BB's first Bali trip amidst COVID-19 scare

[Buadongdong]

20 minutes ago, 13177 said:

You bring your own mozzie coil and burned them when you go to restaurants? Villa no aircon ah?

Restaurants is spammed repellent and mossie patches la. But I also wondering, @BabyBlade sleep without aircon? If turn on aircon, then won't it be suffocating to be burning mossie coils and the air just keeps recirculating?

[Strat]

12 minutes ago, BabyBlade said:

Cycle? I don't mean bicycles. I meant motorcycles. Yes a bike can take you around. Motorbike. Cycle? No I don't cycle. My legs will die. 

Bike is a decent mode of transportation. Beats the jam. But too bad if it rains, esp during the rainy season which is now. But only ride a bike if you have the license to do so. 

I only stayed in Ubud so it was good enough with a bike. Bike with an engine ah. Not bicycle ah. Haha. 

ya.. motorbike is the way to go around.

Ubud is ok for motorbike if you don't have license as traffic is not too heavy

[BabyBlade]

3 minutes ago, Buadongdong said:

Restaurants is spammed repellent and mossie patches la. But I also wondering, @BabyBlade sleep without aircon? If turn on aircon, then won't it be suffocating to be burning mossie coils and the air just keeps recirculating?

I burn mozzie coil inside the room with the aircon on for the entire night hahaha. Don't tell me anything bad about it because I don't care. But it did made my eyes tear la. Just that anything to fend off mozzies. Now you know. 

[BabyBlade]

1 minute ago, Strat said:

ya.. motorbike is the way to go around.

Ubud is ok for motorbike if you don't have license as traffic is not too heavy

At least need to be able to ride proficiently with basic riding skills. If not the locals are gonna beep beep you if you wobble or hog the roads or can't lanesplit. Just don't block the roads lor. 

[Strat]

Just now, BabyBlade said:

At least need to be able to ride decently. If not the locals are gonna beep beep you if you wobble or hog the roads or can't lanesplit. Just don't block the roads lor. 

haha.. true.

saw children ride plus tompang their siblings on motorbikes..speed is pretty fast as well

[BabyBlade]

1 hour ago, Soya said:

Sounds like Babyblade packed 20kg worth of bigini...

 

1 shared luggage for 2 pax, only 15kg. Not enough la! Hahaha. Brought card games along also. Not just poker cards. Cards like Exploding Kittens, Unstable Unicorns (thick decks). Just in case situation in Bali bad and we have to stay in villa for all days. Hahaha. I packed for the worst case scenario. Between us we also brought like 7 pairs of shoes.

[Heartlander]

1 hour ago, Turboflat4 said:

Please post peektures of you wearing proper PPE, i.e. mask.

And nothing else.

OK lah, beekeenee can.

For educational purposes only. 😁

Something very wrong with the underlined part. Doctor very naughty.

[13177]

2 hours ago, BabyBlade said:

Cycle? I don't mean bicycles. I meant motorcycles. Yes a bike can take you around. Motorbike. Cycle? No I don't cycle. My legs will die. 

Bike is a decent mode of transportation. Beats the jam. But too bad if it rains, esp during the rainy season which is now. But only ride a bike if you have the license to do so. 

I only stayed in Ubud so it was good enough with a bike. Bike with an engine ah. Not bicycle ah. Haha. 

Oh, so you mean motorbike?! If dont know how to ride also have to take their public transport lo. Lol.

Edited February 26, 2020 by 13177

[13177]

1 hour ago, BabyBlade said:

I burn mozzie coil inside the room with the aircon on for the entire night hahaha. Don't tell me anything bad about it because I don't care. But it did made my eyes tear la. Just that anything to fend off mozzies. Now you know. 

Sleep with aircon on still must burn mozzie coil? The mozzie there so powderful de?

[13177]

1 hour ago, BabyBlade said:

1 shared luggage for 2 pax, only 15kg. Not enough la! Hahaha. Brought card games along also. Not just poker cards. Cards like Exploding Kittens, Unstable Unicorns (thick decks). Just in case situation in Bali bad and we have to stay in villa for all days. Hahaha. I packed for the worst case scenario. Between us we also brought like 7 pairs of shoes.

Brought 7 pairs of shoes?! 

[shrjun]

lol.JFI Indonesia has been put into a certain hospitals' screening criteria

[Enye]

this thread started so promisingly but now disappointed

 

 

 

 

 

because till now still no bigini

🤣

[mersaylee]

1 hour ago, Enye said:

this thread started so promisingly but now disappointed

 

 

 

 

 

because till now still no bigini

🤣

Maybe protective ah Mock pm...said cannot post but send to him to wet first...I mean vet first 

[mersaylee]

7 hours ago, BabyBlade said:

Hi all. This is a question I've been asked by a couple of you who are concerned about your upcoming holiday trip - whether you should postpone your trip or not. I'm aware there's another thread regarding flight cancellations but I'll start this one here to share more about my FIRST Bali trip and in particular UBUD! This will include itineraries and tour operators! But I'll update slowly as I've just returned to work and have emails and work to clear.

