My 1st Time In Indonesia 🇮🇩 Batam 1st Impressions

Germany okay let's see what will happen ah it looks actually very very good I have to   say that's okay that's okay  keep the change hello hello if I like money today we are going to  Indonesia we're taking the ferry from   Singapore over to an island called  batam Island and yeah it's going to   be my first proper visit to Indonesia  it's been on my list for a very long   time so I'm very excited so join me on  the journey from Singapore to Indonesia so I bought a ticket already online but I  the email I got set I need to exchange the   the voucher I have basically into real ticket at  the counter and the email also said I need to be   there more than one hour in advance and it is  less than one hour in advance so I'm a bit late   already hopefully that's not a problem ah here we  go Majestic fairy sindo Ferry that's my company   right there okay ticket secured let's what the  ferry it looks a little bit like like an airport   here to be honest very modern Ferry Terminal  I have to say and then yeah there also needs   to be immigration here before I enter the ferry  because yeah we are leaving Singapore so leaving   one country obviously and then entering the next  one all right and I am through immigration and uh   out of Singapore and yeah I had a really good  time here in Singapore I'm really impressed by   the country and I'm pretty sure that sooner or  later I will return to Singapore but yeah now   I am at the terminal and it looks a little  bit like at the airport here so I'm just   waiting for the ferry to arrive and then off  to Indonesia I'm also very excited for a new   country all right let's board the ferry this  is going to be our ride for the next one hour   and in case you're wondering the price of the  ferry was about 40 USD can just sit anywhere [Music] upstairs oh let's go upstairs then   let's see usually you have seats on your  ticket right but here it's not the case   oh actually it looks pretty nice to be  honest actually I think I prefer downstairs all right I will leave my bag right here  actually the seats are looking quite nice   ah let's test it very comfortable the leg space  okay for a tall person like me it's a bit limited   but no problem because I'm sitting here so I can  just stretch my legs right here and then I already   see there's some water here which we will probably  get later and then we have a TV right here which   has nothing on screen at the moment but yeah  I think the first impressions here should be   an easy ride I mean it's just one hour anyway I  can take one yeah yeah okay ah free water okay splashed a little bit I'm gonna just see you can  buy I think instant noodles and coffee there for   two dollars for the noodles and one dollar for  the coffee and yeah in case you're new to the   channel I am currently on a journey that started  a few weeks ago in Bangkok Thailand and the goal   is to reach Jakarta Indonesia without taking a  single flight so I took a 30 hour train journey   from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur then I took the bus  from kl to Singapore and now I'm taking the ferry   to Indonesia and then I have to figure out how to  get from batam Island to Jakarta without a flight   all right and we are leaving even earlier than  schedule it is now 1 15 and we were scheduled   to leave at 1 20. I'm really Amazed by that  leaving very much on time here in Singapore so bye bye Singapore [Music] and here  to show you where we are and where   we're going so Singapore right here we're  just leaving and then batam island is just   this island right here and there's the town  here batam City that's where we're heading to always we are like 45 minutes into the journey  so almost there and here pretty easy right you   can see it's not really busy here pretty empty  so easy going and incredible experience here and welcome to Indonesia guys and yeah this  is the first time on my channel that we are   visiting this country I think actually Indonesia  is probably a most requested Channel by you guys   in the comment section so I'm very happy to be  here now and yeah this is also the start of the   proper Indonesia series I'm probably going to stay  here for the full month the full length of my Visa   and I'm trying to reach Jakarta in the next days  or weeks and now batam Island but yeah first let's   see if I can actually enter the country because  I don't have a Visa yet but I should be able to   buy a visa on arrival and yeah the funny thing  is the ferry ride was quite exactly one hour   but because of the time difference between batam  and Singapore it is now the exact same time as it   was when I left Singapore and welcome to batam  all right and I am in the country and that was   a very smooth and easy process there are almost  no other foreigners arriving here so I was the   first person in line you can buy the visa on  arrival it was 50 Singapore dollar now or 500   000 Indonesia rupiah but yeah I could pay with  single very easy