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Early mornings and batam trip March 2016 - Review of Nongsa Point Marina & Resort

I hate early mornings. God knows when was the last time I actually woke up and stayed awake till morning before heading straight for work. It was a fruitful early morning though. I have lots of non-work work to catch up on. My batam trip left me slightly crippled. My calves are aching and cramping like mad due to the constant basketball-ing. It had been a loooong time since I have done anything like that. But it was fun. I felt like we had turned back time. Background: We stayed in Nongsa Point Resort in Batam around 1 hr drive from Batam center. The facilities were a little run-down and breakfast was ewww.. (the only redeeming feature was the live egg station.) Pool was awesome - no cold water Karaoke was unavailable at Turi Resort. Without further ado, I present to you the pictures of Batam Trip! (in random sequences) Our Batam breakfast in the resort~ Since the 1st day's breakfast turned us off. This shot was taken in Turi Resort. The hammock can fit t

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) trip 11-14 Sep 2015 with SGD500 for 2 people all-in

This is another amazingly long overdue post. LOL. I have not been posting much recently huh. Anyway, this was supposed to be a trip to celebrate PL's birthday :) So, we arrived at Ho Chi Minh City Airport with the determination to take their public transport. We researched on wikitravel and they mentioned that we can take a bus. The bus is located at the road near Burger King! We took a long detour before we could spot the bus as it was a little hidden and there were 2 floors at the airport. View from the bus: As you can see, you need to cross the road to reach the bus. The inside looks something like this. There is aircon in the bus but they will not switch it on until the bus started moving. So, we paid 5000 dong per pax for the bus trip to the city centre! Budget indeed! Do take note that some drivers may ask you to pay for your luggage if you have a lot of them. PL was pissed because he didn't know that and he gave the driver a dirty look. This is