I gauge I haven't been inwards the mood to post much since my "vacation" to Bali.
I was supposed to become at the terminate of September for a calendar week amongst ii days inwards Singapore to see a friend. We had booked everything inwards June as well as it was the principal affair that kept me going all Summer.
We booked (with much difficulty - paying amongst a United States of America of America bill of fare from Nihon is impossible) a flying amongst AirAsia, as well as the twenty-four hours earlier nosotros checked inwards online, inputted all our info. I was thence excited. Got to the airport, went to the "Document Check" counter (carry-on only), got on the bird as well as nosotros were off!
7 or viii hours later, nosotros arrived inwards Kuala Lumpur as well as transited inwards some pretty ghetto side room, where I discovery out that my passport expires inwards five months as well as 3 weeks equally opposed to the six months required. I'm told to wait. Fair enough. I sit down on the alone bench inwards the room as well as think: How could I hold upwards thence stupid? What is the bespeak of having a passport for 10 years if yous tin give notice alone move it for 9.5? Why the hell didn't the document cheque lady inwards Tokyo notice? That was the alone affair she had to do! How could I hold upwards thence stupid?
In the meantime, I listen the annunciation for my flight, that the gates are closing soon. There are even thence 50 passengers waiting inwards trouble to transit. Three AirAsia staff are standing at counters, but alone 1 is truly doing anything. Three people away, I listen the concluding telephone weep upwards for my flight. Finally, the adult woman calls me over. She's going to telephone weep upwards her boss. She calls, as well as reports that I tin give notice wing into Singapore, but won't hold upwards able to become to Bali unless I receive got six months. Ok. At this point, I'm non fifty-fifty certain that I tin give notice brand my flying to Singapore. I become to the safety check. The 3 safety guards at that topographic point enjoin me to wait, because plainly the alone safety guard able to procedure me is inwards the bathroom. She comes dorsum after five minutes, I become through, my gate is basically closed. I become to the staff, present them my boarding pass, they allow me through onto the tarmac. Uhm... ok... at nowadays what? So I get next the signs trying to locate my gate number. I walked (or rather ran) one-half way to a greater extent than or less the aerodrome (or thence it seemed) quest people along the way if I was going inwards the correct direction. Finally, I instruct to the correct place, instruct on the plane, as well as bargain amongst the angry glares of the other passengers.
(This - the angry glares for asset the bird dorsum - is the 2nd fourth dimension it happens to me. The commencement fourth dimension was flying dorsum to Geneva from Madrid on Iberia... They wouldn't allow me board the bird because I didn't receive got a visa for Switzerland, which I wouldn't receive got been able to instruct anywhere anyway equally an European Union citizen. I loathe incompetent staff. Bitter much? You bet. I had to purchase a 500euro ticket from Geneva (5minutes from my identify yesteryear car) to Paris (1.5hours away from Geneva yesteryear plane) earlier they allow me board. )
Anyway, got to Singapore, had fry issues at immigration there, instruct through, as well as run to the Italian Embassy. They enjoin me that I could apply for a novel passport, but it would accept 10 days. They enjoin me to endeavour going to the Indonesian Embassy. I become to the Indonesian Embassy, they enjoin me I demand six months, as well as to but instruct an extension at the Italian Embassy. Back to the Italian Embassy I go. Tell them what they told me at the Indonesian Embassy. The Italians enjoin me they don't produce extensions. The other staff at that topographic point says: "But you're born inwards Indonesia. Do yous fifty-fifty demand a visa?" . Did I cite how much I dislike incompetent staff?
So anyway. After S$70 inwards taxis, nosotros become to the hotel. Oh yes, at that topographic point was a fault inwards the dates of the master copy hotel booking, thence nosotros had to rebook closer to the date. Since it was the F1 weekend inwards Singapore, all the hotels were fully booked yesteryear the fourth dimension nosotros re-booked. So nosotros but got whatever nosotros could find. We were checking inwards when a pair walks inwards behind us as well as enquire for a room for ii hours. I'm sorry? Two hours? Fantastic. We're inwards a Love Hotel.... We instruct to our room: no windows, barely the infinite for a bed as well as a huge mirror. Yup. It's a dearest hotel.
At this point, all I receive got left to produce is relish Singapore. That same afternoon, nosotros headed off to Chinatown. It was coming upwards onto the Mid-Autumn Festival, thence all these beautifully colored lanterns were up. From at that topographic point nosotros headed dorsum to Bugis (our area) as well as walked to a greater extent than or less a pair of malls, made our way to the Raffles Hotel, downed a Singapore Sling, tossed a pair of peanuts to a greater extent than or less as well as then headed off to the F1 tracks. We didn't receive got tickets to instruct in, but nosotros could even thence listen the cars flying by, as well as the excitement of the people going inwards as well as coming out was contagious. We had dinner at a modest identify close our hotel where I had to a greater extent than beer inwards 1 sitting than I've had inwards the yesteryear five years.
The adjacent day, nosotros headed out to run across the Merlion as well as had java amongst stance on the Marina Bay Sands complex. We as well as then met upwards amongst an one-time friend of mine. She took us to a greater extent than or less Orchard Road, nosotros ate at a nutrient court, headed out to the Marina Bay again, walked to a greater extent than or less the hotel, went to the novel Gardens yesteryear the Bay as well as then headed off to Sentosa Island armed amongst a bottle of white vino as well as some snacks. We ate as well as drank at the southernmost bespeak of continental Asia equally nosotros watched the Sun laid upwards over a collection of cruise ships as well as stone oil tankers slow brand their way across the bay. From at that topographic point nosotros went to receive got dinner, hawker style. We had chicken wings, satay, stingray, banana leafage wrapped fish, as well as thence many other things. One to a greater extent than delicious than the next.
The adjacent day, nosotros headed dorsum to the airport. For the concluding time, I tried to run across if I could become to Bali. They told me to receive got a topographic point as well as that they would come upwards enjoin me the verdict. Two hours later, as well as even thence no news, I become enquire at the Customer Service desk. They ship me to the other counter. They enjoin me to trouble upwards amongst the same individual I talked to before. Ok. I remind her who I am, she calls someone else, they've had the electronic mail for a while. "Sorry yous can't go." . Okay. Well, that's settled. Can I modify my ticket to become home? No. Can I modify the commencement leg of my flying as well as grab the same connecting flying dorsum to Tokyo. No. Can yous give me a refund? Check this website when yous instruct dorsum (I did, complained, even thence haven't gotten whatever answer at all. It's been ii weeks.). So tin give notice I purchase a novel ticket back? Sure. S$600. Seriously? (that's to a greater extent than than the master copy circular trip ticket).
So dorsum to Tokyo I go. I instruct stopped at every immigration counter because I don't receive got six months on my passport to instruct dorsum into Nihon (I'm non Japanese, yous see.) thence I receive got to conk along explaining that I alive at that topographic point as well as that if they but flip to the dorsum of the passport, they'll run across my visa valid for some other ii years... Three times...
Get dorsum to Tokyo at 11pm, instruct abode yesteryear midnight. And become dorsum to piece of occupation the adjacent day.
In an hour, I'm off 1 time again to Okinawa (domestic flying - although I at 1 time renewed my passport when I got back. It took 3 days.). I'm unfortunately flying AirAsia 1 time again (I booked the ticket earlier I flew to Singapore). And the weather condition forecast says a typhoon is hitting Okinawa this weekend. I gauge that agency no relaxing at the beach again....
Perhaps it's amend I don't excogitation anymore vacations for this year.
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