Transit in the Orchid Gardens

September 22, 2009.
We arrived at around 10:30 am in Singapore Airport, an airport like no others. Regardless of how long your transit is, you will feel that you don't need to rush to the next flight. Here, in the International terminal, you will feel welcome, safe, and pampered. Hungry ? No worries. In this never-sleep airport, there are restaurants that are open 24 hours. Singapore's cleanliness, beauty, and technology savvy are all represented at this airport from the moment of touch down. Afterall, the International airport is the greeting gate of the country.

Carpeted floors, lounges with chairs from basic design to cozy sofas and cocoon-style body-massage machines. Free usage of computers with internet 24 hours. Free foot massage chairs everywhere. Endless boutique shops that boast world fashion and souvenirs let you catch up with what you forgot to bring from home. Still bored? Go upstairs to the movie theatre. Or just walk around and observe the fabulous orchid gardens. Challenge yourself to count the number of orchid varieties they display. Feeling like the free stuff is not pampering you enough? Slip into the Premium Lounge, where you can enjoy more comfort with food and beverages for just $23 USD for the duration of 5 hours. Flying Singapore Air from San Francisco to Jakarta doesn't require long transit in Singapore. We only had 45 minutes to catch our connecting flight to Cengkareng (Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta). But if you fly United Airlines... you would have about 7 hours to enjoy the airport or the city of Singapore before catching the connecting flight (Lufthansa is usually the partner that gets you to Jakarta the soonest).