~Fishing Passion~: 4th Year Anniversary (Batam View Beach Resort)

5th June 2009 marks our 4th year together.

Therefore we decided to make a trip down to Batam to celebrate our 4th year anniversary as well as to take a good break.

We booked a 1 bedroom villa over at the Batam View Beach Resort. Price is abit steep but it was definitely worth it!

~5th June 2009~

Met Cx early in the morning at ard 6.45am and cabbed down to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

Proceeding to the counter

Getting our boarding pass

Us at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal

After checking in the fishing rods and settled the adminstrative stuffs. We proceed over to the boarding gate

On the way to our ferry......

Golden Raider!

Inner part of the ferry

It was pretty fast from SG to Batam... We took only ard 30 mins and there we are.......

Upon arrival, we were welcome by friendly staffs from Batam View.
Minibus to fetch us to the resort....

Took another 20 mins and we finally reached Batam View Beach Resort!!!
Once we checked into our villa, we immediately proceed to the balcony.

Wow...it was really a breath-taking scene.......

Some photos taken from the balcony

With the sea just infront of me, how could I resist the itchness??? Without any hestitation, I proceed to setup my tackles.

Preparing the fish head for the crab net

Setting up the crab net...

And off it went into the clear blue sea.......

I was using Kelong Sotong as bait. Bites were quite constant but sadly there was no catches at all. As the terrain is covered with rocks, I lost quite a number of sinkers and rigs over there..

Feeling abit frustrated and hungry plus my missus wanted to go shopping. We proceed over to the shopping centre 30 mins drive away from the resort for lunch and some shopping.

Reached Matahari at ard 2.30pm

Lunch at Marybrown!

Our Favourite.............A&W!!!

There was not much things to shop over at the shopping centre. We bought 2 Polo Ralph shirts, instant noodles, beers, hotdogs, mineral water and we went back at 5.30pm.

Headed for our Welcome Drink first before we returned to our room. The Welcome Drink was just syrup mixed with water.

Jetty

After taking some photos over at the jetty, we went back to our villa for a short rest before we headed out again for our dinner at the Kelong Restaurant.

Dusk

Sunset

Dinner at Kelong Restuarant

Batam View Fried Rice

Mee Goreng

After dinner, we proceed to the jetty for some fishing.

Jetty at night

Spotted some dead fishes left on the floor by irresponsible anglers

Cx fishing~

And guess what? She got the first fish of the day~

One local was doing eging and he managed to land quite a few sotongs.

One of the sotong landed by the local

Wanted to try eging too but forgot to bring my jigs with me..

No choice we continue to fish....

Managed to hook onto a baby crab

And it was released back into the sea...........

Our total catch at the jetty for the first night(excluding the baby crab)

I managed to land 1 more fishy at our villa before I went to my ZZZZzzzzzZzz land.

~6th June 2009~

Woke up the next morning at ard 8am and proceed to check on my crab net

Crystal Clear Water....................

Went for our breakfast at the lobby before we proceed to the jetty for fishing.

Called for the buggy and it arrived within 5 mins

~Breakfast~

Jetty in the day

Saw one local fishing over there. He caught one decent size parrot using live prawns

You can clearly see the large amount of baitfishes under the clear water!

One of the baitfish landed which I used as bait...

Casted my 9ft rod at the far end of the jetty hoping to land some biggies.

Locals paddling their sampan near the jetty

Sadly I did not managed to land any biggies on my 9ft rod. Instead I landed this bugger...Yucks!

Locals fishing over at the jetty

After landing a cute cuda and 3 to 4 more fishes, we headed back to our villa.

Our neighbours

Took some photos inside the villa

Living room and kitchen

Door from our bedroom to the balcony

Toilet

We spotted this cautious crab near our crab net. Sensing danger, it headed for safely...

Lucky Crab..haha...

Tried fishing from the balcony and found out that small sinkers wont be snagged easily. Managed to catch few more fishes

My first parrot

It was pretty hot. Therefore I proceed inside the living room enjoying the aircon while waiting for the fishes to bite...

Shiok sia!

Beer is super cheap at only SGD 1 plus.....

My missus preparing lunch while I fish....

Simple but yet DELICIOUS~~~!!!

Total Catch in the morning and noon

Saw people Jet Skiing infront of our balcony

After lunch, we too went for some WATER SPORTS!

We started off with 1 hour of canoeing

And then.....................

The Banana Boat!!!

Getting ready to set off...

Off we Goooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~

The Sun, The Sand and The Sea

It was super HOT! So....................................

I went for a dip

After the Water Sports, we back fishing again at our villa...

Another fishy caught!

We went for our dinner at abt 6pm. We took the promotion set dinner and it was simply wonderful!

Seafood Tomyam Soup

Vegetables

Sweet and Sour Fish

Fried Sotongs

Prawns

Black Pepper Crab

Fruits

And guess what? All this for ONLY SGD 50 plus for 2 pax.

Us at the jetty again

This time round, I brought my jig along. We tried eging. Both me and Cx got one bite each but we did not managed to land any sotongs due to inexperience.