East Java/South Bali 14 days Day 14

 31/05/2025

Morning flight.

The hotel lobby was filled with guests waiting for their free shuttle to the airport.

The mini bus wasn't enough.  After assuring with the porter, I stood and waited, went into a Harris car instead of mini bus heehee...

Here's Bali airport on a rainy morning.

I paid a porter, swayed hands free and followed blindly all the way into the boarding gate.   Had lot of eyes looking at me.  Nobody knew I was a church mouse.

Upgraded myself at the counter, costed about S$310.

Too broke to shop, I walked pass everything and headed straight to the lounge.

Tujuwan Lounge on the 2nd level.

It was quiet when I first arrived, the peace last about half an hour before families with children came in, then I had my ear buds on.

The washroom with one shower room.

Ate like a monster, yumz...

The trip finally came to an end, met someone special, it was bitter sweet...  Indonesia (,,,,,,,) will have a special place, deep in my heart...

I lepak at a corner till boarding time.

Was the last few to board.

My first time on SQ biz class.

Was happy even though it was a short flight.

Only had enough time to eat for a 2.5hrs flight.

Had steam fish with rice, tasted quite good actually although visually not too appealing.

Couldn't find any BigBang or G-Dragon music or video.

Requested for Mickey sticky note pad, the crew gave me 2, heehee...

The privacy and comfort (and champagne) was worth the splurge.

Landed safely.

After  multiple failures for G-Dragon's concerts in Macau, KL, HongKong, Taiwan, the next day my partner in crime and I battled for Sydney.

I got it.

A month later, we flew to Sydney, it was absolutely crazy.

Vietnam Day 7 - fly back

 12/07/2023

Breakfast at La An Central Boutique Villa before leaving for the airport.

Scramble eggs fresh from kitchen.

Omelette ordered from kitchen too.

The best among all was the watermelon juice.

We sat at the lobby for a while waiting for our transport.

We reached Da Nang International Airport in less than an hour.

Checked in our luggage and our carton of cup noodles lolxx...

Requested for upgrade at the counter, no luck, 10 seats business class all taken up.  We were offer seats at the exit for free which we accepted.

Baby strollers for loan but not sure how it worked.

The airport was small, walking from one end to the other would take less than 10mins.  Not a bad thing as we were tired, could reach the boarding gate in a few steps.

There was nothing in particular for us to shop and food was on the expensive side.

While airport facilities and fancy entertainments like Changi Airport is the best thing in the world, clean airport toilet is the most important and the only essential thing I looked for.

That said, it's a simple decent little airport, comfortable enough.

Ate a bit to kill time heehee...

The airport used USD by the way.

Not bad but felt the pocket pinch.

Boarding SQ Boeing 737-8 Max, little boy.

Bread loafs from Hoi An were boarding with us back to Singapore, they smell as if I had a bakery with me.

Alright!  Here we were at the exit row with extra leg room.  I don't have long legs so actually it didn't matter.

We were gently reminded not to touch the emergency level unless instructed to do so (that would mean deep trouble if that happens) lolxx...

Look at the space.

Goodbye to Da Nang.

As a result of extra leg room, the tray was far away from me.  For this instant, the food box packaging was good, I held it and ate in my seat.

Morning flight by the window was great, soaring by the clouds was a blessing.

I was secretly wishing for a champagne instead of orange juice though.

Fried rice was tasty initially but later became too dry to finish all of it.

The oneh cake was fluffy soft yummy.

Where can I eat this again?

We had the row of 3 seats to ourselves.  I had a nap with my back resting on the window, that man who didn't mind my cute feet was my old man (in case there are airplane etiquette experts dying to give me a death sentence).

Beautiful blue sky all the way.

Smaller window but the view was great.

From one tropical country back to another, haiz... dread 30 degrees weather.

That's the end of our 7 days trip to Vietnam, Da Nang, Hue and Hoi An.

Next, I have 9 days of Chiang Mai and Bangkok (Thailand) to share.  I hope to get all posted and done before leaving for Turkiye in less than a month's time.  Thank you for reading.