{"id":878,"date":"2013-04-08T13:14:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/?p=878"},"modified":"2013-04-23T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T09:54:14","slug":"the-view-from-the-pinnacle-at-duxton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/the-view-from-the-pinnacle-at-duxton\/","title":{"rendered":"The amazing view from the Pinnacle at Duxton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time I wanted to go for to the top of Pinnacle, a very recent and classy HDB that has little to envy to condominiums except for a pool and a gym, but I never took the time to go. Why go to this HDB in particular? Because of its skybridge! A huge bridge that connects the seven buildings together on the fiftieth floor. My company just moved in the neighborhood and I have a new camera to test, so I had no excuse to postpone my visit anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Just after work, I hurried to go there to try to get the sunset. I went to Building G to find the terminal that would took $5 from my transport card, the visitor price to the skybridge (it&#8217;s free for residents). I turned around 10 minutes before finally finding this terminal on the ground floor (that look more like a basement). Then, elevator to the top floor and a tinny tourniquet to access skybrigde.<\/p>\n<p>What can be seen from the Pinnacle skybrigde?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The huge port of Singapore (between Marina Bay and Harbour Front)<\/li>\n<li>The back CBD (compared to classic photos taken from the esplanade)<\/li>\n<li>Sentosa Island, the cable car and mount Faber<\/li>\n<li>The new Singapore Cruise Terminal<\/li>\n<li>Chinatown with its temple and its shop houses<\/li>\n<li>Outram Park<\/li>\n<li>The petrochemical facilities<\/li>\n<li>The West<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_879\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-879\" class=\" wp-image-879 \" alt=\"The port of Singapore\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00366-584x438.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00366-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00366-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The port of Singapore<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_880\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00379.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\" wp-image-880 \" alt=\"The new Singapore Cruise Terminal\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00379-584x438.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00379-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00379-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Singapore Cruise Terminal<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_881\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\" wp-image-881 \" alt=\"Chinatown and its temple\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00403-584x438.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00403-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00403-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown and its temple<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_882\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\" wp-image-882 \" alt=\"Singapore skyline at night\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00492-584x438.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00492-584x438.jpg 584w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2013\/04\/DSC00492-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singapore skyline at night<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time I wanted to go for to the top of Pinnacle, a very recent and classy HDB that has little to envy to condominiums except for a pool and a gym, but I never took the &hellip; 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