On top of the world

Okay, maybe not the world but certainly high atop of Singapore. 

On Thanksgiving day, I went with some friends to the top of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.  Here's an old picture of it in case you have not seen it before: 

The skypark is on the upper left side of the building and is 55 floors above the ground.  It is long enough to fit three football fields which makes it very long.  I watched a television show about how they built it and the level the skypark is on was lifted from the ground in three different sections. 

To give you some perspective, here is a picture from the ground looking up:

We were standing out on the part that sticks out to the left.  So, now for some perspective from high above...

Yes, those little tiny things are cars driving on the highway below.  55+ floors up is pretty stinking high up!

The views of Singapore are pretty amazing.  You can see Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south.  What you can really see is just how big of a city Singapore actually is because of all of the high rise buildings.

 

In order to maintain the views the edges of the skypark are clear plexiglass and tension wires (seen in the picture above with the Flyer).  It gives you the impression that you could just step off of the building.  I'm usually pretty good about being up on the top of tall objects as long as there is a barrier to prevent me from falling...but there were a couple of times I had to hold onto the edge just to get close enough.  If you are not fond of heights you probably wouldn't like being up on top near the edges.

I was also able to see the area where I live...