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Old Aug 8, 2019, 1:14 pm
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gilbertaue
 
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Drove from and to the new Airport this week with a rental car.

Some observations:

1) Glad the carpark for rental cars is now attached to the terminal! No more ferry trips to a remote carpark.

​​​​​​2) Google maps seems to guide you onto a highway which isn't open yet. I ended up driving through some seriously bumpy backstreets, but go to our destination ok.

3) driving to the airport at 6pm insummer, with the sun on the horizon glaring into your eyes, you end up not being able to read the signboards. They should have LED signboards for the final 10km.

4) The fuel station near the rental cars seems to be an afterthought. Someone must have completely forgotten about the fact that vehicles need to be refuelled.

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