And so on Friday morning, the 3 of us took a bus ride to Harbour Front to board the ferry to Batam. The hubs had insisted on taking the train earlier but being so familiar with the rush hour crowd on trains, I managed to convince him to take the bus. Yes, despite bringing with us a small suitcase and K's stroller. But K enjoyed the ride, we had seats and when we arrived, the hubs even commented that he didn't realise the bus journey would be so smooth. Because of the route that the bus takes, I would think the timing is comparable to a train ride. Not forgetting buses now have a dedicated bus lane! :)

The ferry ride to Batam was just under an hour and after checking in, we went to the nearby mall. Thankfully, the hubs managed to convince me to change hotels and that the previous hotel that I had booked graciously refunded the full amount to me upon cancellation. I had booked us at another hotel further in, nearer to the beach but like what the hubs say, we can't be spending the whole day in the pool or in the hotel as visiting the nearby mall or the 'best' in Batam would require a taxi ride both ways. So we booked into this new hotel and walked to the 'best' mall very conveniently. 

The hotel was nice. The room was big! We had full view of the pool and K enjoyed herself with 2 days in the pool.

We didn't do much really. Well, there isn't much to be done in Batam. But the hubs and I did sneak in a 1 hour body massage, thinking that we can make use of the time since K was napping in her stroller. But when the hubs and a staff from the massage parlour carried the stroller up the flight of steps, K woke up. But she was so sweet to sit through the full hour's massage, between the 2 of us and moving away to make space for the massueses. We left the place, happy but my body still ached. 

We left on Sunday late morning, after another dip in the pool and packing. We changed the ferry timing for our return so that the hubs could make it back in time to attend a wedding lunch. Although, he was still going to be late anyway.

To sum it up, we didn't do much and didn't shop much also. All we bought were 4 sets of pjs and a pair of pastel pink leather sandals for K, a pair of slightly distressed pair of jeans and kickers for myself and a pair of sandals for the hubs. We did eat pretty well, thanks to our strong currency and spent time with the family. Just the 3 of us. But honestly, I would still prefer to go back to Malaysia anytime. :)