Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Day trip to Batam island


Map of Batam
We took the 6.30pm ferry back to Singapore
Next stop the oldest Chinese temple on the island
Eating pieces of glass
In a trance they put coal into his mouth
Kuda Kepang dancers-soon the spirits of the horse will enter them
Feeding them with bread
The restaurant is build over a fish pond
Lunch time at the Golden Prawn 933 restaurant.For a total of Sing $71 the tour came with lunch

This design from East Kalimantan caught my attention
Jeremy posing next to a Balinese house
We were brought to this little park where they had on display mini houses from the different regions in Indonesia
We orderd some tousand layered cakes from this bakery
Our guide told us Batam comes from the word Batu which means rock and Ampar which means red earth.The soil is not suited for farming so only commerce and tourism drives the economy

Batam is a commercial town and most buildings like these line the road
The tour bus was there to pick us up
My collegues from China Tina, Maggie and Fiona
We signed up for a one day tour to Batam

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