[Seth El Nino]

Before i went to batam wif bro nono on the 5th Nov, i always tot no chance i wld ever go batam wif unknown strangers u never ever met online for obvious reasons. However, after my only 2nd trip to batam alone in May, upon knowing bro nono is gg too in Nov, i told myself i had to tag along him for 2 reasons. 1st is tat judging from his sincerity, friendliness, considerate efforts in helping newbies & contributing to tis batam thread, it is hard for him to turn out to be anyone other than good & nice person sincerely juz trying to help newbies without any bad intentions attached. 2nd reason is i feel maybe its time to go batam in a group which cld be smth juz a little bit different. However, one uncertainty is of course the need to go with ppl u never met b4, unless if u are gg with friends u already know.

Now based on my 1st reason. Bro nono made it super clear BEFORE & DURING the trip tat we are NOT ACCOMPANYING him but juz TAGGING along him. I feel his prime objective is to bring us 3 newbies and try to pass on as much info/advice as possible so tat next time we can each go batam on our own with ease and i must truly admit he stick to this objective 100% fr start to end as he fed us everything tat he know of. I can only say the experience is like "80% teacher, 20% friend" hahaha. I'm not saying he is not a gd fren but becoz i know obviously he will always prefer to chiong alone so tis trip is for him to show us ard purely out of kindness nth more. I believe it can only be "100% friends" when a bunch of bros here with roughly equal level of batam knowledge go chiong tgt hahaha.

For the 2nd reason on uncertainty, i personally feel tat it is 2-way meaning although i may feel skeptical gg with unknown ppl, bro nono may oso feel the same too as he might face some unwanted, unpleasant newbies tat may ruin his batam trip or his mood. However, based on the last trip, i must say luck is on our side as the 4 of us managed to click well. Especially when he keep mentioned tat to him juz 2 person is enough and 3 is a crowd and now we have 4!!! hahaha. One thing maybe is becoz all 4 of us wanted to keep it a very simple trip, meaning all 4 of us not looking to go drinking or clubbing or ktv or very good food. We juz keep it to simple n gd bonk & food haha.

To sum up, i only been to batam 3 times, 2 times alone relying on info here. I must say there will surely be some chopping becoz if u are out there alone, situations might change and not everything will be 100% based on wat is said here. The best is to keep it to minimal. So to newbies like me, READ MORE, SAVE MORE, dun be lazy, hahaha.

Juz one thing to really sum up hahaha. If u wanna keep things really simple & easy, best to go alone with adequate money & knowledge. Bring less, save more. If u want some companionship, one friend, one good one will do. No more no less.