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Originally Posted by Black Page
I really do not understand why should you need such a work to make your "secret" safe box. 
If I am not wrong, that bathroom is in Formosa. You can safely keep all your valuables (passport, extra cash, whatever) in the safe box at the reception. NOBODY will never steal you anything from there!
You still need to have handy some cash for current daily expenses (no more than few millions rupiah, most commonly), but you can keep that in your wallet, that is 1 place under your eyes.
If you are afraid your girl leaves you in the middle of the night while you sleep (*) taking your wallet, you can close it in your luggage (it is unlikely a girl will be allowed by security to leave Formosa during the night with a big suitcase..
PS: I hope you did not excavate a bigger hole in the bathroom to hide also your laptop and photocamera. 
(*) I thought it was impossible a girl could slip out of my bed while I sleep, dress up, open the door, leave and close the door, without me recognizing it, but it happened! 
A couple of years ago, a girl left me that way in the early morning, leaving only a brief "thank you" message written with eye pencil on a small piece of paper. I still keep it! What a nice memory. |
Hi bro,now to clear your doubts :
1. I didnt know there is a safe at the reception in Formosa until recently,and wasn't offered one by the reception during my stay. But my passport is always with them.
2. I do keep some cash with me,but very often,i need to leave the hotel room,leaving my girl room-alone as i "tour" Batam. I will also leave behind one of my room key to the girl and tends not to bring along more than 1 million rupiah at any one time.
3. There was once when i left my room for an hour or 2 (think i share this before),the girl left my room later & ask another "person" up to my room. All these are captured in the hotel's security footage that i chance upon.
4. Like most sillyporean going to Batam,i don't use a luggage. I only carry a mid-sized pouch bag during my trip to Batam,hehehe.... (i buy almost everything i need from the provision shop behind Formosa) And my bag is practically empty other than some beggar-look-alike basic clothings.
5. If i happen to bring my laptop with me,i will keep them in another safe if needed be,hehehe...not that one on the pics tho.(i still need the bath tub...lol) Usually i don't have to hide my laptop cos it's often alarm-lock attached and unless the girl remove the hotel room desk together with my laptop,i believe it'd be the last thing it'll ever be stolen.
Learned from my time in GZ,there are 3 items for a tourist that are very crucial during the trip.That is losing the Passport,the Mobile Phone and the Wallet(with cash). Once these 3 items are lost completely,they will become Meat,hehehe....so i kiasu a bit,and always take precaution becos i understand i cannot afford to make even ONE single such blunder during my travel to place that i am not familiar with.
Hope i clear your doubts.
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Originally Posted by newyorker88
That is one reason I ask brothers to go to fish farms. Any issue can go find OKT. FL is better not taken by newbies.
Also go for hotels with safes. Or keep at counter.
That is the general rule. Another rule of thumb is the RUBBER. You never know who has STDs.
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Thank you,that's the golden rule i followed ever since my virgin trip to Batam.
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Originally Posted by Naka_Timo
Nono Kudos to u..respect....
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Lol...i know you are going to laugh at me out loud if we ever meet during link up in Batam again...lol...even my colleagues are laughing at me when i show them those photos...lol
Btw,thanks for the ride back to my Hotel on the last trip. Looking forward to the next link-up if timing is right.
Cheers!