# Amazing swimming pool in Singapore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374 "2010-08-25T05:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/21 "2010-08-25T22:17:28Z")
I would like to swim in the pool that is on the edge of Victoria falls (Africa). The idea of being that close to a huge drop would be scary, but fun. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/22 "2010-08-25T22:29:07Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I would like to swim in the pool that is on the edge of Victoria falls (Africa). The idea of being that close to a huge drop would be scary, but fun. I’d like to know who discovered that and decided to be the first to jump in. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/23 "2010-08-25T22:39:45Z")
I like pictures [10](http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-singapores-swankiest-infinity-pool-2010-7#looks-like-a-cruise-ship-perched-on-a-skyscraper-10) and [11](http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-singapores-swankiest-infinity-pool-2010-7#and-it-has-the-lion-king-in-permanent-residence-11) - they shaped the whole top level to look like a cruise ship got parked on their hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/24 "2010-08-25T22:54:56Z")
“A few around the world”? They’re extremely common. They don’t have to be [way up high](http://www.hawaiian-dream.co.uk/images/hotels/150_520_Princeville-Pool_web.jpg) to be an infinity pool, you know. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/25 "2010-08-25T22:56:59Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > > [@ralph124c](#): > > > > I would like to swim in the pool that is on the edge of Victoria falls (Africa). The idea of being that close to a huge drop would be scary, but fun. > > I’d like to know who discovered that and decided to be the first to jump in. It was probably the same brave soul that first ate a lobster… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/26 "2010-08-26T00:40:53Z")
On our honeymoon we stayed in a hotel in Mexico, built on the side of a hill, that had an infinity pool. I remember looking over the edge, and since the straight drop down wasn’t very high, and after that the hill was sloped with vegetation, I thought that you could probably fall down there and survive. The view from the edge of the pool was very nice (view of the Pacific Ocean.) This wasn’t an especially fancy hotel, at least judging from the price. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/27 "2010-08-26T01:10:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Here’s the [naturally forming equivalent](http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/devilspool.asp). I think I just pooped myself… ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/28 "2010-08-26T01:27:31Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > “A few around the world”? They’re extremely common. They don’t have to be [way up high](http://www.hawaiian-dream.co.uk/images/hotels/150_520_Princeville-Pool_web.jpg) to be an infinity pool, you know. Naw, man. That one aint cuttin’ it. But yeah, it is odd that the OP has never heard of them before. I would love to visit one, especially the natural one at Victoria Falls. I bet that experience is unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/29 "2010-08-26T01:32:16Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Oh, so that’s what an invisible barrier looks like. I’m sorry I killed you, Fidgit! ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/30 "2010-08-26T01:41:47Z")
Infinity pools have been around a long time. I remember someone explaining it for a real estate story I was writing in the '80s. They aren’t just for resorts (but they called it an “infinity lip” pool–but it looked the same.) My sister’s pool is like that, and from her deck you can see the ocean. But from the pool, you can’t see the ocean, only the space where the ocean is (that is, nothing else on the horizon), so it is kind of weird. Yes, her house is on top of a hill. Which has led to a thing I don’t understand. Apparently every once in awhile she has to have work done on the pool because the water wants to lean to the downward side. Leading me to wonder: How doe the water know? It’s in a cube. I know water wants to run downhill, but from inside the pool, how does it even know which way downhill is? Can’t think about it, head will explode. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/31 "2010-08-26T01:44:34Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Can you imagine if the wall failed and all of a sudden you were swept over the side? Everyone in all the surrounding buildings would see you falling and you’d be in… your bathing suit! Yes; while the pool itself doesn’t scare me and looks neat, I would be extremely nervous staying in that hotel. Having that amount of water up above you just isn’t right. I even had that reaction to a hotel I stayed in in Seattle, where the pool was on the top floor (but enclosed), and compared to the Singapore pool, that pool was a bathtub. But it still disturbed me to think about sleeping in a room under _all that water._ ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/32 "2010-08-26T01:50:03Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > As someone who is terrified of heights, there is no effing way I could do that. No way. Unless someone was willing to make me very wealthy to do it, there’s no way. I can’t even look at the damned pictures without feeling woozy. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/33 "2010-08-26T02:10:16Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Apparently every once in awhile she has to have work done on the pool because the water wants to lean to the downward side. Leading me to wonder: How doe the water know? It’s in a cube. I know water wants to run downhill, but from inside the pool, how does it even know which way downhill is? My guess? Since the pool is basically a big box full of water and as such is quite heavy, it’s putting a lot of pressure on the earth beneath the foundations. Since you can’t spread the weight out as much on the downhill side, the whole pool is slowly tipping to that side. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/34 "2010-08-26T16:19:42Z")
I went to a house party at a friend’s parent’s place in West Vancouver. They lived on top of a hill with gorgeous views and had a pool like this on the edge of the property. It was the first time I had ever seen a pool like this and I was intrigued. Before I took the opportunity to swim to the edge and see how the water was caught I asked: “Where does the water go?” “Onto the poor people” was the witty response. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/35 "2010-08-26T19:56:32Z")
“Marco” “Polo” “Marco” “Poloooooooooooo…” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/36 "2010-08-27T10:22:25Z")
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**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374/37 "2010-08-28T20:19:36Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I like pictures [10](http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-singapores-swankiest-infinity-pool-2010-7#looks-like-a-cruise-ship-perched-on-a-skyscraper-10) and [11](http://www.businessinsider.com/take-a-look-at-singapores-swankiest-infinity-pool-2010-7#and-it-has-the-lion-king-in-permanent-residence-11) - they shaped the whole top level to look like a cruise ship got parked on their hotel. New Orleans had one of [those](http://www.life.com/image/55326703) years ago! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-swimming-pool-in-singapore/551374.md?page=1)