South East Asia is calling!

Finally the day has come and I will board an A380 for the first time in my life!
Singapore Airlines' big bird is docked to Zurich’s dock E and awaits me to enter on the upper deck. Anyway, as long as you do not use the stairs you won't feel any difference to an international plane with only one deck. What comes really handy is the extra storage space in the box along the window seats.
The great service started with a Singapore Sling for aperitif. It was followed by a good meal and a nice digestive and always accompanied by a film from the wide entertainment selection.
The 12h passed quickly and I arrived at Changi Airport around 6am. The airport is amazingly big and you can walk for miles. As I had a rather short connection I directly approached Transfer E to get my onward boarding pass with Tigerair. But the girl denied and asked for 40 US$. A massive amount compared to the 65 US$ ticket price. So I quickly went trough immigration and queued at the regular check in. After 15 minutes I was ready to leaf Singapore again.
Boarding was somewhat chaotic but OK. In the plane I recognized to have lucky number 13, the emergency exit row. The service must have been great as I haven't been woken up once.
On arrival in HCMC (aka Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon) I had to get my visa. In order to be eligible you need to have an invitation letter which I bought from cheapvietnamvisa.net for 8 US$. Processing was a quick 5 minutes and in the order of application. Anyway, there were not so many people. Visa fee was 45 US$.
Probably one has to mention that you should definitely have your things ready (money, photo ...) as you will run into extra cost otherwise. If you need to change money there is one just after immigration with good rates (even for Swiss Franc).
After leaving the airport I walked to the domestic terminal where I took bus 156 to the centre. If you not sure where to go jump out at the small bus terminal. Or stay two stops more to be close to the backpacker area.
After this long travel I look forward to a great south East Asia trip including Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and a bit of Singapore.