This just doesn't look like Batam! For a moment I thought my photograhpy skill has improve by a great heap. Yup, here you go, Batam View Resort.

I'm an addict to breakfast 2D1N + breakfast + land & sea transfer = $135

(with the above, you get a deluxe seaview room like ours too!)

臺北市

Taipei is a very lively nation. That of course is displayed in the high spirited politicians who usually exchange blows during their meetings. Haha. Anyway, you eat well and stay good here. Language doesn’t cast a problem because just by playing up a little on the Taiwanese accent, you can pass off as a local. Food however is a problem. There’s just too many to choose from.

Ah Zhong Mian Xian, Shi Lin Sheng Jian Bao, Zhen Zhu Nine Cha, Jian Dan San Wen Zhi, XXL Ji Pa, Leng Mian.
I will be back to Taipei next month, and hopefully I have the time and company to explore the quieter side of Taipei. Jiufen and Beitou.

大阪市

My first visit to Japan landed me here. Perhaps it’s the feeling it gives in contrast to what I have read over the internet, it is more of an historical conurbation than a metropolitan city. The Osaka palace is a place of tranquility. Get a beer and a box of huge sized Takoyaki, and you are all ready to sit under the cherry blossoms tree for a good afternoon.
Apart from that, Osaka took every part of a Japanese culture and you can see this as you make your way through the city – Vending Machines.
Shop spaces are leased for a whole purpose of building Vending machines in it. You will see a Ramen stall tend by a cook, and he refuse to take orders, because, right outside the stall stands a Vending Machine!

RuNninG rUnNinG rUuuuuNnnnInnnnG!