Today, we get the train back to Jakarta.
I'm just here waiting for the car to arrive.
But I'm afraid it's going to be a close call.
I'm still waiting for Gordon.
Gordon, it's your fault. [laughs]
I've been waiting for Gordon for 15 minutes.
He is still packing.
Gordon only packs in the very last minute, right?
No, the last 30 seconds.
Always like this, only packs in the morning of a travel day.
What can you do? There goes the train.
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Filmed before the lockdown
Our car is the very first one, so leave some time to walk
the entire station until you get here.
Now, it's empty like this because everybody already got in.
I'm the last one. Let me rush.
Terima kasih (thank you) [in Indonesian]
-Terima kasih.
-Sama-sama (you're welcome) [in Indonesian]
-Gordon, which one? -Right here.
My seat here!
Really nice train. Wow!
Sorry, our arrival was a little rushed
and I didn't have the time to explain you a few things.
I'm still sweating.
We were a little late booking our tickets.
Everything was fully booked.
So I'm here right in the front of the train
and Gordon is all the way back there.
I cannot even see him.
Let's see if there are some empty seats available,
so that he can move a little closer.
Look at how much space there is.
So I think I can leave my bag there.
We all got our own monitors like in an airplane.
Leaving on time
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Olá (hello) [in Portuguese]
Watch out for the snake
[laughs]
Did you miss me, baby?
I got new friends.
We've been talking like we haven't seen each other for years.
[laughs]
-Okay.
Tchau (bye) [in Portuguese]
Wow, even like this, you still have all this space.
Now, we're talking.
This is the maximum that the seat goes down.
It doesn't lie down flat like a bed,
but it is already really comfortable.
This is about a 45-degree angle.
Two power outlets right here, only for me.
I could hang a jacket here.
This other plastic bag would be for garbage.
And the bathroom is right up front through this door.
There's one bathroom.
Nice. Clean and spacious.
I knew you'd get one. [laughs]
They serve free coffee and tea here and also give you a bottle of water.
I didn't get anything because the water is already fine for me.
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Let's see how this monitor works.
I touched here... internet. It's connecting but...
...kind of slow.
Go back.
Let's see.
The map.
Ah, that's cool. It shows you where you are.
Let's see the films.
It is in English here.
But I can't watch because look at where the TV is,
the monitor is,
and this is where you plug the headset.
Not on your seat.
At least here in this first row, you can't watch TV.
There are many different classes you can choose.
This is the Executive, but Luxury,
because you have single seats like this.
You don't find this in every line.
In some trains, the best you can buy is Executive,
which is already really, really good,
like the car just behind us.
Two and two, very comfortable.
In many routes, you don't even find single seats like this.
This is the only car like this in the entire train.
We also got a train from Surabaya to Yogyakarta,
but there, we chose Business.
And Business in an Indonesian train,
is not like flying business class.
Nothing fancy.
We could put our luggage behind the last seats.
They sold coffee and tea, there were power outlets,
but the seats didn't recline.
Still they were very spacious and there was air-conditioning.
Chicken...
Lettuce, tomato and pickle.
There is something here that I don't know what it is.
It looks like peanuts.
This is sambal.
It's probably the spice.
Here in this package, I believe it's rice.
Oh, yeah, white rice.
I thought it would be nasi goreng, the fried rice,
but, no, just white rice, and shrimp crackers.
It is good. It's very good.
I was hoping for nasi goreng as the food
as that's my favorite dish here,
but this is good, too.
These are so good.
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-Buenos nachos
-[laughs]
You can't stay far from me, can you?
-Is your food good? -Yes, it's very good. It is.
-Did you try the spice? -No.
-It's very hot. -I know that this is...
-I had it last night. -I know this is really spicy.
-It's so hot. -No, I kept mine here.
Oh, you miss me so much that you come here...
-No. -... to just stay with me.
-No. -Awww. [laughs]
-Look at this. -Yes, it's very nice.
-Yeah.
