Singapore

I'm now sitting in a lounge at Changi Airport, Singapore. I've been here about five hours, but who needs to be bored when you have the internet, eh?

I tried walking around taking photos, but it was making the security people look nervous, so I stopped. Not before I found something interesting, though. Singapore Airlines have just put on a weekly service from Singapore to Houston, Texas. To celebrate, they imported some real Americans - at least, if you measure American-ness in hat terms:


Changi airport is very nice, all very new and shiny. It is also really empty this evening; I'm sure I'm exaggerating, but it looks to me that the staff-to-traveller ratio is well over 1. All the terminals are linked by the SkyTrain, which gets you from one to another about 40 feet off the ground. They also have the largest TV I have ever seen:


It's a bit hard to convey how big this is. The screen is about 15 feet high, if that helps.

I've found a nice little lounge where you pay S$35 and get food, soft drink, a shower and internet access for as long as you like. It's been good, but now it's time to go catch another plane.