hey guys please excuse the mess we're packing because we are flying to indonesia today
going back home yay so for those of you that don't know we lived in
indonesia specifically bali in 2020 and we had to fly back to south africa
unexpectedly because we couldn't renew our visas and for that reason we're going back
if you haven't seen those vlogs there's a COVID playlist on our channel so go
check them out after waiting exactly two months we finally got our visas
they just came through over email and we couldn't be happier wee, excited, cheers bye
see you later it's really helpful having alex on the other side of the world in indonesia
to just call up and ask for some advice on where to stay and all that stuff because he's on the
ground so thanks very much alex we'll see you soon okay so let's talk about the reasons why we
are going back to indonesia for one when we lived in indonesia we didn't explore enough of it as we
would have liked to so that's why we want to go back we want to visit all of indonesia all the
islands some of which include nusa lombongan and nusa penida we want to do that again
we didn't have a very good time there we want to do nisa chenegen java jakarta komodo islands
lombok sumatra and zumba so if you guys have any suggestions on what we should do in these
places and on these islands please comment down below let us know what type of food
what let us know what type of videos you would like to see what food you'd like us
to eat and all sorts of things we're so looking forward to it and looking forward to exploring
more of indonesia now what's involved getting to indonesia it's quite an expensive long and tedious
process i'll be honest but we're here to walk you guys through it step number one is to apply
for a business visa into indonesia unfortunately they're not accepting tourist visas yet there are
rumors of them accepting them in july but i'm not sure how true that is okay so let's talk
about the visa process um it wasn't a difficult process but it was long and quite expensive
so we used a visa agency company called peak solutions we sent through our passports our south
african passports not our british passports because they don't accept british passports
so we sent through our south african passports and they sent us a contract letter to be our sponsors
for a business visa why did it get so quiet all of a sudden okay so we applied for a business
B211 visa which lasts up to six months it is valid for two months and then you get it extended every
month after that so we will be in indonesia for the next six months and that visa cost 5.5 million
idr in the beginning that was for the e-visa after waiting for a month we got told that
they're no longer processing e-visas so we had to pay for the manual process which was an extra
3.5 million each so that meant that the visa agency would send somebody to the embassy
to immigration to apply for our business visas and we got them within two weeks step number two after
getting your visa you're allowed to book your flight in south africa qatar is the only airline
flying out so we book flights um through qatar airways it goes to doha and then we end up in
jakarta it's important not to book a fight before you get your visa we went with qatar airlines
mainly because they're one of the only airlines flying out of south africa but most importantly
they were very flexible in terms of refunding you if you need to change your flights and also just
rescheduling or date and time so the most important thing we went for was the fact
that they would be able to refund us for a return flight if there's any complications at the end of
this year oh step number three time to get a pcr test we've come to rose bank lancet laboratories
to have it done, it's my second test and it's Rhett's first test so let's see how it goes
so i got a COVID test a few weeks ago for my colonoscopy and i wasn't scared at all
and it was so chilled but today i'm nervous and i don't know why it's my first test and i feel okay
wow
not too bad
okay all done safe and sound not too bad 850 rand at lancet in rosebank and we selected the
urgent option because we're traveling within the next 48 hours so it should come within 24.
and they are open seven days a week eight til five o'clock i believe easy peasy
step number four is to book your quarantine hotel in jakarta so it's mandatory to go into five day
quarantine so we've booked a hotel called Ibis styles hotel now you can't just book any hotel you
have to book a hotel that's on the government's approved list we'll put that list on the screen
now so once you've picked what hotel you want to stay at then you whatsapp or email them or phone
them and then they'll walk you through a separate booking process do not use sites like booking.com
or airbnb or anything book directly through the hotel like we did they have special packages
they have quarantined packages where you stay for five days they give you all your meals three meals
a day you're not allowed leaving the hotel room so they have to come and deliver the food to you
they also include your pcr tests you have two more tests in the hotel and then they sometimes
include laundry so just look through that, we're paying around six million six and a half million
for five days for the both of us and that includes everything so stay tuned for the next video we'll
show you our hotel experience and the quarantine process and then the fifth and final step is to
book your travel insurance as you guys know we love our travel insurance safety wing they saved
our butts last year when we had to fly home so we highly recommend them we are currently sitting in
the airport right now and we're about to sign up for it one of the things i really love about
safety wing besides the fact that they actually do honor you and pay you back when you need them is
that it's so easy to sign up it's literally like a netflix subscription you pay $40 for every 28 days
and you can cancel any time it's really really easy and you know they cover the basics for travel
and medical so really happy with them so far so safety wing does cover COVID it's covered under
their nomad insurance as well as their remote health option so we're all good there we're going
to leave a link for you in the description if you are interested if you will be traveling anytime
soon we do really recommend safety wings so go ahead and check them out thank you for watching
today's video we hope you guys found it helpful stay tuned for tomorrow where the adventure begins
time to go it's time to go
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