Squeezed in Batam: Day 2

The sun was out early in the morning. We had a good sleep. Given that it was Hari Raya and we didn't know if the malls would be opened, we opted to stay in the hotel.

We had bfast and the bfast was kind of lousy. The spread was exactly the same as the day before. The crowd was huge and they were running out of food at first, then running out of cups and bowls. Zzzzzz.

After bfast, we hit the pool, followed by the hotel's mini private beach. The beach was also the reason why we chose this hotel.

They have a new water playground!

It didn't look tough but it was super tough according to Daddy Lim. Zaky was grumpy and refused to enter the sea so Daddy Lim went ahead with Lil Shauna. The platform was super slippery. At one point, I saw Daddy Lim slipped into the water and I was laughing at him only to realise later that he took huge gulps of water bcos the fall was sudden and it was so deep. He came back and vomited his bfast. Poor thing.

Lil Shauna bugged for banana boating. We didn't have the chance to do water sports in Bali and actually did banana boating in Batam. It cost us INR180k per pax for 30 mins but I was sure that the ride was shorter than that. It was fun, none of us dropped into the water. I am sure they went easy on us bcos we had a kid. The sea was quite polluted though. Sad.

Zaky warmed up subsequently and waded in the sea with Lil Shauna. Lil Shauna pestered to do the water playground again and we finally had a go again but only upon loaning of life vests from the sea sports owner.

It was tons of fun and very exhausting. We dropped into the sea quite a few times. Thank goodness for the life vests! I even bummed Lil Shauna into the sea once, literally bummed. Lol. We had to work together to get from one structure to another. The floats were very sharp and we sustained quite a few cuts but all worth the fun.

After soaking in the sea, we hopped back to soak in the pool to wash off the salt and sand. It was already afternoon by the time we were back in the room. We ordered room service for lunch.

Zaky was bugging to try motorcycling again.

We fully utilised the 30 mins this time bcos the scardy cat went so slowly. I think I can walk faster than him. Lol. When he took a rest, I hijacked his ride and went a couple of rounds on the mini bike. It was liberating. I must look really silly on the mini bike but I felt so cool. Lol.

The sun was merciless. While waiting, we hid in the shade.

We just had to hide in the aircon lounge after that.

We spent the late afternoon in the comfort of our room. The little boy took a nap. We woke him up for dinner in the evening only to realise that they only had expensive BBQ dinner by the pool. We weren't so hungry and opted for room service plus more instant noodles and snacks. We did take a walk at the beach before going back bcos the boy was so whiny. Oh, the pesky mosquitoes helped too. They were buzzing past our ears threateningly.

After the exhausting play at the beach and all the soaking in the pool, night time was again early. 

Mummy Lim