05. sitting on the blue van "bus" costs you RP$3000. it does not bring you to the whore houses, namely, Villa and Rukko, both located at the same place.
Very long x no try the oplet. It does bring one somewhere near to Ruko. Only walking distance to Ruko fm the alighting point.
it is a good idea to walk around, get a feel of the island and you would probably find another hotel that costs a princely RP$150k.
Me luv to walk too. Free n easy. No need to be so kancheong ya..
RTF ? probably not.
I am trying to erase the whoring aspect of the trip from my memories actually.
Bro, u want to be a hermit? Hehehe...kidding ya. I suppose TBK doesnt suits u ya...
as usual, i avoided the places that are popular. 1. hotel : maxi... avoided that, as i felt sg$38 a night is over-priced and i can live with cheaper rooms which provide the 3 essentials, 1. air con, 2. warm water, 3. mattress without bed-bugs.
Yup! After the recent increase by @S$10 n for regulars like me, I dont find it a budget hotel if 1 were to stay tere 3-4 nites, imo.
2. I also avoided the Long Beach seafood ( no relations with the singapore branch... ) Why? from the field reports from samsters, the prices doesn't seem very cheap.
U r dead right! Not cheap anymore. Like they say once teres demand, they will jack up the prices. N if u have a supir, be prepared to cough out more.
interesting facts
correct me if i am wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a shopping mall there.
Jus small dept stores ya..
DO NOT OFFER TO CARRY RANDOM LUGGAGE FROM SAMSTERS... you do not know which of them is a drug trafficker !
Wooo...n a very good point tere! 
Tats y SAM's signature does make sense...in real life...if u get the drift. To each their own ya..
hope all these have been informative to the first-timer traveller to balai...
Indeed it would benefit newbies n 1st timer.