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TRIP REPORT (CONT.)
for fuel. We ate at the hotel, Ibis Styles, then went to Bar 12. It’s close to the hotel, and we received a ticket for a complimentary glass of wine that we didn’t want to waste.
Day 5 (Saturday): It was the first time we experienced a little rain, but it was still very warm (it had been above 30 degrees Celsius for the whole trip). Our flight to Bali (WADD) went smoothly; handling took pictures of our passing gates and we didn’t have to do anything else. There is a gigantic Buddha statue in the city, a few kilometers from where we were (it is known as the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue). We removed all the garbage from the plane and headed to Darwin, Australia (YPDN).
We were tired on arrival at YPDN, and it was already night. The jet lag
was starting to play tricks on us. The ILS was down, and work was being done on the runway. We made a few stupid mistakes – especially me with ATC. In one clearance I talked about a visual, an ILS and a localiser approach – but we landed without any problems.
We remembered from our last visit to YPDN that we had to spray
insecticide in the cabin before opening the door, and because we didn’t have any, we needed to report this to ATC 30 minutes before landing. After landing, they passed us the spray can through the window. We sprayed for 10 seconds and waited a few minutes for them to give us a signal. We filled in a passenger arrival card for customs.
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