Airport becomes the place to be — not leave

Airport becomes the place to be -- not leave

If you think of airports as the place you have to go before you get to where you want to be, the Singapore Changi Airport might change your mind.

Terminal 1 is home to a seven-story Rain Vortex, the world's largest indoor waterfall that plunges into a rainforest. If you get bored there, you can climb a rock wall, go to a movie, visit a butterfly garden or swim in a rooftop pool. In Terminal 2, you can enjoy a bar staffed by a robot and a digital sky.

It's the most lavish entry in the class of airports that are becoming a destination themselves.