AS our flight back home will depart on 9:15 AM local time, we depart our hotel on 7:30am to ensure we are in time. We made appointment with the driver of yesterday sight seeing to pick us and bring to airport. We straight away went to check in counter. Before we reach there, our luggage need to be gone through scanner for safety. After we clear it, proceed with check in procedure to get boarding pass. When we reach the gate, it yet to open due to a bit early. We felt a bit relax and enjoy some breakfast on the seats nearby. Knowing some Indonesia money in hand, we decided to shop some presents and made some purchasing with our balanced cash.
After we passed the gate scanner, we were greeted by some counters which block outgoing passengers for collecting airport tax. We really didn't expect such thing in the last minutes. When I asked staff whether our air ticket price already included for airport tax, she replied, no, air asia passengers need to pay tax. She also proving me by showing other passengers who pay tax just like me. The problem is that we do not have enough local money. They charge Rp 150,000.00 per head and we need to pay for 5 person in total. Luckily, my wife brings some S$ for emergency use and paid by S$. In fact, Rp150000 is equivalent to S$20 but they charged us S$25 per head. We got no choice but to pay S$125 to clear the gates. After that there is one more gate for immigration check point and finally we reach waiting lobby to board our plane. Bali family holiday trip has given me several lesson and I got to value it. Thankfully, my daughter is fine and we could able to return home without much problem/trouble during our stay in Indonesia's famous resort island.
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