I just came back from the newly opened terminal 3 of Singapore’s Changi international airport. Took some pictures as seen through the eyes of ratanaong for my blogging friends on the world’s number one airport terminal. I was awed by the sight.
However, I just don’t get it that this world class city could not accomodate the regular budget traveller, whom needed to depart and arrive in another much much smaller and toned down budget terminal.
March 21, 2008 at 1:19 pm |
Gadzooks, I’m with YOU – well said!
March 21, 2008 at 1:28 pm |
And it is just the opposite here in India!
watered down
BTW, I liked your previous template better!
March 21, 2008 at 1:34 pm |
Hi Redness, Great minds thinks alike!
Hi Gautami, I’m with you. Thought the previous template was better too. However, after getting used to the color, I sought of like it. It will last a month, I think. I love changes!
March 21, 2008 at 4:25 pm |
That’s big! Heathrow Airport in London opened Teminal 5 last week! That’s huge too.
Hi Keith, thanks for the comment. Not been to Heathrow airport before or Europe for that matter. Will save up for a trip up there one of these days. ratanaong
March 21, 2008 at 8:53 pm |
Wow! Smaller airports often have beautiful architecture without being overwhelming.
March 22, 2008 at 2:10 am |
I will echo the Wow! Its absolutely stunning!
March 22, 2008 at 2:22 am |
Hi Granny and Karen,
Thanks for the comment. I don’t get it…your blogs does not allow comments from wordpress bloggers.
March 22, 2008 at 2:58 am |
maybe the architect was from dubai!!!!!!
March 22, 2008 at 4:01 am |
Hi Paisley, That’s a new perspective. Brought readers straight to “The Palm”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVs43z6D6hg
Thanks for the comment.
March 22, 2008 at 12:25 pm |
is the people in the computer is real or is it a 3D? it look like the sims.
March 22, 2008 at 12:35 pm |
Hi Amiene, That’s what it looked like when I was at the terminal. Even more like computer graphics when I first saw it. It’s real! ratanaong
March 22, 2008 at 8:32 pm |
I would be so lost, but I would probably just wander around in the airport and call it enough sightseeing for the day and fly home.
March 23, 2008 at 12:48 am |
In some ways it looks like an oversize, upmarket humungous bathroom to me ~ with all those shiny tiled floors! They look so slippery!
But yes! It is all impressive but a decided deterrent for the humble traveller!
Great post!
Gemma
March 23, 2008 at 5:48 am |
Hi Lilibeth and AuraGem,
ha..ha..ha..close to that. Singaporeans do treat the airport as one possible visit during the weekend. Its not slippery at all. Afterall the Mass transit go right below the terminals. Love your humorous comments.
March 23, 2008 at 5:53 am |
WOW – that looks like it is so big that by the time you walked from one end of the building to the other you could have walked to another country! And I thought the super WalMarts and Lowe’s Home Improvement’s warehouses were bad!
March 23, 2008 at 3:11 pm |
Holy moley! I would so not fit in there.
March 23, 2008 at 7:09 pm |
Wow! Gorgeous in an over-the-top consumption mode. Why is big supposed to be better? Thanks for sharing the photos!
March 25, 2008 at 1:36 pm |
Hi Cricket’s Hearth,
In a way, that’s correct. Just cross over the checkpoint and you’re literally in no man’s land till you board the plane for another country. Love your sense of humor.
Hi Patois,
That’s because you’re thin
Hi Tumblewords,
Gorgeous is the right word. You’re can see people walked as if they’re tip toeing when they first entered. Guess they are afraid of damaging the gleaming tiles. Thanks for visiting.
March 26, 2008 at 12:18 am |
to say that less is more.. could not possibly cover the imagination of my mind… just to wrap my mind around the size is nearly impossible… though i am intrigued by the artistry of dimensions…
March 28, 2008 at 1:31 pm |
Hi Piece of Pie, Thanks for visiting. Good to know the post stretches your imagination. Have a nice weekend.