I’m flying back to Perth today. Since the hotel offers free shuttles to the airport, I let them know my flight time and they recommended I leave on the noon shuttle. I didn’t have enough time for an excursion, so I decided to have a Balinese message at the hotel. I booked a 1 hour message at 10 so I would have plenty of time to pack for the airport. There was a little building behind the pool at the front of the hotel, and that is where the messages take place. It was nice. The message was good, they had a little music playing in the background. The one thing I didn’t like though was that it was by the pool, because occasionally I could here kids screaming as they played in the pool. Other than that, it was very relaxing. After the message I finished packing, checked out, and then took the flight back to Perth.
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I had used all of the money I pulled from the ATM yesterday, so I had to make another trip down to the gas station to pull out more money for my excursions today. Afterwards, I ate breakfast until it was time to meet my driver. Unlike last time, I wasn’t the only person on the tour again. We had to drive to another hotel to pick up a couple from Germany. The guy spoke English well but his wife didn’t. I heard the husband talking a lot in German, so I think he was translating for his wife. Our first stop was the Tanah Lot Temple. I wasn’t too happy because this was supposed to be our last stop and we were supposed to see the sunset at this point. I went along with it because our guide told us that there would be a ton of traffic if we went at sunset because that is when all of the tourists go.
In order to go to the waterfall and the butterfly place, we cut out the visit to Pura Ulun Danu Bratan Temple. I was fine with it because at this point I had seen a lot of temples. They were cool, but they were blending together since they were all so similar.
After I had finished exploring, I met up with the German couple and called our driver. He picked us up and drove us back to our hotels. I got dropped off first, which I was grateful for because I was tired. We hit a lot of traffic on the way back so it was dark by the time I got back to the hotel. I was ready for a shower and bed!
The flight landed around midnight. The hotel arranged for a shuttle bus to pick up people from the airport, so I let them know my flight info. They said to find the people at the waiting area with the red sign by the doors. I walked up and down the row of people twice before I finally found the guys picking me up. They had several people coming in at the same time, so I had to wait for the other passengers and then we got on a shuttle bus to the hotel.
I’m so glad I’m an Honors member because everyone came with other people except me. So while I had to wait for my bag, they all sent someone in their group to check in. So I was last in line, but they have a special Honors member line, that didn’t have anyone in it so I got to move to the front of the line. Once I got my key I went straight to my room to sleep. I had to wake up early for my tour for the day. The guy was picking me up at 8am, but since I didn’t have any rupiah I needed to find an ATM. I was hoping they had one in the hotel lobby, but I couldn’t find one. I asked at the front desk and they said there was one at the gas station down the street. So I walked over there to get some cash and then walked back. I still had a little time before I was due to get picked up so I had breakfast at the hotel buffet.
After about 5.5 hours, we landed in Kuala Lampur. Here, I had about 2 hours to kill before my next flight. Since I didn’t leave the airport, I didn’t have to go through immigration so I just found my gate and waited. They also have their gates set up differently than I’m used to. It is again the closed off room, but at least they weren’t letting people inside only to make them leave. They had chairs down the hallway outside the room/gate, so I waited there until they started allowing people in. My carryon had to go through the scanner and I had to got through a metal detector again, but I had no issues. Once I got inside, I had a little bit of time to charge my phone before it was time to get on my final plane, this time to Australia. My final flight was about 6 hours, so I had time to watch movies and read my book. Still, I was exhausted and glad when I finally landed in Perth at about 3pm. Once there, I got my bags and went through immigration, which was very easy. Since I’m from the U.S., I could go through the electronic immigration process instead of talking to a custom’s agent. I just had to wait in a small line, scan my passport, take a picture at the kiosk, and I was through. After I collected my bag, I had to wait in a longer line so they could make sure I wasn’t bringing any fruits or seeds in, but even that line moved quickly. My work had arranged for a driver to pick me up, and he was outside the doors waiting on me. He was very nice, and he gave me some ideas of places to see around Perth. His daughter also does walking tours, so I’ll have to remember to look her tour up. He took me to my new apartment, where the real estate agent was waiting to give me the keys and a tour.
It was around 5pm when I had finished, and it was already getting dark, so I decided to take the rest of the day off and go exploring tomorrow. I also had a TV, so I turned it on and found a station that was playing NCIS to watch before I went to bed.
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