Monday, 20 May 2013

AIRPORT REVIEW : Singapore Changi Airport






Completing on my bucket list, which is to travel, I was wondering on should I write my review on airports that I’ve been to. Now I know its not much .. yet, but I have faith that I will travel to those places on my list. So lets start with somewhere near.

Singapore only takes 2 hours to travel from Bali, its near and Air Asia ( one of the cheapest airlines) always has promo ticket every now and then. The latest I went to Singapore was 5 days ago, and got to admit, man, I love this airport.

Fist time you landed in Changi, the first thing that you notice was always on how you get out from the plane. In Jakarta or Bali, you always has to get down from the plane, on stairs, and walk into the airport, but at Changi, everything is being taken care of beautifully. You just need to get our from the plane, and into the plane ram, and voila you’re at the airport. I know I’m being exaggerate, but it’s been so long that I’ve been in an airport like this.

Anyway, once in the airport, the coldness of air conditioner ( AC ), immediately strikes you. The airport is freezing ( or at least that’s how I feel ), its carpeted ( was wondering how much they spend on cleaning), and you are being greeted with duty free shops. Got to tell you tho, if you have tons of money to spend, going to Singapore will be heaven on earth, but me who travels cheap, and having to browse on what to do or to eat in Singapore, and how to get to my hotel, I decided to get local and take MRT.

So I went to the information, which is center at the end of the arrival terminal ( yes near the duty free shop and starbucks, where I try the Ugly Chicken Curry Puff, which taste amazing), and asked on how I get to MRT to the city. I notice that very service center ( like the information or even the public toilet), has a rate me machine, where the passangers can rate their service quality. They explained thoroughly, with smile on their face .

Since I have to wait for my mother ( which came from Jakarta – on different flight), I decided to sit around for a bit, and work ( well.. browsing my facebook that is ), the information lady told me that I should go to the business center, where I can plug on my phone and laptop ( mind you that I was in Terminal 1 – don’t know if that gives you a valuable information – somehow I don’t believe that Singapore has domestic arrival or departure J. Anyway, that business center situation at the center of terminal one, with a food corner and cozy line of plug ins. So I open my laptop and test the wifi ( yes its free ), and it’s fast.

After a while, I decided to get my self a lunch, a laksa mee which didn’t taste good, and a little bit costly ( SGD 8 ), without the drink, because I figured I can go to the toilet and drink from the tap water that is situated there ( OMG, the tap water is cold and taste good too ), and I decided to take a stroll while waiting for my mother. I noticed they have this brochure or some kind of guide book of the airport terminal, what to get and where to get, which I think came handy.

Inside the airport, there are also some entertainment, like the kinectic bulbs and the indoor slide ( incase you wanna try to fall from the 4 storey building, then this is your chance. Overall, I think change airport is great.

Please visit the page at http://www.changiairport.com/

Cleanliness : 9/10
Services : 9/10
Accesability : 10/10

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