Banjar Kelakahan Kangin

After one heck of mission to catch our flight from Jakarta to Bali we finally arrived at the Ulaman Eco Resort.

Back in Jakarta we arrived at terminal 2 to check in for our flight. 30 minutes of walking the length of the airport later we finally figured out which entrance we needed to be at! We passed through security and another 30 minutes later we had reached the front of the check in desk to be told our flight had changed terminals!

With now only 1 hour before our flight, this meant a mad dash to figure out how the heck we get there! After another 3 lengths of the airport and a few discussions with locals in broken English, we hailed a taxi only to be taken to the police desk. The policeman then informed us that his “friend” was coming for us…sounded a bit dodgy but who were we to argue with 50 minutes to go!

We eventually made it to terminal 1, chucked our bags and ourselves through security and found the correct desk…our flight had also changed airline at this point too! The final 30 minute dash sent us through ANOTHER security with 1.5l bottles of water which was apparently fine (you are also allowed 1 lighter per person…just no explosives 🤷🏼‍♀️).

When checking the board it said to go to gate A7 which we did…running. Finally we could relax. After a quick wee we thought we should probably check we were in the right place as boarding was due 10 minutes ago. Good job we did as we were told we should have followed the gate on our boarding pass…A2! Another run to the other side of the airport with 15 minutes before our flight was due to take off had us ready for some peanuts 🥜 to the shop we went!

After hanging around for 10 minutes and Sam attempting to board and getting rejected 3 times, we were told our gate had moved back to A7!! No running this time as at least we were with the masses!

We were met at the airport by a driver from the resort who was extremely hospitable and entertained us with local knowledge on our 1.5hr transfer.

We finally arrived and we’re shown to our amazing room after enjoying the resorts special “green juice” and a wet flannel. For dinner it was Nasi Goreng and Mie Goreng with a strawberry Daiquiri.

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