Suitably Singapore

Select a couple of woven cane chairs between potted palms and beneath a ceiling fan and order yourself a Singapore Sling in its birthplace, Raffles’ legendary Long Bar (+65 6337 1886). Ok, so Hemingway, Kipling et al may be long gone, controversy surrounds the pre-mixed Sling recipe used today, and it’s a bit touristy, but it’s still an old-world pleasure to sip the sweetly sour combination of gin, Cointreau, cherry brandy, Bénédictine, Grenadine, Angostura bitters, pineapple and lime, slinging your peanut shells on the colonial-style floor and taking the glass home with you afterwards.

Don't go home without

… a fabulous tan. If you feel too wan for the beach or it rains the whole time you’re there, make like Paris Hilton and make an appointment for a quickie Sun FX spray-on with marvellous make-up artist Moira Coops (+65 6763 9853).