and I already gained my first   subscriber here in Indonesia the immigration  officer he saw my camera and he was asking   hey are you a YouTuber and then he subscribed to  my channel as well and yeah now let's see money   changer because I do have more Singapore dollar  left oh hello I have Singapore dollar yeah [Music] how much I have left I think I have like  80 left okay let's yeah 50 60 70 81 83 uh so you take 28 000 Commission   that's okay I the price give the company you  also need to earn some money right I understand all right so yeah they have super high  notes here so this is one hundred thousand   and yeah I'm almost a millionaire now I  have 900 000 Indonesia rupiah you know   and it exchange rate is like one US dollar  is about 16 000 Indonesia rupiah so a bit   confusing when you're new here you have to  get used to all the high notes 900 and 5   000 so almost a millionaire now all  right next mission I need a SIM card can I get a SIM card here being in a new country  is always so exciting I love it no idea to be   honest I didn't made a lot of research that's  what I what I enjoy often to be honest just   arriving somewhere without a lot of planning  and research in advance so I have to figure   out everything on the ground here and I think I  have SIM card here hi can I get a SIM card here can I get a SIM card here  yeah okay I need for one month you have unlimited data to 32 not unlimited right unlimited 250.00 that is 16 okay yeah  please but only 32 GB yeah   yeah but it's only 32. but it finished next week I think we have a bit of a miscommunication here  what is the meaning of unlimited because it says   32 that's not unlimited for me that's limited the  limit is 32 and you have you're from Indonesia   watching this please let me know if this is  already a good price or not a good price for a   SIM card I have to say the first impression of the  local language here it sounds to me like I'm back   in Malaysia the languages are very similar Bahasa  Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia yeah and in case you   don't know I spent over one year of my life in  Malaysia I have lots of videos from Malaysia on   my channel so let's see how much of my bars and my  life I can actually use here okay we are switching   the SIM cards now and yeah I have a dual SIM phone  so I always have my German Sim in the phone and   then the second Sim slot is always for the for  the country I am in oh it's all in German you   can understand yeah oh she knows exactly how to  do everything although everything is in German and   she probably does this like many many times every  day so she knows exactly where to click okay okay   okay yeah I'm still confused it says 32 GB here  but she said unlimited this is unlimited yeah let's see if the data is working nope first  of all I didn't work okay we made it working   after a few minutes it's now working just  restarted the phone a couple of times okay I'm connected to the world let's see how I  will get to my hotel I see a taxi counter already depends if you are more  expensive than grab or sand fries yeah why not okay let me just check the price so I know  what's a good price we have big problem yeah   why why is grab big problem the web is not legal  how much from here to eBay Styles Hotel this one seventy five thousand yeah I understand the  local taxis will never say they want to make   money through right so there's a truest of  course you also want to wanna have the the   cheapest option right you don't want to overpay  for something if you can get a grip or way cheaper   okay let's see what's the price on grab so he  said 75 000 but actually that's like four to   five dollars actually not too bad but I just wanna  I wanna know the the price for comparison you know   so grab is 40 000 only so that's like half the  price rep is only forty thousand half the price indeed I know yeah everyone the same price but   I can take grab for forty thousand  and you want almost eighty thousands it's not legal no I'm not I'm not so sure  about that the grab is black black color yeah not register still I can I can take it right I understand you want to make money too right I  I totally understand but if it's half the price let's let's see let me book The grab one if it  would have been like almost the same price then I   would have gone with the taxi but the price that's  a big difference I think we can all understand if   you have the same option for half the price then  you're gonna go with that okay thank you thank you   thank you you too well actually friendly guys  here I mean I can understand them of course   they also want to make money as a taxi driver but  uh yeah half the price that is a big difference   right okay I guess the grab is not allowed to  drive India because this is the official taxi spot oh I have a book already oh this man just offered  me to drive me for the same price as the grip   so you just step 10 meters away from  the terminal and then you can save 50   of the right oh I think