In Singapore for the ASEE GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION at the Marina Bay Sands hotel gave the opportunity to check out what some consider an important example of modern hotel construction. The 3 towers of the hotel are joined at the top of their 57 story structure by a Skypark with swimming pool. Although undoubtedly impressive, the casino, luxury shopping mall and general hubris of the undertaking left me with a certain ambivalence.
That being said, my pre-breakfast and moonlight swims in the vanishing-edge pool at the start and end of each day were unforgettable. Pictures below show the pool during a tropical storm and on a normal day. The city was under a noticeable haze at the time due to the atmospheric effects of forest fires in Sumatra.
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