MY TRIP TO BATAM

MY TRIP TO BATAM 

 Hello everyone! Back with me again, Nada. Today, I want to tell you about my last holiday. Actually, nothing's interesting about my holiday. I spent most of my time at home. But, on December 19th 2016, my family and I went to Batam to spend 3 days of our holiday there. It was our first time to visit Batam so we were extremely excited! 

We departed from Soekarno-Hatta Internaional Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam at 9.00 am. It took 2 hours to get to Batam from Jakarta, so we arrived there at 11 am. 

The weather was very hot as soon as we get there, but it didn't make us any less excited for our trip. We were very exhausted and hungry. We prayed dzuhur, and then rushed to get some lunch at Sop Ikan Pak Anang. It is a famous restaurant in Batam. We had fish soup for our lunch, and it was very delicious!! The soup tasted different from the other soup, that is why it was famous among the other soup.

After having lunch, we looked around the city for awhile before we headed to our hotel. We arrived in our hotel at about 3.00 pm. We checked in our hotel. The hotel was very cozy. Although it wasn't very luxurious, it was simply clean and cozy so it made me very comfortable to stay there. I shared the room with my sister, while my parents were in another room infront of our room. The room was actually too big for the both of us, because it was designed for 4 people. But the good thing is, we got extra space for us to put our stuff there.

I took a shower as soon as I got into my room because I was sweating so much due to the hot weather. After taking a shower, I laid in my bed and watched some TV shows. I slept for about 2 hours and woke up at 7.00 pm. At 8.00 pm, my family and I headed to a seafood resaurant to have some dinner there. Batam is famous of its seafood. There are so many seafood restaurants there. I really liked  Batam's food, because they are all very delicious.
After having dinner, we headed back to out hotel to get some rest there and save up the energy for tomorrow's trip.

The next day, I woke up at 5.00 am. After praying subuh and taking a bath, I had breakfast with my family at the hotel. We planned to go shopping today. After having breakfast, we took off to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall.

This place is huge and very crowded. This is one of the most famous shopping places in Batam. I really liked to go shopping there because the prices aren't really expensive. We bought some souvenirs such as bags, t-shirts, snacks, and so on. My sister and I bought a school backpack. After looking around there for like 3 hours, we moved to another mall called Batam Centre Mall. 

Although the place isn't as big as Nagoya Hill, I enjoyed my time here as well. I bought sandals aand shoes there. This place isn't as crowded as Nagoya Hill either, so I could look around without being pushed by other people.
After going shopping, we had some dinner at a seafood restaurant again. I ate Tom Yum there, and it was so delicious!! I think I just fell in love with Batam's food.After finishing dinner, we headed back to our hotel at about 9 pm. I was very exhausted yet very happy, so I decided to get some sleep after praying Isya and taking a shower.

The next day, was our last day in Batam, my mom woke me up very early. After praying Subuh and cleaning myself, we had some breakfast at the hotel again. After breakfast, we headed to the famous Barelang Bridge!! I was so excited. I have always wanted to go to that bridge since the day I arrived. I wanted to take some pictures there.

We arrived at the Barelang Bridge at 12.00 pm. It took about 3 hours to get there from the hotel I was staying. Although it took a long time to get there and the weather was very hot as well, it was all worth it! We could see the city up from the bridge. It was very beautiful. We, of course didn't miss the chance to take some pictures there.
After looking around for like 2 hours, we decided to go to the airport at 2.00 pm because our plane will board at 7.00 pm.

We arrived at the airport at 5.00 pm. We had some lunch at the airport and waited until 7.00 pm for our plane to board. Actually, I still wanted to stay in Batam because I started to fall in love with this city. I promised myself that I will visit this city again one day.