We'll talk about the Changi Airport situation first. 

- I had a 5am flight. Took a Grab to the airport with my friend. Driver wore a mask, but was coughing! He was really friendly to help with our luggage though. Wished him well when we alighted.

- Inside Terminal 1 (flight was Jetstar), about 50% (my estimation could be wrong) of the people wearing masks, this is comparatively higher to the heartlands where it's about 30%-40% wearing masks?

- Auto-dispense Sanitizers (sensor type) readily available at the auto check-in counters. Everything was normal except we exceeded our 15kg sole check in luggage by 5kg (it was 20kg). Spent the next 30 mins trying to unpack and repack to 15kg. What a bummer.

- Immigration, thermal scans. Few people sitting behind the thermal scanners/monitors watching you as you make your way towards immigration. For me, it was also my first time using the iris and facial ID for immigration clearance on my new passport. Times like these, it's also much more hygienic than thumbprint scan.

After we cleared immigration, it was pretty much normal. Normal in the sense you can feel the seriousness in the air (virus scare) but at the same time, everything is normal but you take extra precautions. You see more people masking up, you see people using hand sanitizers proactively etc. 4am shops closed, nothing much to do. For me personally, I masked up just before boarding the plane. Flight to Bali was about 70% filled. You see empty seats here and there. Air crew didn't wear masks. Tough job. Huge respect to them!

On the plane

I refrained from touching anything onboard the plane other than the seat belts and the window shades when it got too sunny. I would sanitize my hands after each time. Used to like to go through the inflight magazines as well to kill time, didn't do it this time. What surprised me was the number of Caucasians wearing masks. In Singapore, you see lots of ang mohs tourists not masking up but in the airport, a good percentage of them actually masked up. It may or may not be effective against the virus but I guess we're just doing it for peace of mind, even if it's just a false sense of security. Whatever floats your boat you get what I mean? We're also handed a declaration form regarding the COVID-19. This is required by the Indonesian immigration. Basically to state if you've been to China for the past 14 days.

Landing in Bali

Never expected the Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport to be this big and modern! Again, thermal scans just before immigration, and also you have to hand in the COVID-19 declaration form, and in return you're given a COVID-19 paper. I see it as declaring us as COVID-19 free? Lol. The way I see it, the checks being done felt the same as Changi Airport. I don't see Singapore as being more stringent or anything like that. Heard immigration officers asking another Singaporean if she's been to China. Apparently she was there for a holiday in December but left in January 22nd or something like that. He asked her things like why were you there, etc. Think he cleared her in the end.

So yeah that's about the experience at Changi, onboard the plane and Bali airport.

Medications I bought for the trip

I have sinus every morning and also I catch a cold quite easily on a flight. Didn't wanna be mistaken for having COVID-19 symptoms so I bought medications.

- Afrin Nasal Spray ( I use at least 2 hours before the flight)

- Zyrtec-R (Take 2 hours before flight)

- Panadol Sinus Max

- Panadol Cough & Cold

- Berocca

- VapoDrops (Just in case my sinus acts up mid flight)

- Panadols

- Kool Fever Cooling Gel Sheets for adults

- Mozzie coils

- Insect repellent

- Mozzie patch

- Ru Yi You (my middle name is lao sai queen)

So I went on this trip fully aware Bali could already have infections. We all know Zero is impossible. But at the same time, already booked so it's a bit wasted if cancel right? Besides you can catch the virus in Singapore too. It's just a number game and to do with probability. You can only try to practice good hygiene as much as possible and as much as we can remember.

Gonna continue with the Bali itinerary later. Back to work!

TOTAL MASKS USED FOR THIS ENTIRE 5 DAYS TRIP - 2! (One for plane to Bali, one for plane ride back to SG)

 

 

You’re a pharmacist or work at Guardian/Watson huh?

[Wildfaye29]

8 hours ago, BabyBlade said:

I'm already back from Bali! Now pray don't fall sick la!

babe? beekeenee pics where?

if u shy, pm me k? 

[BabyBlade]

4 hours ago, 13177 said:

Oh, so you mean motorbike?! If dont know how to ride also have to take their public transport lo. Lol.

Where I stayed, its possible to walk to the main Ubud street by foot. About 20 mins. 8 mins to restaurants and massage places. 

[BabyBlade]

4 hours ago, 13177 said:

Sleep with aircon on still must burn mozzie coil? The mozzie there so powderful de?

Have you stayed in a villa type of accomms before? It's close to nature so there's all sorts of insects especially mozzies. Even with the sliding door closed no idea how they get in. 

[Voodooman]

My sis traveled to BKK 2 weeks ago and fell sick upon her return.  Luckily it wasn't Covid.  I avoided her for 2 weeks. Wahaha....

She admitted that it is not worth it as she is supposed to spend money and chill. Anyway, lots of precautions to take during the flights and while on the trip, after that, she had to worry for 2 weeks.  

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by Voodooman