Currently studying Architecture at RMIT Uni, the author enjoys travel and coffee. Occasionally he is productive and blogs. Single Blog Post
Now in Changi
Just arrived in Changi Airport, Singapore. It’s quite humid — even inside. Thank goodness I don’t have to go outside! :-P
The airport is huge! Think multiple terminals and multiple levels. There are trains between them. And inside each terminal are horizontal “escalators” which transport lazy (or tired) people like me… :)
Have fun everyone. I shall be in Beijing next!
February 28th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
hey lucas,
just having a bit of a read… upwards, so i haven’t read your later stuff yet. i found out though, those things are called movelators, pronouncing the ‘e’ as in mov-eh-late-ors. i was so excited when i got told that, i think it’s awesome. i hope you’re having a great time - i’m in england now and it’s heaps of fun, and i stopped in hong kong airport and have this cool photo of all these random escalators - they’re not organised like in melbourne. some were going up 2 levels, some 1, and all different directions, like some weird maze. anyhow, it was cool. :)
March 1st, 2007 at 4:22 am
Later while at Changi, I discovered they called them “travelators”. Perhaps there isn’t a standard naming convention for these things as yet.
Norman Foster (and partners) designed the new airport at HK. The old one used to be in the middle of the city — quite scary when landing and taking off, as one would be among the skyscrapers.
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:21 am
Personally, I call them “walk-a-laters”, seeing everyone in Hong Kong walk across them (or even dash across them), zooming past those people not on them (…get it? “see you later”, “walk-a-laters”?)
March 5th, 2007 at 12:05 am
hmm, interesting. yes, it makes sense that they haven’t named them… and travelators sounds more professional than movelators, but i still like the latter best :)