Cara Menuju Universal Studio Singapore dengan MRT

Hai hai..udah lama banget ya aku ga nge-blog .. 😋

Well..mumpung lagi mood, aku mo cerita soal liburan ke Universal Studio Singapore bulan November yang lalu yess..

Tapi..sebelum aku share ada apa aja di Universal Studio Singapore dan tips tipsnya, aku mo share cara menuju Universal Studio Singapore dengan transportasi umum atau lebih tepatnya cara menuju Universal Studio Singapore dengan MRT yaks..😀

Olrite..langsung aja yess..

Minggu (12/11) Sekitar pkl.07 pagi aku dan keponakan ku, udah ngacir dari hotel. Yeup.. aku nggak sendiri ke Universal Studio Singapore.

But first, aku mo ngasih tau rute menuju Universal Studio Singapore dengan menggunakan kereta MRT.

di depan bola dunia 

Antri Paspor Bisa Lewat Aplikasi Google

Eh eh.. ada kabar bagus nih dari kantor Imigrasi..

Sekarang, kalo lau mo memperpanjang atau bikin paspor baru, udah nggak perlu dateng "subuh" lagi buat ngambil nomer antrian lho.. mantaff kan..😃

Usut punya usut.. ternyata kantor Imigrasi sudah membuat aplikasi yang bisa menghindari antrian tak berujung yang biasa terjadi di kantor-kantor pelayanan Imigrasi, khususnya yang ada di Jakarta.
Aplikasi tersebut namanya antrian paspor.
Aplikasi ini bisa lau donlot gratis di google play store.

Buat lau lau pengguna iphone atau os lain (selain android), harus bersabar karena aplikasi antrian paspor belum tersedia. Tapi jangan khawatir, dalam waktu dekat Imigrasi akan mengeluarkan aplikasi berbasis ios kok.. 😉

Trus darimana gue tau soal informasi ini? bodo amat.. itu kali yang ada dipikiran lau ya hehe..
biarin ah.. gue mah orangnya demen cerita 😜

Ceritanya begini..
Alkisah saat libur lebaran gue emang punya niat mau memperpanjang paspor. Pasalnya, paspor gue udah basi aka. expired, sejak September 2016.

Tempat pengambilan nomer antrian di lt.2  Kantor Imigrasi Jakarta Selatan

Visiting Tidung Island

Tidung Island was the first island that came in my head when my niece asked me for snorkeling in Thousand Island. Well.. my niece was 8th grade and she was never snorkeling in her life. So I have a plan to take her to Thousand Island and teach her snorkeling. She was very happy when I said I will take her to Tidung Island.. ^^

And then I asked some of my friends to acompanying us. Gladly, two of them was agree to join this backpack trip.. ;)

That day (10/7) I and my niece went to Marina Pier, Ancol. To visit Tidung Island, we used speed boat from Marina Pier, Ancol.
note:
Using speed boat from Marina is more expensive than from Kali Adem, Muara Angke. The cost is almost 2,5 times more expensive.

In Marina, there are many speed boats which are heading to Thousand Island. You can find them at 17th Pier. The 17th Pier is the pier that providing public transportation/speed boats to society who wants to visit Thousand Island.

When you get there, there will be some officers with blue shirt who will help you for buying the ticket. You don't have to worry about their present. They are official officers.

Or.. you can walk through to a building next the cafetaria. That building is an office which is selling ticket to Thousand Island.
You can buy the ticket on the spot, without any confirmation first..

The ticket costs in some prices, depending on the island (2016):

• Bidadari/Ayer/Untung Jawa: IDR 75K (weekday), 100K (weekend).
• Pari/Pramuka/Tidung: IDR 125K (weeday), 150K (weekend).
• Harapan/Kelapa: IDR 180K (weekday), 225K (weekend).
• Putri/Pelangi/Sepa: IDR 200K (weekday), 250K (weekend).
• Pantara: IDR 300K (weekday), 350K (weekend).

We arrived at Marina, Ancol, around 8.30 am. There were so many visitors in the pier. But most of them visiting Pari Island. Only a few visiting Tidung Island. Lucky for us, we got an empty boat!

Just 4 of us at the bottom room of the boat! ^^ Capacity of this boat is 180 people.. yeayy^^

Catching Breath at Payung Island

Sudden trip!
Yeup.. I never planned this trip (29/10) until one of my friend told me that next week some of freedivers will go to Payung Island (Payung = Umbrella -) for training.

When I heard about that, I was so excited to join because this was my chance to try again my capability of equalization in the ocean (since I failed the exam of A2 AIDA -).

And the next thing I knew, I was in a traditional ferry on the way to Payung Island..

Note:
If you want to go to Thousand Island by traditional ferry, the port had been moved. It is not next to the gas station anymore, It is moved to Kali Adem Port..
If you used public transportation, the route: Transjakarta (cost IDR 3.500), stop at Penjaringan Shelter - B01 (cost IDR 5K), stop at Muara Angke Bus Station - Becak motorbike (cost IDR 5K), stop at Kali Adem Port.
Or... you can use Transjakarta Feeder  bus from Pluit (but this bus is still rare, specially in the morning when you in hurry to catch the ferry).

Kali Adem Port

Ticket booth to Thousand Island with traditional ferry