Going To Mataram

It is Friday. The Red-9 Friday-6 (Jumat Pahing 15). It was a public holiday to commemorate the A Night Journey (Mecca to Jerusalem then Ascension to The Holy Place) of Prophet Muhammad (Isra Mi'raj 27 Rajab 1442H). At 04:00 I went to the airport. I would go to Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. Nuri accompanied and dropped me there. At 04:20 the airport still closed. It opened at 04:45, even the check in room opened at 04:55.

After leaving from the COVID-19 document checking I came to the check in booth. My flights were ID6343 (SRG-CGK)and ID6658 but was changed to ID6339 (SRG-CGK) and ID6658 (CGK-LOP). I got seat 21C and 17D, respectively. I had no time to be seated in the waiting room. I directly boarded. The plane stood on the end of parking area. I had to walk there. Fortunately, the sky was clear.

The plane was filled partly, about one third, although many flights had been consolidated into this flight. At 05:55 I was on board and at about 06:15 we took off for Jakarta. At 07:00 we landed at Soekarno Hatta International Airport (SHIA). After reporting my destination to the transit booth I went to the waiting room, E2.

I stopped by at a coffee counter in Warunk Soto Nikmat to have a tiny cup of espresso. I consumed my banana bread I brought from Semarang. The espresso price was Rp25.000, cheap. Then, I went to the security check to enter the waiting room E2. About an hour I was there than I was informed to move to E1 waiting room. More than 2 hours I was there. At a food booth named El Mart I bought an instant noodles. I had been long time not consuming such food so I tasted so much.

At 11:10 we were called for boarding. About 30 minutes later we took off. At 14:50 local time we landed at Lombok Airport in Praya. The local time is an hour ahead of the Jakarta time.

By a Damri minibus I got at a place in front of Epicentrum Mall. The tariff was Rp35.000. By a Gojek car I arrived at Aston Inn at 16:50. Rahutama came to me. He gave me a key card. My room was 305, his was 301.

Because I felt hungry I seeked food. I walked along Jalan Bung Karno to get it. I then stopped by at Upnormal Coffee. I ordered fried rice and plain tea. I spent Rp47.500. I walked again to get back to the hotel. I trace along Jalan Ismail Marzuki and Jalan Palapa II.

In the evening Dede, Esti, Kartika, and Julia picked up us to there house. We pleased with dinner. Special dishes were provided. There were plecing, fried tofu fried fish, and yellow gravy fish. Gilang droped me to the hotel.