As a stay cation for my June holidays, we picked the Groupon for KTM resort priced at $57 per pax for 2D1N. The Groupon price includes a one day guided shopping tour plus a seafood lunch and breakfast for the following morning. We extended one more night with the vendor, Seawheel Travel, at the price of $40 for a night inclusive of breakfast.
Will focus my review today on KTM resort first and will follow up with the places we went on the guided tour some other day when I am free :)
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| Me and my mum to welcome you first :D |
Since me and mum have to work on weekend, we decided to travel on a Tuesday which pretty much explains how empty this place seems. This is their lobby which as you can see is clean and spacious.
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| Lobby of KTM resort |
Upon check in at the reception area, they provided us with a complimentary welcome drink which was really helpful for this kind of hot weather and they gave us our first present at the resort which is the seashell necklace that you see. They politely hang it over your neck making you feel absolutely welcome in a comfortable manner. All the staffs are really friendly and awesome though I had some difficulty comprehending their English with their accent.
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| Upon arrival/check in |
Right when you enter, this is the beautiful sight that you can expect to see. Clean seashore with some boats from afar and it just calms you down when you feel the sea breeze blowing upon your face and hears the sound of the waves hitting upon the shore.
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| The view that welcomes you |
We got the Deluxe room and it isn't really very big but more than sufficient for two. The cottage room is quite near to one another and so we can easily hear ALL the conversation that is going on over at the room beside us. Thank god it was my friend that stays behind us or I thought it would be pretty scary if you do not know if it is even human talking at the other room to begin with.
The bed and pillow are soft, clean and absolutely comfortable. I would say that the lighting of the room is romantic and so not really good for photography unless you bring you whole reflector there. LOL.
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| Our bedroom |
We love how this antic television looks but ours was spoilt cause the antenna came off so ya. But I saw my friend's room television which was good and the television can show some shows like channel U pretty clearly (comparing to ours with lines all over). I didn't had a photo of the bathroom but there isn't a bathtub and its just a pretty small but cosy one.
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| Our antic television |
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| Our room (first of the row) |
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| The moment we open our door. This is what we see for Deluxe room. |
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| Sunset. Just down the road from our room. |
Breakfast at KTM resort is wonderful too! You get to sit near the sea and enjoy the sea side view with some other friends like housefly and bees that will drop by from time to time to dine with you. Seats are well spread apart and area is sparkling clean.
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| Sitting area |
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| Food display area |
They have a very decent spread of buffet for breakfast and you definitely would have something that you will enjoy eating. From fried rice, noodles. side dishes like baked beans and curry chicken, all kinds of kueh, FRESHLY MADE omelette and waffles (there is a chef standing there cooking for you), porridge, noodles, bread, sandwiches, cereals and so much more for you to choose from! (Refer to some photos below)
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| Fruits |
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| Kuehs |
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| Fried food |
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| Porridge and all the ingredients |
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| Cereal bar with toast and sandwiches |
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| Drinks: Orange juice, coffee, tea, milk and water |
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| Fried rice |
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| Omelet |
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| Freshly made waffles |
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| Me after breakfast |
Of course, a trip to Batam equals to a trip to spa. So here we are to try their spa packages which I would say is slightly pricer than one that you would find in the malls but it is definitely a different experience!
They have all these rockers along the walk to the spa villa which was really pretty comfortable especially at night where you can just rest there and enjoy the sea breeze and have some heart to heart talk with your partner.
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| 'rockers' or so I call it |
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| Journey to the Spa Villa |
They have around 5 or 7 rooms for massage (I can't remember) and from our sharing with one another, all the rooms have approximately the same stuff and design. We got the 1 h 50 mins Ocean View Spa which includes a 30 minutes Hydrotherapy Sensual Bath and a Full Body Aromatherapy Massage which costs Rp. 480, 000.
I had the massage with my girlfriend and the masseur was two ladies as well. They were profession and friendly and volunteered to help us take photos which I shall not disclose in respect to my friend's privacy. After the 30 minutes tub soak, we were served with a glass of ginger tea and also a glass of ice water before the full body massage began. We tipped them 5000 rupiah at the end which they rejected and so now I know, we were suppose to tip at least $2 SGD or equivalent.
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| The view from the room |
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| The view from the room |
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| The Bathtub |
So dinner is of course at the resort's restaurant which is the same place where we have dinner at.
The food price is about 20,000 to 35,000 rupiah per dish while we had the crabs at 54,000 rupiah for 1 kg and the fish at 37,000 rupiah for 400g. Each serving size is really small so if you are a big eater, you may need to rethink about order the S and order the M size for each dish.
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| Le coconut |
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| Garlic chicken (very dry but taste okays!) |
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| Chili crab! We felt that the salted egg yolk one which we also ordered was better though |
And so, we ended the 3 days trip with a visit to the temple just at the resort itself and thank it for blessing us over the 3 days and I didn't have any spooky encounter. (:
Conclusion:
It is a good place to visit if you are looking for somewhere that is away from the bustling city. From here to Nagoya Hill is a 30 minutes taxi ride and that is how far it is away from town. The staff are very friendly and alert to your needs. They are kind, gentle and funny people who will make your stay more enjoyable. They serve good breakfast and they have some slight changes on the dishes over the two days we had. Rooms are clean and tidy. So are their swimming pool and all other places! It is a tiring walk up slope for me and so I would prefer to call for their shuttle since it is free of charge too anyway.
