Early start today, uncomfortably early. My 30-day free visa to Indonesia is due to expire so I’ve two flights today to get me to Bangkok. Why Bangkok? I’ve got a friend from Cairns teaching English there and I promised I’d catch up. My first flight departs for Jakarta from Bali at 6:30am. From Jakarta it’s international flying to Bangkok. Both flights are with Garuda, Indonesia’s official national carrier. Garuda used to have a dodgy record for both safety and efficiency but it now has a good reputation. Both my flights today ran to schedule and the service was faultless. I arrived in Bangkok around 2pm and made my way to my hotel via the train.