The red-eye from Mumbai lands in Singapore early morning and the next red-eye leaves for Tokyo late night. If you thought jet lag left you permaphucked, try sleeping two consecutive nights in 74H.

Ah, but what to do with a long stop-over in Singapore? Visit the temples of consumerism? Nah – laps at the otherwise empty Four Seasons pool, lunch overlooking the city and a chance to dirty fingernails in the otherwise squeaky clean city state with a Malay and a stroll through Geylang. Decompression, indeed.

Next week? A few days in Tokyo, then a switch from the concrete jungle to, well, jungle.