23 April 2025
From grey to greyer
Fukuoka to Singapore on a Dreamliner
Now I am in Singapore, the last stop on this trip. I will be here for 4 nights. I have no plan.
Getting here was fairly easy, in Fukuoka the subway goes right to the domestic airport... and then you take a free bus around the circumference of the entire airport to the international terminal, which is even closer to the main part of Fukuoka, I really feel as though I could have walked.
The flight was 100% full, and took exactly 6 hours as scheduled. I have no complaints, everyone was snot gargling. I was amused at all the Japanese people who put masks on only as they got off the plane in Singapore, because they have heard that Singapore is full of people with diseases.
Exiting Singapore airport is a dream, if you are a Singapore resident you do not even need a passport anymore, just your face to be scanned. For me, I just had to scan my passport once, no handing it over, no stamps, no bag checks, just walk out.
My hotel is located in Bencoolen, which is a nicer area than where I have stayed in Singapore in the past, but it is a 30 minute ride from the airport on the subway, with one change.
The weather here is very grey, there might be some storms, the photos below, are super super boring, but people find them more interesting than anything else that has ever appeared on the internet ever for some reason.
Here is the check in area of the Fukuoka international airport. I have been to the domestic airport here before when I flew back to Tokyo, which was very interesting with 4 or more tiny little non connected terminals. The international side however, much like any other airport.
They have a viewing area, which anyone can go to, even without a ticket. However it is is not as good as the Tokyo ones as it is enclosed in glass. Quiet on the apron at the moment.
The duty free and shopping area is modern but compact.
The food court however, large and great, strangely much bigger and better than the one at Haneda in Tokyo.
Here is my Dreamliner, I can confidently say I think the Airbus A350 is nicer.
Now for my hotel, the room is relatively huge compared to Japanese hotels. It is pricier, because everything in Singapore is, I think I am paying about $170 a night, but it is much much more expensive than that now (I booked a year ago). It is called Hotel Strand.
The bathroom is dated, and very poorly lit.
Now I will go and eat in one of a thousand food court / hawkers, there is a small one right over the road from my hotel.