Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

The Marina Bay Sands is a luxury hotel with 2500 rooms and suites. It includes a SkyPark at the top of the three towers with an 150 meter infinity swimming pool, the world’s largest outdoor pool at 200-meter height.

It is one of the most complex structure ever built with distinctive sloping towers as steep as 26 degrees by internationally acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie. If you are interested watch the 10 minute video of Moshe Safdie which was part of the competition submission to the government of Singapore.

And I was not the only photographer that night…

The SkyPark is open to the public and from there you have a 360 degrees view of Singapore. Unfortunately the infinity pool is for hotel guests only. However the rooms are not that expensive as you might think. A night in a double room is about 240 euros.

Shanghai by Night

View to Pudong

Grand Gateway Plaza and Cotton’s Shanghai

Xujiahui counts as the biggest shopping and entertainment quarter in the southwest of the town. The shopping quarter is named to Xu Guangqi, a scholar of the Ming dynasty who lived in this part of the town. On a surface of 1.2 square kilometers are located Xujiahui the Grand gateway shopping centre, the Orient shopping centre, the Pacific department store, the Huijin department store, metro city and the Huilian department store. We visited the place by night to get some impressions of the colorful ad displays.

If you have time, check out Cotton’s bar for a relaxing evening and some cocktails. It is located in a three-story 1930s villa in the French Concession. It’s definitely worth visiting.

Grand Gateway Plaza, Shanghai Trip Details

NightGlow at Schwendisee, Ballontage Toggenburg

The 6th International Ballooning day’s Toggenburg were between Friday morning the 25th and Sunday 27th September 2009 at Alp Sellamatt above Alt St. Johann. The weather conditions were OK and Hot Air Balloons from round the world enchanted the sky in the valley of Toggenburg. We went for the famous NightGlow at the Lake Schwendi. Twelve Hot Air Balloons around the lake are “dancing” and glowing in harmony to the music.