Hi, Rather than tote a fairly heavy 8-9-pound tripod or buy a tripod in Singapore, we suggest you bring along a Davis & Sanford Traverse tripod, which weighs only 3.3 pounds, folds to under 20 inches with BHQ8 ball head, extends to 57 inches for convenient eye-level viewing, and has a load capacity of 8 pounds. It's one of the best travel tripods you can buy and it has a street price of around $170. Best of luck and have a great trip!

Jason Schneider