Arrived

Ok, it was a long journey… we took off from Zurich on Thursday noon in the direction of Singapore. We landed early Friday morning and then flew back to Manado at 9:30 am.

Yes, traveling has changed, already in the preparation proof of insurance had to be obtained, vaccination certificates uploaded, the Covid app of Indonesia loaded, return ticket printed and the hotel confirmation could not be missing. Fortunately, they have been doing without the PCR test for a week. The entry process was correspondingly long, because the whole thing still had to be checked. So 1st station Visa on Arival get, Covid check with temperature control, and then the immigration officer. After about an hour, the whole procedure was over and we were already expected by our driver. The journey then went over some very bad roads to the northernmost point of North Sulawesi, another 90 minutes later we were at the boat and could still enjoy the 30 minute boat ride in calm seas. If it hadn’t been for Erich’s missing suitcase. Our fellow traveler Erich was really unlucky, his suitcase didn’t arrive. So we bought some little things on the way. On this occasion, we bought a SIM card with 32 GB credit, which was not really expensive at the equivalent of Fr 7.20.