Coconut Palms and Other Palm Trees In Singapore

Singapore's Changi airport has delightful palm trees.











But there's more than one type of palm tree.














My favourite is the colourful Lipstick or Red Palm tree.











If you see a coconut tree, don't sit underneath.  I was sitting by the swimming pool in Singapore when one of the staff rushed over to tell me not to sit under the coconut palm in case it dropped a coconut. Every now and then you read in the Singapore or Malaysian newspapers or online about a fatality. The staff at condominiums carefully move the loungers and tables and chairs out from under the trees into the sunshine. Along come the expat visitors and move the chairs back into the shade.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.