Singapore. Highly civilised and air-conditioned everywhere, spitting, jaywalking, eating or drinking food on the metro, they all mean fines of $500-1,000 or more. Possessing drugs means death penalty. Possessing or eating chewing gum is a crime! Why? Well, in Singapore they have these very civilised air-conditioned metros, with sliding doors both on the train and on the platform.

When chewing gum was still allowed, people used to drop it everywhere, including in the sliding doors channel. Sliding doors stuck. Havoc! Therefore, the Government gathered to find a solution, and they came up with a nice innovative one: a total ban on chewing gum!

Singapore is not a country, it's a big shopping mall! Everywhere you look you'll find a shopping centre, a mall, a market. It is full of glass, steel, lights, plastic and concrete.
Where it's not a mall, it's a tourist place. They also built a sort of entertainment part, The Sentosa Island, with a fake jungle,

The Universal Studios and lots and lots of tourist attractions. It's a haven for shoppers, comfort-seeking tourists, with a decent nightlife, a terribly boring place for everyone else. I'll let pictures speak for themselves.

Singapore, 1st of November, 2010.