16 June 2022
Bus broke down
Singapore to Melbourne on Singapore Airlines
As threatened, here is a final small update on an unprecedented 30th day of a trip.
That is a bit of cheat cause I do not normally do an after landing update and I started this trip just before midnight and counted that as a day so it is more like 28 days but whatever.
The flight was fine, 99% full but lucky me had an empty seat next to me. No one nearby seemed sick. Dinner was served after midnight... no breakfast even though they wake you up 90 minutes before landing with quarantine videos. They need to not serve dinner and serve breakfast instead.
The big surprise, Australian customs was smoother than ever, no change to procedure, no one looked at my digital passenger declaration because it is in their system already, no one did a bag check or asked me anything about where I had been, no one looked at the apricot coloured arrival card that you still have to do. No one went through my laptop and phone.
So that was a surprise, smooth journey home right? No.
As you shall see, the bus broke down!
I originally intended for this pathetic photo, same as the first photo but returning home on the bus to be the last photo. But no.
The skybus made a horrible crunch noise, and rolled to a halt, on a highway off ramp near the Costco in Melbourne. It was a dangerous spot. The driver and the bus company were trying to get the police to come to block the road to transfer people to another bus that was on the way. This was going to take 45 minutes. SO I WALKED! And that is how we must end.