A not so surprise surprise honeymoon. We didn't leave immediately after our wedding because
1. we didn't know where to go
2. TH (the husband) is having his reservist.
Yeap! He was on reservist right smack in the midst of our wedding.
Had to beg for leave in December because TH is still schooling and December is the only time i could go on an escapade. Just my luck to be able to get my leave during the Xmas break! yeay!
I had so many mixed feelings about going to Australia over the Xmas period because my friends who are in Straya are all telling me that it's practically a ghost town on Xmas day! But heck. Just go ahead with it anyway.
But because it was a last minute trip, our flight tickets cost a fortune. But hey, HONEYMOON mah. I insisted on going in december because ... honeymoon. lol
okay so our flight cost us $900+ PER person. jialat. my friend told me he got his Qantas tickets to perth at half the price. But then again ... honeymoon ...
Took QF78 scheduled to flyoff at 2340H. I regretted the moment i stepped into the airplane. I DIDN'T CHECK THE FLIGHT TYPE. but it's okay, wasn't really a full flight so we had the seats to ourselves. Our Muslim meal was a-okay. Edible and quite nice to be honest. The in-flight entertainment was good too except for the variety of dramas/reality shows which i have never heard of (or maybe i just don't keep up .. more like can't be bothered with recent trends.)
Touched down on Perth almost close to 5am in the morning. Man the morning sun was already out by then. It's like already 8am in the morning when in fact it's only 6am! Immigrations was smooth, the security lady directed us to the automated lane which failed terribly i don't know why but either way we were re-directed to a manned lane which was catered for people who has problems using the automated lanes.
Aniway, collected our luggages, had a smoke break ... OH YA .. Straya only allows 50 STICKS per person into the country so ... have fun figuring out how to get your favourite ciggarettes into their country! i regretted not buying the 3packs ciggarette from duty free at Changi airport. Oh well, too late!
Slacked and waited till 6.30 to collect our cars. Again, renting the car cost us a fortune because... last minute. I booked the car under rentalcars, which is something like your 3rd party hotel booking platform. My advice is, just book your car ONLY through rentalcars. Skip the adding GPS and insurance part, because you will have to pay EXTRA with the rental company for the insurance. Yes, i kena pay the additional insurance but had "complimentary access" to the GPS. So either way, no difference for the price paid.
Why did i say that? Because at the counter upon collecting the car keys, i was asked if i wanted insurance protection since i'll be having the car for quite a long duration (it's a 9D8N trip). I told them i had purchased the coverage whilst making the booking. But the fella told me that THAT coverage is my agreement with rentalcars and that if something happens then i have to deal with rental cars and not with Europcar, and it'll be quite a hassle. So lan2 suck thumb purchase the insurance coverage directly with Europcar, and i was GLAD i did that.
I opted to get the GPS set and i was GLAD i purchase that too (even though i could have easily access the GPS through google maps). Read somewhere that google maps get confused sometimes and it confuses the driver as well, plus it's not really clear on it's directions due to the various exits and roundabouts and IT'S TRUE! It's so much easier to use the GPS navigation system because it tells you which exit and the NAME of the exit you should take, and it doesn't only apply on the expressway but also the normal roads as well!
Anyway whilst collecting our car keys there was this Singaporean kicking up a fuss because the car he got wasn't the car that he booked initially online. I was like.. eh, never read properly ah when you do the booking? The website (in fact most of the car rental websites) will state that you are booking for this car OR other SIMILAR models. So when you book a Suzuki Swift you might probably get a Hyundai Getz something like that. And the reason that Singaporean kick up a fuss about? BECAUSE HE DONT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THAT CAR THAT HE GOT AND HE ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE CAR. like eh!!! IT'S STILL A CAR?!!! AUTO, GOT STEERING WHEEL, GOT BRAKE AND GOT ACCELERATOR PEDAL!
Really.. special kind of stupid.
