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Originally Posted by Hurricane88
Reason why I will not like crowded Batam or anywhere crowded during long weekends or public holidays...  |
Comparing the crowd in Singapore and Batam, i still prefer Batam,hehehe...went to Sentosa some 10 over years ago to the Spring flower festival. From the birds eye view on the cable car, i see rainbow colors of flower from it. Then all of a sudden, i patches of "black crowd" (99.9% non-Singaporean). That day onward, i work on giving Singapore a miss and chose Batam. Even "call chicken" in Singapore also so crowded.
Batam is quite different (at least to me). Due to my couple of years of working and analyzing, i am able to locate places in Batam which are not "infested" (or least infected) by the CNY holiday tourism. In Batam, i get the best of both world, i get less or literally no crowd in it to places i choose to go (at the best timing), i also get the CNY ambiance, eg...fire crackers, temple praying with lesser chinese-rush, massage places with lesser business,lower pricing+better service, Indo girls which are lesser affected by the season etc.
Comparing with the influx of foreign workers from Singapore who would share 2 to 5 person in a single room and paying a much higher price for girls, i think i am better off than them,hehehe...and comparing with those Singaporean who are on par with me, not many of them has my experience and knowledge of the island during this season.
I confirm gain the upperhand most of the time.
You should come by one CNY in future, just endure an hour or 2 from the Singapore immigration side for a while and you would touch heaven on earth,hehehe....
Just sharing.