Although Singapore is a tropical island, it's not really known for its beaches. In fact, between the airport, one of the world's three largest container ports, and various other coastal activities here, you wouldn't want to swim at any of the beaches on the main island; the closest swimming beaches are across a short bridge at Sentosa, the amusement-park island. Far better beaches are about a 40-minute ferry ride away, on the Indonesian resort island of Bintan. I had been hoping to go there for a couple days this trip, but it didn't work out, so I've had to look elsewhere for my water fix. Anyway, it's also too hot and humid to want to run in Singapore (I had to sprint two blocks the other day, and ended up not breathing all that hard, but sweating profusely for the next eight minutes), so I've instead worked some exercise in by hitting the local public pool. Which is actually three different 50-metre pools -- one shallow (<1.5m the whole length), one deeper, and I haven't yet investigated how the third one differs.
This is my view from the pool. I think it's nearly impossible to be stressed out when you're surrounded by palm trees.
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