April 7, 2026
Monday April 6th is another travel day for us on our destination to remote Raja Ampat. We started the day at 5am to make our 7am flight from Denpasar, Bali to Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in South Sulawesi for our brief layover to connect with our flight onto Sorong, Indonesia.
This cat was the most interesting artwork in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport but they did play a rather loud impossing Indonesian Raya at 10 am where everything stopped and people stood. The anthem is to foster nationalism, patriotism and unity, encouraging citizens to pause their activities to honor the nation's history and values.
We arrived in Sorong around 6:30 pm, checked into Aston hotel, got some dinner on their rooftop and had an early night. We had some time to walk the neighborhood this morning before leaving for the Ferry. This is the land of motor scooters! The kids were out in abundance headed to school and all want to pose for photos with big smiles and hi's!!
BORNEO ISLAND is a fascinating place, that I had honestly only heard of from the reality tv show Survivor. I'm still learning so much, but I had no idea it is the largest island in Asia and 3rd largest island in the World! It is a mini continent, with 3 different Countries sharing the island's land mass ( Indonesia 73%, Malaysia 26% and Brunei 1% ). We are only going to 2 ports in Malaysia now, one in each of the states of Sarawak and Sabah . Below is a video that highlights and explains thing well.
The Port of Singapore is massive and thus deserving of it's own post!
Right next to the Flower Dome in Gardens by the Bay is the Cloud Forest Dome .They sell the entry tickets as a joint package. The Cloud Forest currently has a special exhibit, Jurassic World The Experience incorporated into the forest.