the guy over  there might grab your mic web okay   yes correct inside yeah because of the taxes  right yeah that was my my guess he said he   can't go inside okay I can put it on the back over  there here that's easier I think let's see oh okay   but grab is allowed here right yeah yeah because  the taxi driver they say it grew up not a large   just inside just inside or maybe they meant  that but they were saying web is illegal here   right like in total not only inside there are  you from bottom Island yes my first time here   last name yeah yeah first one I'm from Germany   do you understand Bahasa Malay you here yeah so  when I say sayadari Germany you understand oh   or maybe I can use some of my Bahasa Malaysia  here then how about do you say three makasi   yes that's the same okay okay and what about pagus  okay this looks like an interesting Hotel here   looks like a like a castle Egyptian Egyptian style  it's a hotel right Hotel oh very interesting an   island is actually very popular for many people  from Singapore to come over for holiday for a   weekend trip because it's so close by and the  prices here are like a third or a fourth of what   they are at Singapore and we have arrived that  was like I don't know 10 minutes 10 minutes or so on my phone that's that's why you always check  if you forgot anything all right let me check in okay check-in completed and let's check  out the city center to get some First   Impressions maybe also try some first  food I already got a motorbike taxi   grab motorbike which should be here in five  minutes hello you're my taxi yeah yeah okay   oh that looks interesting here yeah  was broken before okay okay no problem yeah let me follow this okay let's go hello oh people here seem to be very  friendly it's a good first impression   how many minutes do we need 10 minutes okay okay 10 minutes 10  minutes okay not too far away   let's get some first impressions of  Indonesia and yeah I just choose the   random location somewhere in the city center  I think it's a mall or something like that we have to go what's around here again my country yeah I'm from Germany  Germany oh yes you're from Indonesia not sure yet which one is uh better or which  one is the the one that the locals prefer but   I do see a lot of drivers here also with go  check so maybe I should try out Gucci as well   but I'm familiar with web customer for the  past years all around southeast Asia actually it's good to take all the bike taxis again yeah  we have no motorbike taxis in Singapore no motor   like Texas and Malaysia so I haven't been in the  country with motorbike taxis for quite a while now   and what's going on there's Mickey Mouse dancing  here can you see that what is this Mickey Mouse oh why is there Mickey Mouse dancing here yeah oh wow probably for donation money right  yeah yeah they want money right yeah   I don't have some money you know oh that's funny [Music] yeah that was funny the guy was looking at me at an almost  driving into the the other motorbike yeah yeah okay yeah from here on I think this is the  city center we can walk around then   okay thank you thank you very much  here's your helmet okay okay how's my   hair messy now okay thank you very much  thank you have a good day bye-bye bye   okay let me check where we are and the bike ride  was super affordable I almost feel bad because   it feels so cheap you know I paid 11 000 which  is like 70 cents U.S for like a 10 minute ride   obviously coming from Singapore now the  most expensive country in Asia this field   wow I already understand why people from  Singapore like to come here for Holiday   um actually let's give this man a tip I can  give tips here on grab let's give him another 10   000 on top for the ride let's explore  around and get some first impressions   of Indonesia oh I think we can get a fresh  coconut right here that looks delicious hello I can get a coconut  here yeah what you open fresh   how about fresh coconut yeah but you cut  it open fresh fresh this one is fresh but   you can open one coconut cup yeah yeah but  you can open fresh one fresh okay okay one   one yeah yeah one place no English brother  ah no problem uh no Indonesia Maybe yeah okay okay I'm here okay okay that also seems to  be the same here nice okay okay oh you speak English I had German that was  confusing he spoke German are you a tour guide all right I want to see how he opens the  coconut here oh that's interesting yeah   just chops it open here and then we have a  coconut full with delicious juice right here   oh let me filter it in the plastic cap  here oh that actually looks like a decent   portion this is good or healthy  we're gonna have a healthy right out there the volume more and  more fresh you mean when I feel   hot yeah the coconut will cool me down  that's good because it is very hot here   another ice no uh nice is the ice safe  here the ice is safe safe yeah okay okay a month okay I'm not mean safe I think   because there are some countries you should  avoid