Batam Island Tourist Destination
Batam is an island in Indonesia that located near Singapura, Malaysia and Thailand. Beside as the strategist island it also known as an island with many beauty in it. Many tourists from these country come to Batam in week end. They can play golf, eating many food menus, or just go around Batam Island. Some places that can be visited to spent your week end are Galang Island, Senyum Hill and Sei Jodoh.
There is sad story that can be taken from Galang Island for Vietnam people. This island was a island that used for Vietnam people to get protection from brother war in Vietnam, South Vietnam and North Vietnam. They are protected in Galang from 1975 to 1996. If we want to eat lobster or the other kind of sea food we can get here.
Beside Galang we also can visit Sei Jodoh that also has known as place where people get unique and many kinds of foods. Pempek, Kemplang, and Lempuk which are Sumatra typical food can we get easily, so does Tionghoa typical food.
The other place that become tourist destination is Maitreya shrine. This shrine has become the biggest spiritual place for tourist in ASIA. Most of visitor come from Singapur, India and Malaysia to pray in this Shrine then they visit the other place in Batam Island.
