Went to Montigo resort in Batam, Indonesia over the weekend. The place was so amazing, really didn't feel like Batam at all! I've been to Batam with the Emixers but we stayed at Harris Hotel. This experience was really really different from Harris. So I'm doing a post on Montigo for those who've been asking how much we paid, what did we do etc.
Batam is an hour behind Singapore, we departed from Singapore, Harbour Front Terminal at 930AM & arrived at Batam Centre at Batam time 930AM. We were picked up by a driver from Eska Wellness & went to Eska opposite Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre for our massage.
I did the aroma therapy massage & a few of my friends did the hot stone massage. The aroma therapy massage is similar to the oil massage I do in Thailand, except it was a 100x more painful. I guess it's up to the masseuse you get cos the rest of my friends said it was quite shiok & not really painful. Lol I had bruises all over my body a few hours later?? Nearly died of pain. My friends who did the hot stone massage said it was really good. Prices were very reasonable, was between 22-27 SGD for 1.5 hours of massage depending on which you pick.
After the massage, we crossed opposite to A&W for lunch. Waffles & curly fries were out of stock till next week, like whuuuuuuutttttt...
after that we did grocery shopping at the supermarket. We bought lots of shit like chips, snacks, mixers, SHAMPOO, hair tonics, etc everything was v v v cheap!! The shampoo that I always use was around 2SGD (in S'pore its around 8SGD) our total bill was around 30-40SGD for all the nonsense we bought.
Drove around 45mins to Montigo. Montigo is actually nearer Nongsa Ferry Terminal but we bought tickets round way for Batam Centre because it was nearer our massage place as we could only check in at 3PM. We booked the sea front villa for around 480SGD from agoda.com, max capacity of 4 per villa so we booked 2. Ferry tickets were $45 per person for round trip.
Their service was v v good, they provided cold towels & iced tea for us to refresh ourselves while checking in, then came with a buggy to drive us to our villa.
It was a 3 story villa & the first floor had a toilet with shower, the living room with wii, an iPod dock, fridge, microwave etc & the private infinity pool
Second floor were the bedrooms! There was a master room with a king bed & another room with twin beds.
The last floor was a huge open area for chilling!
We were all screaming when we entered the villa lolol & started snapping photos like crazy & asking each other to get out of the way & stop blocking the view HAHAHA.
After we were done taking photos & facebooking & instagramming we all headed into the infinity pool for the rest of the evening hahaha we swam till our skin wrinkled up.
We called cabs at the hotel front lobby & went for seafood dinner. We went to this place called Batu Besar. Initially we wanted to go to Golden Prawn but it was an hour's drive away & we didn't wanna take so much time to go for dinner.
We ordered so much food it was cray. I can't really remember what we ordered?? Steamed flower crabs, chilli crab, salted egg crab, tom yum soup, lemon chicken, salted egg calamari, 2x steamed fish, gong gong, chilli clams, sweet potato leaves, kangkong, errrrrr?? Total bill was like 20SGD per person..... :OOOOOO
Went back to the hotel after to watch some TV, was too full to play wii & we headed up to the rooftop w our alcohol & drinks to chill the rest of the night awayyyy~ brought our own portable speakers so we had music throughout too
Went for breakfast the next day, their food was not bad & the outdoor restaurant was v v nice! The staff were all very attentive, I was telling Kaiyan that all the fans were switched off & it was very hot & one of them heard me & switched on the fan blowing towards us!! Hehee. Some of the staff also started to do the balloon art thing for kids having breakfast with their parents, damn cute.
Our view while having breakfast!
Didn't feel so well after breakfast so stayed in our villa with Mel while she swam in our pool while the others went to the common pool. After 30 mins Amin came back & said we HAD TO go join them cos the view was amazing & I was feeling better so we changed & went to find the rest.
It's like a pool area + a bar with sunbeds & all.
After swimming for abit, had to check out & headed to Nagoya Hill again for lunch. Had Ayam Penyet Ria! They have outlets at FEP & Lucky Plaza so we were quite excited to try the authentic one.
Look at the prices?!?!?! Like 1/4 of S'pore price. Lolol but the portion was also much smaller. I think SG's standard is around the same as the Indo one actually. Not much difference... after lunch Yanhan & Kaiyan went to go-kart while Mel & Jess went for another massage & I was so fucking sunburnt I think massaging would have killed me & rubbed my skin off so I went grocery shopping for more stuff with Junhao & Rag... bought some chilli sauce, seasoning for fries LOL & hair stuff again.. then cabbed to Batam Centre & came back to SG.
It was such an awesome trip & first time travelling with EVERYONE (with the exception of Safi & Ravi who're still in Aussie) although it was a short trip, it was sooooo amazing I really didn't wanna come back. Would recommend going for 3d2n so you've time to really enjoy & stuff, there're also seasports at Montigo but we didn't have time to explore it. Also, I only swam for 45min to an hour in the common pool but I got so burnt it's not even funny I'm totally suffering now so don't forget your sun block.
LOBSTER FACE LOL
Till the next trip!! XX