getting ice cubes on the streets   in Indonesia yeah one month one month  yeah yeah but I just arrived Singapore   so what you plan in here you make the YouTube yeah  I make YouTube videos [Music] again I hope you   succeed with YouTube oh thank you actually I want  to go from here to Jakarta but without flights ship yeah from here to Jakarta yes you wanna  help you buy a ticket what is it like every   day every week no uh one week to time twice  a week yeah okay and how can I buy a ticket   for this [ __ ] I help you I know not right now  I'm not sure but I want to know where I can buy   it it's like office ticket office yeah better  you see now because you know the schedule yeah   no time what time they go yeah and then have  ticket or not better you see now but where can   I go to see yeah I'll show you you show me yeah  okay well let me first drink okay okay okay yeah nice to meet you I'm trying to uh to  speak some of the words I know from   Malaysia it's to see if people  react here and if it's the same   Germany I got uh Liberty ah I  love you the most important word anymore but I don't have partner for communication  oh yeah you need to keep practicing right   otherwise you you forget the language okay  uh oh yeah you remember some words right   oh that looks very good how much you get yeah  twenty thousand how do you say that you are   Hulu means ten yeah so Dua is true okay  okay twenty thousands okay let me see if   I have 30 000 right here all right here okay  okay thank you very much thank you very much it's the coconut in Indonesia  yeah better because in here   more friends than Snoop more fresh in Singapore so this is coconut from Indonesia yeah okay okay very good yeah very fresh refreshing as usual  nice very nice yeah yeah thank you thank you oh hello guys oh it's like like a  festival atmosphere here now Coconut Music starting to rain [Music] all right yo all right [Music]   okay okay have a good day thank  you okay have a good day bye   yeah where can I go for  the rain maybe I'll just go how far is the ticket office how  many minutes maybe around 10 minutes   oh okay okay so he will take me now through the  office where we can look up the schedule for   the ship to go to Jakarta because yeah I try to  reach Jakarta without taking a flight and to be   honest it's difficult to find information  about how to continue from here onwards   towards Jakarta online I was Googling online at  least in English I don't find any information   basically I I found out already that there is  a ship and there are Ferries but I don't find   any information about how to uh book them  or the schedule for anything bye bye guys   so it is actually quite nice that uh I have a  guy who can show me now probably you would find   information if you Google in the local language  but there are no information in English at least   okay how many minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes but  still batam City yeah yeah okay yeah five minutes   okay okay just going with the flow now on my first  day here in Indonesia let's see what will happen okay looks like we have arrived that  was I think only three minutes now yeah   yeah not not 10 minutes plus very short right oh yeah is that the same to your mind that I know  from the Philippines for example we need to find   out later ah this travel office here yeah okay  let's see how I can get from here to uh Jakarta hello yeah I would like to get to Jakarta no not today  any day just I want to know like the schedules   you would like to take a picture okay thank you  so much because yes Indonesian okay nice to meet   you thank you very much okay he told us that  there is no ship for probably the next month   or so because the ships just repairing the ship  yeah so uh no ship so I can't go directly from   here to Jakarta so I have to figure out another  way but yeah we're going to do that and then in   the next video you will probably see how  I will continue the journey but let's see   what we can find here yeah where has come  from actually a funny name because kampung   means a village and who lay is actually the word  here that they use in Indonesia for restaurant [Music] foreigners are living here I mean  so far I haven't seen another Westerner here   but apparently there's a place called  Village for westerners and he's very   keen to show me this place so let's just  go with the flow and see what will happen we can try buxo yeah place okay last  little very uh popular here yeah okay   oh so this is kampung Bully around here  but I don't see any westerners I start to   understand why this area is called like this  because they are baths and massage places here looks like Thailand here with girls sitting inside  working girls massage places okay but I'll find back so okay okay I get it now so this is like nightlife  nightlife area okay this is the vexo place yeah   okay okay let's get my first  meal in Indonesia trying local   meatballs okay okay and then it's  like a soup yeah soup okay okay   you can