if you are willing to pay 2,200 a month for a poorly equipped gym you'd be better off going to a health club. there are some decent ones around for much cheaper and with swimming pools.

The Wall Street Journal Asia had a short comparison a couple of weeks ago of 'the cost of a first class mid-city gym membership,'

Bangkok was far and away the most expensive city in Asia, almost twice Hong Kong and Singapore prices and more expensive even than Tokyo. In our poor little Third World backwater, a comparable gym membership cost just about the same as in Paris and London.

Take that any way you like, but -- as for me -- I'm heading for Paris.