{"id":278,"date":"2008-05-07T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matero.net\/?p=278"},"modified":"2008-05-07T21:28:34","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:28:34","slug":"day-323-singapore-to-malaysia-to-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/matero.net\/blog\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Day 323 – Singapore to Malaysia to Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three countries in one day. I ate my breakfast in Singapore, my lunch in Malaysia, and had my dinner in Indonesia. To top that, I was in the northern hemisphere in the morning and the southern hemisphere in the evening.<\/p>\n

Instead of flying directly from Singapore to Indonesia, I decided to save $40-$50 and fly out of the airport next door in Malaysia. Too bad it didn’t go so smoothly and was kind of complicated:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take east west line subway\n
  2. Transfer to north south line subway\n
  3. Get on bus 170 blue.\n
  4. Get off and go through immigration to exit Singapore. There were long lines here that I wasn’t expecting!\n
  5. Get on another bus, cross the bridge over the river.\n
  6. Get off the bus, enter the Malaysia immigration. This one went a lot faster.\n
  7. Get on a bus again to get to the bus terminal. Well, I didn’t get on the bus because I didn’t see anyone else get on the bus. It drove away empty, so I assumed it was the end of the line or something. So I walked instead. And I walked through the city, through shopping malls, sweating the whole time, hurrying so I wouldn’t miss my flight.\n
  8. Finally at the station, take the Airport Express bus to Senai airport. Luckily I found the station on my own. On the way I changed my Singapore dollars to US Dollars and 10 Malaysian Ringgit. 8 for the bus ticket and 2 for some food. I walked up to some small place and said I want a plate of food for 2 Ringgit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Then I took AirAsia from Johor Batru, Malaysia to Surabaya, Indonesia. I was the only westerner on the plane and I was the only person getting a Visa in the airport when I arrived. So I paid my $25 for the visa sticker and got in the country. I ignored the taxi drivers and I saw a big airport bus waiting outside.<\/p>\n

    The hostel I found had some instructions on how to get there using public transport, so I figured I’d give it a try. The conductor and driver understood where I had to go and helped out out. I got off the bug bus and then got on a minibus. And then he dropped me off at the correct spot. Then a local food vendor showed me the rest of the way to the hostel, which was in a house in a quiet neighborhood.<\/p>\n

    I found out I’m the only foreigner staying in the hostel. I had the dorm room all to myself. According to the guest book, I’m the 75th person to stay there in over a year. Surabaya isn’t a big tourist destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Three countries in one day. I ate my breakfast in Singapore, my lunch in Malaysia, and had my dinner in Indonesia. To top that, I was in the northern hemisphere in the morning and the southern hemisphere in the evening. Instead of flying directly from Singapore to Indonesia, I decided to save $40-$50 and fly … <\/p>\n

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