Last week­end I had a short trip to Jakarta to meet a client and visit fam­ily and the girl­friend. My flight back to Bali was the first flight on Mon­day 6:35am, it’s an overkill to spend just a few hours in a hotel and I don’t want to wake up that early to beat the traf­fic to the airport.

So I decided I’d spend the night at the airport.

The place is Ter­mi­nal 3, the new build­ing in Soekarno Hatta. Now kids, there are sev­eral things you need to know when you’re plan­ning to spend the night at this par­tic­u­lar terminal:

  • BRING CASH. It’s the first one of the utmost impor­tance. Don’t rely too much on cards.
  • It’s going to be bor­ing, so charge all your gad­gets to the max before you go.
  • You’re not going to sleep at all even if you want to, trust me. You won’t feel safe clos­ing your eyes in pub­lic place like that.
  • Every­thing closes at 1am except for Cir­cle K, it’s open 24 hours.
  • Check in gate opens at 4am sharp, not that it’s a big deal anyway.
  • You’re not allowed to sleep inside the musholla, appar­ently you can’t crash in God’s house. Or apart­ment.. or hut. Anyway..

Terminal 3 Soekarno Hatta

I had a cup of Mocha­bella ear­lier that night so I was hyper all night and I watched, like, 3 episodes of Ani­ma­ni­acs and kept mov­ing to keep myself warm. It was a pretty awe­some expe­ri­ence, I met new friends (they’re trav­el­ers) and learned a lot from them.

There’s much more to tell on the sec­ond part of this story, but now I gotta get some real sleep. Good night :)

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