I am considering an offer that will see me working in Batam. I have read some things on the web that lead me to believe it would be possible to set my wife, kids and dog up in Singapore (maybe Dist 15 or 16?), and commute to/from via ferry if not every day then at least for the weekends.
Is this realistic?
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Re: Batam-Singapore commute
LOL I like your style and will your wife and kids ever come and visit you in BatamMichael_V wrote:I am considering an offer that will see me working in Batam. I have read some things on the web that lead me to believe it would be possible to set my wife, kids and dog up in Singapore (maybe Dist 15 or 16?), and commute to/from via ferry if not every day then at least for the weekends.
Is this realistic?

Batam-Singapore commute
Hmmmm.....I'm looking for a subtext relative to your wink. I have indeed read that Batam is pretty wild and wide-open. Is this so? I wanted my wife and kids to be safe and secure, with proximity to all the mod cons, schools, hospitals, etc, if Batam is in fact more, er,.....more. I understand it is, in addition to an oilfield support center, a more or less free trade and industrial zone.
I confess absolute ignorance on all things Singapore as well as Batam. I was entertaining the notion that I could find a nice 2- or 3-bdrm bungalow or semi-d in Sg for maybe US$2000/month? Two boys in elementary school (British or Aussie; cannot afford the American School) at US$5000/year each? Groceries, public transport, utilities and misc. for another US$1K/month?
Plus a small bungalow in Batam for a fraction of the foregoing?
Am I wildly off-base here?
I confess absolute ignorance on all things Singapore as well as Batam. I was entertaining the notion that I could find a nice 2- or 3-bdrm bungalow or semi-d in Sg for maybe US$2000/month? Two boys in elementary school (British or Aussie; cannot afford the American School) at US$5000/year each? Groceries, public transport, utilities and misc. for another US$1K/month?
Plus a small bungalow in Batam for a fraction of the foregoing?
Am I wildly off-base here?
Batam-Singapore commute
Upon further thought, I doubt my wife would come visit me in Batam.
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