choose what you want this price  yeah yeah but I I thought it's b-a-k-s-o well you saw me around and I invite you okay okay   then that's true okay let's check out how they  make it here actually and what actually it is okay so this is the broth I guess the base  of the soup yeah and then it puts different   types of noodles ah okay so we have to thin  glass noodles here we have the thicker ones   and then some vegetables yeah okay okay   I'm just putting it into the soup for a little bit  a little while and then it goes in here okay and   then adding meatballs yeah I see okay okay oh what  did you what is this sugar you put sugar inside because she was just putting  this this one here right uh this is sugar right no sugar salt or MSG ah  they put MSG on the bottom as well yeah and   then some bean sprouts and oh there we  go the delicious meatballs check it out   oh that looks delicious already and then  putting some some greens on top as well   and there we go we have a delicious  looking soup what is your name by the way okay nice to meet you everyone Spacey you can  kill it so this looks actually very very good   I have to say so this is typical or famous popular  all over Indonesia it's just like you eat this for   breakfast or lunch normally lunch okay it looks  actually very very good and let me tell you it   also smells absolutely delicious okay let me try  a meatball first right here the meatball was a   good first impression do you mix it together yeah  yeah you have a chili and sunny right chili sauce   ketchup ketchup well it's very flavorful oh I  like it it's a very flavorful broth just the   broth itself a little bit salty but in a good way  so not too salty I like the saltiness of this one   and then we also have one gigantic meatball right  here but almost like spaghetti noodles here you   can roll them here on the spoon oh very nice  that's very good oh enough very Enoch okay um how much I paid for both right here so 56 000 for two meals here all  right that was a delicious first meal here in   Indonesia okay thank you very much nice to meet  you okay have a good day bye-bye bye-bye hello friendly guy good first impressions here but  yeah the area where he brought me to uh looks   like a typical nightlife area bus here signs with  girls massage places so yeah I understand now   what this place is called kampung because this is  probably where all the westerners are hanging out   a little bit like a Thailand Vibes here  to be honest like a Phuket or Pattaya   or some areas in Bangkok hello God I  want to say hello to the Vlog I think oh thank you thank you she won't take picture okay we  can take picture together okay   okay nice to meet you thank you  bye-bye but yeah let's go back to   the main road actually and see if we can  maybe find maybe a dessert would be nice if I like money of course I like money  money why you want to give me money   hello do you know where I can find something  sweet to eat I want to have dessert a bad joke over there I'm looking for like a   dessert something sweet to  eat can walk yeah yeah okay I got there on the left yeah yeah okay thank you not sure what he said oh they were like when I was  walking by they were like hello hello come over   because I saw my camera sometimes when people  see my camera they are very keen to to say   hello to the camera but actually it's nice first  impression here walking around with the camera   um people are erecting very positive towards the  camera let's see what the lady here is selling   you're selling juices here I think she's  calling for help English I think she wants   to get help for speaking English here maybe  I can try but my little language skills uh iniappa manga mango and we have apple here   and um I'm looking for something sweet so how  does she usually make this like mango and then   something like this inside there there's  a milk how does creamy milk can I get one manga please yeah thank you for translating all right  you're welcome so the price is ten   thousand ten thousand okay thank you yeah I think she's a scared now to be left alone no  problem we can make it work okay let's see how   she is doing the juices here so she was feeding  the the mango here yeah and then now cutting it   into small pieces and then she has a blender right  here blending it all together can I try one piece   oh yeah yeah I want to just  taste the mango peel like this oh very very delicious oh enough very  good very sweet mango I really love the   sweet mangoes there are also sour mangoes  here in Southeast Asia I mean in general sugar sugar okay okay so far I feel every word  that I picked up already it's the same in Malaysia   okay okay this is um condensed  milk and we have ice foreign as much wood as possible before I'm  starting my one month trip here in Indonesia oh she adds chocolate as well chocolate oh  that looks nice looks like in a fancy cafe   right here oh I like it there we go filling it  up and then we have a hopefully delicious mango   juice right here