Batam

[Black Page]

Black Page:
"as of today there is NO free travel between Batam and Singapore"

Things are moving:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia...rivals-2577231

However, Singapore still enforces quarantine on entry. Still impossible to hop back and forth by ferry in 45 minutes between Singapore and Batam...

[Black Page]

I read somewhere that, as of 1st of March, Singapore has allowed ferries to resume service to Batam and Bingtang. They will be treated as Vaccinated Travel Sea-Lanes. Is that true? This is awesome if it's true. Anyone on the ground wish to take one for the team? Thanks.Funman13.

Besides reading news somewhere, why don't you also scroll down just 2 posts before writing yours and read what others have written on this same forum? Nothing awesome for the moment. VTL = Travel BUBBLE = no fun for hobbists. (bubble is a bubble)

Expat American:
"Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but currently if you go to Batam you are restricted to your resort only. You can't go in the town to the usual booking places, spas or discos (if they even still exist)."

Black Page:
"as of today there is NO free travel between Batam and Singapore"

[WingZero94]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sing...feb-25-2502096

Updated travel news on Batam.

[FunMan13]

I read somewhere that, as of 1st of March, Singapore has allowed ferries to resume service to Batam and Bingtang. They will be treated as Vaccinated Travel Sea-Lanes. Is that true? This is awesome if it's true. Anyone on the ground wish to take one for the team? Thanks.

Funman13.

[WingZero94]

Yes, as of today there is NO free travel between Batam and Singapore. To enhance my pain, I have asked one of my local friends about discos and she said all is open and "everything normal". No foreigners, but Indo live their life there.

The only good point I see is that, the day I will be able to take a ferry from HF and cross the border, I imagine that it will be kind of virgin land, where bule will be again chased as 20 years ago. Maybe.

I am hoping some of these places are absolutely starving for foreigner money and services become exponentially better than before.

[Black Page]

You can't go in the town to the usual booking places, spas or discos (if they even still exist).

Yes, as of today there is NO free travel between Batam and Singapore. To enhance my pain, I have asked one of my local friends about discos and she said all is open and "everything normal". No foreigners, but Indo live their life there.

The only good point I see is that, the day I will be able to take a ferry from HF and cross the border, I imagine that it will be kind of virgin land, where bule will be again chased as 20 years ago. Maybe.

[WingZero94]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but currently if you go to Batam you are restricted to your resort only. You can't go in the town to the usual booking places, spas or discos (if they even still exist). However you can freely travel to the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia if you like for better options.

That's bad news. I'm worried that once I go to Batam I won't be able to get back into Singapore.

[Expat American]

I live in the USA. I will be visiting Singapore in the middle of March. My Singapore friend mentioned that Singapore has opened sea VTL to Batam and Bintang which is great.

But can anyone update the status of our hobby on these islands? Thnaks.

Funman13.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but currently if you go to Batam you are restricted to your resort only. You can't go in the town to the usual booking places, spas or discos (if they even still exist). However you can freely travel to the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia if you like for better options.

[FunMan13]

I live in the USA. I will be visiting Singapore in the middle of March. My Singapore friend mentioned that Singapore has opened sea VTL to Batam and Bintang which is great.

But can anyone update the status of our hobby on these islands? Thnaks.

Funman13.

[WingZero94]

Hopefully a lot sooner.

From the Jakarta Post 03-July. https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...-tourists.html.

The Indonesian government has asked Singapore to soon reopen its borders, particularly those that connect the city state to the tourist areas of Bintan and Batam in Riau Islands, which have been closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hoping to visit for the first time but not sure on entry requirements in Batam.

[LostSpasec5575]

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[Black Page]

Hopefully a lot sooner.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...this-year-wong

[Stykler]

We don't know in "First World" countries, imagine there.

Like the USA? / s.

[MaxAircon]

I am afraid that, as a matter of fact, in Indonesia and Batam they have no clue of how spread is the virus already. We don't know in "First World" countries, imagine there.

...I feel really depressed, but I must recognize that for me (European) will be not possible to have my frequent holidays in Batam for a long time. One year? Two years? GOSH...!!

Hopefully a lot sooner.

From the Jakarta Post 03-July. https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...-tourists.html.

The Indonesian government has asked Singapore to soon reopen its borders, particularly those that connect the city state to the tourist areas of Bintan and Batam in Riau Islands, which have been closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his visit to Batam on Thursday, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan made a phone call with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakhrisnan, requesting the latter to reopen the Singaporean borders that serve as entry points to Bintan and Batam.

The senior minister said Vivian agreed to review Indonesia's request after Singapore's general election, which will be held on July 10.

[Black Page]

I am afraid that, as a matter of fact, in Indonesia and Batam they have no clue of how spread is the virus already. We don't know in "First World" countries, imagine there.

Reading this today made me really sad: https://www.batamnews.co.id/berita-6...-di-batam.html. I spent so many nights at Square before going to Newton.

I feel really depressed, but I must recognize that for me (European) will be not possible to have my frequent holidays in Batam for a long time. One year? Two years? GOSH...!!