It is our first wedding anniversary today!
So thought I shall do a quick post on how we celebrate it in advance! About a month ago, we decided to go on a short getaway since it is our first wedding anniversary! Dearie could not take any leave as he is still on probation so we thought probably we could go somewhere over the weekend. And batam was the choice!
We left for Batam last Saturday! Booked the Batamfast ferry which departed Harbourfront Centre at 1150am. Tickets were reasonable at $50 per pax for 2 ways. Collected our boarding passes and off we went!
Waiting at the gate.
Finally it was time to board the ferry!
And we reached Batam in no time, it was just 45 minutes away!
We booked our stay with Swiss-Belhotel which was a short walk from Harbour bay ferry terminal. Managed to get an early check in to put our belongings down before heading out for lunch.
The massage place opposite our hotel looks impressive! Sadly we did not have a chance to try.. maybe next time!
Cabbed to Nagoya Mall from our hotel and it cost us 30k idr (~$2.70 sgd) and headed to the famous Warung Cobain for some authentic indonesian food.
We ordered sambal kangkung, meegoreng, fried chicken and 2 glasses of ice-lemon tea. Total damage was only $9 sgd!
We forgot to tell them to reduce the spiciness so we were both teary eyed by the end of the meal haha.
After lunch, we explored the mall and also went to the hypermart to do some random shopping! Necessities were really cheap there. We stocked up on toothbrushes, toothpastes, some indomie which cost 30cents per pack, and ABC chilli sauces which were only $1+ for a normal bottle. Really random indeed haha.
After the intensive shopping, we stopped by a coffeehouse for some tea to perk us up as we still had some time before our spa appointment!
We chose the Spa Secret as it was highly raved and we definitely were not disappointed! Furthermore, it was just a short 5 minute walk from Nagoya Mall.
We were 30 minutes early but they were very polite to bring us to our treatment room almost immediately! We changed out of our own footwear into their crocs sandals at the lobby before heading to the second floor for our couple massage.
They left us to change out of our clothes into disposable undies and gave us a towel for us to wrap around.
We went for the 2hour quick spa massage which includes a quick salt bath for cleansing of the feet, full body massage, body scrub and lotion, before ending off with a 15 minutes Jacuzzi bath and a shower.
The entire treatment was very relaxing because the room smelled so good and they even play soothing music while they worked on our bodies. They were very skillful and experienced too! 3 words to sum it up: VERY SHIOK LAH! And we would definitely go back again. We were so satisfied after the treatment that both of us gave a 20k tip to our masseur.
It was 6.30pm by the time our spa ended so we made a quick ride back to Harbourbay for some seafood dinner at Wey Wey Seafood Restaurant! Also another highly recommended place for cheap, fresh and good seafood!
Our rejuvenated faces after the spa haha
These were what we had
Black pepper crab!
Half eaten see hum, all for dearie's own consumption :o
Dinner cost us approx $50 each but we find it super reasonable because all the dishes were so good and fresh!
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The next day, we headed down for the hotel breakfast at 8am, which was 9am Sg time. I think we slept for close to 10 hours lol shiokk.
Breakfast was decent but nothing to shout about, good enough to fill our tummies hehe
Then we went back to the room to pack our stuff and headed out to buy some kueh lapis back home before going to Bella Italia for lunch!
Pasta were good and they even gave us a complimentary slice of tiramisu!
Another selfie before boarding the ferry back to Singapore!
It was a short but fulfilling getaway from Sg!
And I so wanna go back again! Just for the spa haha.