-Thank you for the visit. [laughs]
Just coming to check me out.
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Good.
What about buying tickets?
The easiest way for you to check fares and the schedule
is via a website called tiket.com.
Worth taking a look.
In our first train ride, we couldn't buy online at all.
The official website only accepts Indonesian credit cards.
We tried other sources, but nothing worked.
So to leave Surabaya, we ended up going to the train station
and buying at the machine right there.
-Pricing.
Number of seats.
-Okay? -Okay.
Select. Two adults.
Now, for this trip, we were able to buy via Traveloka.
It finally worked.
Whether you buy it online, or at the machine at the station,
or at a mini market like Indomaret,
you still need to go to some other machines in the train station
to print your final tickets,
so prepare for that as well.
Gordon and his new friends.
The air-conditioning is super cold here. Come prepared.
Something interesting about this train here.
The rows are backwards.
Here, for example, I'm in the very first row,
it's should row number one, right?
No, but I'm row number nine.
It's nine, eight, seven, six, all the way to one.
One is the very last.
Halfway through the ride, and they just gave us orange juice.
How has your ride been?
-Okay.
-Just okay, right? You miss me.
-No. -[laughs]
Of course, you do. Look at you.
-I'm going back. -Okay.
See you in the next station.
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Seven-hour ride so far
I came here to check the bathroom again.
It is clean and smelling good, just like when we left.
He's doing a really good job.
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Look at the monument right here.
So, final verdict? Was it worth it?
-Yeah. -I think so.
-Yeah. -It was really nice.
Very, very comfortable.
-Super. -Super.
[laughs]
We left on time and arrived on time, on schedule.
I just wish there was Wi-Fi.
There are different trains between Yoyakarta and Jakarta,
and they take between 7 and 12 hours,
so pay close attention when you're booking.
This service costs between US$60 and US$75. That's what we paid.
If you just compare ticket prices to ticket prices,
it is more expensive than flying a low-cost carrier.
But then, they charged for luggage and per extra kilos,
so we'd pay a small fortune with all this here.
Plus there's the extra transport cost as the airport is not located downtown,
like the train station.
Now, we saw online that there's a 20-kilo luggage allowance
per person in all classes,
and that they could weight your luggage before boarding.
Fortunately, it didn't happen to us,
because we have way more than 20 kilos here
if you add up our suitcases, backpacks, everything.
-Hello. -Hello.
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Getting a Grab at the train station was super easy
because you didn't need to walk outside or go somewhere else.
No, you could get it right there.
On one side, you get taxis, on the other, you get Grabs.
Fantastic. Love it!
And now, we're back here at the same hotel
because this hotel is also very close to the train station
where we get a train to the airport.
In fact, I think I can see the train station right here.
It should be easy tomorrow.
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The next day
Good morning from Jakarta.
We are on our way to the airport now.
And the best thing is, we simply walk to the train station.
We bought our tickets online. It was super easy.
Rp70.000 each.
When you get here, you need to print it.
And now, we just wait for the train.
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Fantastic train, nice and comfortable.
And I can't believe how empty it is.
We don't even need to sit next to each other.
[laughs]
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The train was on time, 46 minutes until the airport station,
and then you need to get the Skytrain that connects to all terminals.
And the Skytrain is not all the time.
There's a gap of up to 12 minutes in between trains,
so plan for that as well.
But here we are, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
This is the largest airport in Indonesia
and the busiest in the entire Southern Hemisphere.
This is crazy.
I'm not going to vlog in the airport and in the plane
because I need to edit videos.
And I'll keep my next destination a surprise.
See you in the next video somewhere else in the world.
Bye! Selamat tinggal! (goodbye in Indonesian)
Your fault today.
Always, always.
-Not always, but today it is. -Always, always.
I can't believe you.
I would fire me. I would fire me.
I would fire you, too.
He only packs in the very last minute
He wakes up and he packs.
But when we have to travel early in the morning,
things get complicated.
Why?
Gordon, I think this place here perfectly represents you.
[laughs]