle but didn't stop in time and crashed into the structure. Luckily, he wasn't too fast when he crashed but he did fly off slightly and had a bad fright. That was the end of his 1st real motorcyle experience.
Other than the interesting experience, we had bfast at the hotel only restaurant and visited the game room. It was only 10am. We decided to check the counter in case we could check in early. We were told that a room was available for early check in but we had to pay SGD10. It sounded weird but since it wasn't much, we opted to pay. We wonder if the money really went to the hotel.
I was feeling rich and booked the executive suite that comes with a living room and a bedroom.
We lazed in the room until 1pm. The kids were happily watching TV. The parents attemped too but we were dozing off in front of the TV. Haha. We booked a cab to Batam City Mall at 1pm. It cost us INR200 one way.
The ride was 40 mins long and it was the kids' turn to knock out.
What did we do at the mall? Arcade, food, hoverboard and then more arcade.
The kids would have lived in the arcade if they had endless money. We screwed up our meal time and didn't have proper dinner. We arranged for the same driver to send us back at 7pm.
Back in the hotel, we snacked and had instant noodles. Lil Shauna found that yummy peanuts that Auntie S introduced us in Bali.
Despite the naps, we were all dead tired and went to bed early. Yawn.
Mummy Lim
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