Day 9 -- Bali, Indonesia & Singapore

 6/17/2023 Saturday

Itinerary:

• DPS Airport
• Singapore Jewel Changi Airport
• Yotelair Singapore Changi Airport

Today is our last day at Bali, Indonesia as we leave for Singapore. We spent the morning taking pictures around the hotel. 

After the pictures, we went to the lounge for the last time to have our breakfast and say goodbye to the manager who has been super nice to us.

Soon after breakfast, we checked out of our room and pay our bill before proceeding to the lobby to meet our pre-arranged driver to DPS airport. The driver was the one that took the boys to their ATV adventure and Anthony really likes him, so he hired him to take us to the airport today. The fees was more than half the price that the hotel charges us. He is not only the driver but also a tour guide, so he provided a lot of history on Bali and it was very interesting. So, for our next trip to Bali, we will defintely use him as our tour guide. 

We went to the lounge after going through customs and getting our boarding passes. There was not a lot of food selection in the lounge, so we didn't stayed too long before we went to our gate.

It was a 2 hour and 30 minutes flight from Bali to Singapore, and we had already pre select our meal before our flight. 

Soon after our meal, we rested a bit before we started descending to Singapore. It was such a short flight that went by so fast.

We had filled out the declaration form beforehand, so we were able to use the automated lane which scans our passport, eyes and finger to enter Singapore. Anthony had an issue with his fingerprint, so he had to go to the line with a custom officer and we had to wait for him.

Next, we went to get our luggages and proceed to check in to Yotelair Singapore Changi Airport hotel as we have to take an early flight to Cambodia tomorrow, so we were just going to stay overnight here in the transit hotel. Once we checked in and put our luggages to the room, we proceed to go have some dinner at the Terminal 1 Canteen in the airport.

Following the dinner, we went back to Jewel to shop and enjoy the waterfall view.

I don't recommend staying at the Yotelair hotel even though it's very convenient if you have an early flight because the restroom was full of molds. I couldn't wait to leave the room the next morning. The next time I need a hotel in the Changi Airport, I think I would try Crowne Plaza Changi Airpot hotel.

Day 3 -- Bali, Indonesia

6/11/2023 Sunday 

Itinerary:

• Bali Airport (DPS)
• Ritz Carlton-Bali Hotel

We arrived at the DPS airport in the late afternoon and there was a huge line at the custom. Although I have been to Indonesia when I was young, this is my first time to Bali. There was also an area where you can apply for the arrival on visa but luckily, we had already applied for the visa before we left, so we can skip this. There was many lines open but it was very slow and it took us about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to the officer and he asked us some questions before letting us pass. After the custom, we went to pick up our luggages and had to go through another process where we had to show the QR code of our declaration form that we filled out previously before we can leave the airport.

Once we were outside of the airport, we tried looking for our driver from the hotel and there were more than 100 people outside holding signs with names. We slowly went through all the people and finally saw the Ritz Carlton sign. The person came to take our luggages and showed us to the parking where a hotel car was waiting for us.

Once we get on the car, he passed us some nice cold towels and chocolates. The drive to the hotel was about 35 minutes. Once we reached the hotel, we had to go through a metal detector. It's one of the few hotesl that I have stayed that has a metal detector. The receptionist came to welcome us and check us in. Once the check in process is completed, she lead us to our rooms as we have to have 2 rooms for 4 people. It was already dark, so we couldn't see much of the hotel.

We were so tired by then, so we just ordered some room service before turning in for the night. I stayed with Maddie while the boys stayed at the room next to us.