In Reply to: big scam maybe? posted by SIR FIN on Sunday, 1. August 2010 at 07:15 Bali Time:
but the question is if / when will this happen? On the day we arrived there were only 4 desks in operation yet it looked like with the number of arrivals waiting in the queue they would need four times this amount with them all working faster than a snails pace! Bali just doesn't seem to have made the required adjustments for the increased tourist numbers. In comparison to when we arrived back in NZ there were 15 desks processing arrivals plus the automatic 'smart scan' service where people who have a chip in their passport can process themselves.
Like I said I was a very reluctant user of the express service but after next to no sleep prior to departing for Bali (due to being up all of the previous night delivering a baby!) followed by a 2am wake up to head to the airport and then 15hrs travelling the last thing I could have coped with was a 3hr wait at immigration - and hey at least those who were in the queue didn't have to wait for the 4 of us!
Sheryl