Layover in Jakarta

We had an 8:30 am flight out of Bali, so a fairly early morning. First leg was to Jakarta, where we had a planned 90-minute layover to not only change plans, but move from the domestic to international terminal, check in to a new airline, go through customs and immigration, and several security checks. Things started out ok, as the terminals were actually connected. The first security check they thought they saw a knife in Jo's backpack . . . at the bottom. She ended up having to empty the whole thing, as they searched for a knife. In the end, they took her nail clippers to safe face, and sent her on her way. After that fiasco, we lined up (way at the end of the line) at Citilink Air, for our onward journey to Phnom Penh. The line was long, but it was moving slowly, so that really helped (haha). As our time wasted away, they finally realized they needed to get cracking, and called all the flyers to PP up to the front. Since we were nearly at the front already, we ended up farther away from the desk as the mob surged forward. I know once we had our boarding passes, they would not leave without us, but we still needed to get through Immigration . . . and another dreaded security check. Neither slowed us down too much, and we made our way out to the gate, where we simply boarded a bus and waited for all the other stragglers to get in. We ended up taking off about 20 minutes late, but the flight was fine and we arrived in PP on schedule.Read more