Labour Day which falls on a Thursday makes it a great opportunity to have a long weekend to stretch the holidays from Thursday to Sunday! Let’s leave here & have a getaway from the frantic & craze from city life! Woo hoo! Hello nature!
Just a 45mins ferry ride from Harbourfront Ferry Port, Singapore to Sekupang Ferry Terminal, Batam- Indonesia (which you can easily make your ferry booking Here), landed us into a land of tranquaility. Another 25mins drive by the cab leads us to Harris Waterfront Resort (online hotels comparison is so much easier with Tripadvisor! We purchase ours from there! :))
Just arrived at Sekupang Ferry Terminal, Batam- Indonesia
The check-in procedure is swift and we got our 2 hotel rooms for our family of 7persons (including kids). There were two buildings, one old & the other new. The above picture showed the old building, where the new building from the view I’m standing was built to accommodate more hotel guests. Seeing the vast sized swimming pool that we’re facing, the kids urge to dive in was irresistible. Their wishes were granted and so were ours!
Due to the positioning of the aircon which was facing the side of the TV, the rooms in the new building were rather warm. My mum reportedly said she perspired while sleeping last night!
We asked for a change of room to the old building on the next day which the friendly & helpful staffs readily agreed. The next morning after our heartily International buffet breakfast, Mr. Ramli Sinaga (Room Division Manager) came searching for us & wanting to lead us to the new rooms requested. We asked for a inter-connecting room and was granted. Love their heartfelt warm service.
The rooms in the old building were much bigger, cosy & the air-con’s BTU is definately stronger than what we felt in the previous. We’re truly pleased.
New building – Deluxe Room
Old building – Deluxe Room
It was pretty easy to make our way to the nearest shopping mall at the Nagoya Hill Mall (the biggest shopping mall in Batam) via cab, a 20min drive. Over there the long gone away A&W can be once again found (the first fast food resturant in Singapore in the early 1980s, however was pull down by the competitiveness of other emerging fast food chains). Enjoyed the super crispy Ayam Penyet (ayam – malay word for Chicken, Penyet – malay word for Smashed; over here means crispy fried flatted chicken meat). One cannot enjoy without extra dose of the fiery hot sambal chilli paste made locally with spices. Local preserved fruits (longan, mango etc) drunk in bottles, wide varieties of crackers & the famous Indonesia Kueh Lapis (layered cake baked using pure egg yolks only, not for those with high cholesterol, else please enjoy this tasty traditional delicacy.
A must try dining at Nagoya Hill Mall.
Visited this Massage Parlour “GO! Massage”. Very well furnished & zen looking. Our family of 7persons all went in & the kids stayed with us safely just beside the next partition when we are relaxing with the massage.
I must really commemorate the 5-stars service provided by Harris Waterfront, that night after dinner my elder boy, Tom, had a high fever. Their convenient store sold medication which we can’t read as its not in English and we’re unsure of this brand we have not let our boy tried before. After asking the front desk if there’s any pharmacy of walking distance, there isn’t. Without a second thought, the staff readily drove my husband to the nearest one which is 25mins drive away to purchase the familiar Panadol for kids Brand which he had before! No second word from them! I’m very touched by the staff gesture. For any other hotels they would have ask us to make do with the medicines they have in their own convenient stores.
This is really a hotel with a 5 stars service!! Awesome!
We took photos with them & this is Mr. Johannes (left) and Mr. Indra (right) who took the trouble to drive him for the medication. Thank you & we were truly grateful to have met angels like you both. Hugs!
We enjoyed the bowling alley games, catching the beautiful sunset (shots taken behind the hotel, sea-facing) and many more!
Truly enjoyed this getaway, an awesome experience & true experience with what great service is really means.
For reservations:
HOTEL
HARRIS RESORT WATERFRONT BATAM
Tel: +62 778 381 888
Email: http://www.harrishotels.com
FAMILY MASSAGE
Komp, Nagoya Centre
Blok B No.1, 2, 3 – Nagoya Batam (Sebarang Hotel Panorama Regency)
Tel: +62 778 421 973 (suggest to call for reservation to be made to avoid fully booked)
Open from 10am-10pm
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