{"id":121838,"date":"2022-04-20T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=121838"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:48:37","slug":"get-me-out-of-jakarta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=121838","title":{"rendered":"Get me out of Jakarta!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97899\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3937-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i go to check in for my flight at Jakarta airport. \u00a0it is 4:30am in the morning when the airport staff checks my paperwork. \u00a0then she tells me &#8220;i&#8217;m sorry, you need a Covid test 24 hours before this flight.&#8221; \u00a0i said &#8220;what? \u00a0yesterday the airport staff told me it was 48 hours before the flight?&#8221; \u00a0omg, i had my PCR test over 24 hours ago so they told me i couldn&#8217;t board. \u00a0i ask &#8220;is there somewhere i can take one now?&#8221; \u00a0she points down, up, side, then left. \u00a0i plug that into my memory and start running! \u00a0of course i just left my surfboards behind because there is no way i was going to make it in time lugging all of that. \u00a0i didn&#8217;t even care if somebody stole it, i just wanted to get out of Jakarta!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97902\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3939-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>finally i get to this little makeshift table where you sign up for a covid test. \u00a0of course, no signs, and nobody spoke English. \u00a0thankfully, sign language is international. \u00a0 i sign up, pay the 85,000 rupiah, then get directed around more corners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97900\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3938-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i get to the makeshift testing booth. \u00a0i couldn&#8217;t believe they were going to stick that thing up my nose again! \u00a0but once again, they could have stuck it in my ass. \u00a0i just wanted to get out of Jakarta!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97898\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3941-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it was the longest 10 minute wait of my life. \u00a0i was thinking if it was positive, i would immediately get escorted to a government facility and be quarantined for 7 days. \u00a0i heard from Bol that the quarantine in Jakarta is like prison. \u00a0thank goodness it was negative. \u00a0i start running back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97901\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3942-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i get to the counter just in time, then i see the staff measuring my board bags. \u00a0if you&#8217;re a surfer, that is very bad news. \u00a0i&#8217;ll explain later&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i go to check in for my flight at Jakarta airport. \u00a0it is 4:30am in the morning when the airport staff checks my paperwork. \u00a0then she tells me &#8220;i&#8217;m sorry, you need a Covid test 24 hours before this flight.&#8221; \u00a0i said &#8220;what? 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