Cities FOOD AND TRAVEL Hotels

Travel Spotting: Infinity pool in the Singapore skyline

Written by Gary

If it is one thing I love it is infinity pools. A childhood fear of water has left me somewhat helpless when I go into the deep end of any pool – so I figure why not compound that fear by adding in the irrational paranoia of swimming off the edge of a building. The Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore was designed by Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie and creates the amazing illusion of an oasis in the skyline of a bustling city.

The hotel itself boasts 2,560 rooms and many other interesting features such as an indoor canal and a museum shaped like a lotus flower (don’t ask me what that looks like – visions of Georgia O’ Keefe faux-ginas  come to mind). The hotel is also connected to the Skypark, which can be described as a tropical garden in the sky 656 feet above sea level.

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel manages to bring together two of my biggest fears: falling from a building and drowning in a pool, and yet can only be described as an urban example of modern design technology and progressive architectural models.

img [ via ]

About the author

Gary

Gary is the gay guy that every girl wants to be, and every guy wants to be with (Mostly because he can't get pregnant). He is based in Manhattan, but loves traveling to exotic new people, and sleeping with interesting new places. He is an adventurous writer, digital artist, and game designer that will try almost anything if it makes a good story.
--Instagram: @garyadrianrandall --Twitter: @gadrianrandall

1 Comment