okay okay 20 000. that's  okay it's okay keep the change okay okay   it's okay thank you let me try it right here okay  mango juice in Indonesia let's give it a try you   say juice manga juice manga I think that's how you  say it in Indonesia Douglas that's very delicious   actually very sweet it has a very sweet note to it  you can actually taste the chocolate that she puts   on the on the outside here you can taste it a lot  actually so the chocolate adds a very interesting   note to it which I haven't tasted before in a  mango juice actually very good thank you very   much actually I'm also trying to find the ferry  terminal so I can ask for any ferry schedules yeah uh stick ahead then left over  there yeah yeah okay thank you so much now people here seem to be very helpful  and friendly that's a very good first   impression I always love it when I'm in a  new country and the first people I meet on   my first day are kind helpful welcoming that  is a great first impression of a new country he just came back and offered to  take me to Harbor Bay all right how much what is your name my name is you  are from batam yeah okay Germany very far yeah let's see if I can find a time schedule or  any Fairways leaving button towards Jakarta   I want to go to Jakarta oh do you know if there's  a ferry yeah or boat yeah no have a bay only   have three to Singapore oh so uh I I don't I  don't know if you wanna I don't know foreign two minutes all right in here feels okay yes  perfect okay do you want some money no no oh   okay thank you very much oh great oh what a  lovely person person I literally just talked   about how how good my impression is here and then  this guy came by hey I can drive you to Harbor Bay   and you know what guys I believe in karma I  told the mango lady she can keep the change   and literally a minute later a local offered me  a ride that is karma you give something and then   you receive something okay let's see if I can find  out how I can leave batam again because yeah it's   not easy to find information about it at least in  English online oh I have just been invited to try   some something sweet here yeah so I tried already  the dark chocolate one that was a very strong   chocolate flavor and this one is less chocolate  this is I can try yeah okay let's try hazelnut oh tastes like a Nutella yeah you know  Nutella yeah tastes exactly like Nutella   oh the dark chocolate was better and  this one durian yeah okay you guys know   I recently tried Julian in Malaysia  and it was okay but not my favorite Julian from from Indonesia [Music]   from Malaysia Malaysian durian here  okay let's see if I like this one you like to win yeah   so you're selling this here right do you have some  and this dark chocolate oh it's like a big piece   of cake oh we have something small because one  piece is too big for me I just I have food already   but because you're letting me try I would like  to buy something okay then how much is one slice   42 yeah who makes the cake you make it do you  make the cake or you buy them I mean you make   it oh okay okay it's a homemade cakes okay so the  marketing here worked really well thank you so   much thank you your marketing worked giving out  free samples and then I buy something in return the ticket office for the ferry up there yeah so I go up there yes thank you very  much okay so um when I am in a new country and   it is my first day I'm obviously very keen to try  everything that is being offered to me so when you   ever happen to see me somewhere on my first day in  a new country I am an easy target for everything   you want to sell to me because yeah that's what  you want to do when you're in a new country you   just want to try things right especially try  Foods drinks desserts anything that's new to   you I mean obviously I have tried chocolate cake  before but I think you get the point and I also   got the information in return where I can find  the ticket office so let me actually figure out   how I can continue the journey towards Jakarta  okay I talked to the ferry operators here the   ticket office and so there's no direct Ferry or  boat or ship going to Jakarta so I have to take   a little D route and I think I have an idea of  which V route I will take I think it's going to be   an interesting Journey towards Jakarta but I will  update you give you more information about that in   the next episode so if you are new here feel free  to subscribe if you want to follow the journey   and if you haven't seen my previous video where  I went to an island in Singapore then check out   the video right here stay healthy stay positive  and then see you on the next episode ciao guys

Channel: Ken Abroad

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Keywords: ken abroad, indonesia, travel indonesia, indonesia vlog, traveling indonesia, batam island, batam, batam indonesia

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Length: 41min 59sec (2519 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 29 2023