Geographically, Batam is located 20 km off Singapore’s south coast, east of Karimun and Bulan Island, west of Bintan Island, and north of Rempang Island.
There is one airport, Hang Nadim International Airport, and some of domestic and international seaports in Batam.
The origin tribe of Batam is Malayan. There are many dances here, such as Jogi dance, Zapin dance, which reflects strong Arabic influence, Persembahan dance, to welcome honored guests, and also Ronggeng dance, where the guests can be invited to come up and join the dance.
What object could I visit here?
There are so many tourism objects you can visit in Batam, such as beaches, temple, shopping centre, and also the historical building.
MahaVihara Duta Maitreya, is a largest Buddhist Temple in Southeast Asia, is located in Batam Center.
Batam offers you many places to do water sport that you can find in almost resorts located in Nongsa Beach and Waterfront City. Batam also has some international golf courses that have ever exists in Indonesia. Some of them are Tering BayGolf, Southlinks Golf, Paradise Bay Golf, Palm Spring Golf, Indah Puri Golf.
Another tourism object that you should visit in Batam is Barelang Bridge. Barelang (BAtam – REmpang – GaLANG) is an icon of Batam. This bridge connects some islands; they are Batam Island, Tonton Island, Nipah Island, Rempang Island, Galang Island, and Galang Baru Island (New Galang Island). There are six bridges which is connecting those islands. Here, you also can visit historical places where the former Vietnam refugees’ camp is located. In some area around Barelang Bridge, you can find many farms where the nutrient-rich fruit is cultivated, dragon fruit! In addition, you can see the natural beauty while you walk through the bridge.
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batam
http://www.batam.com/
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jembatan_Barelang
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