On the plane to Singapore I watched "Crazy Rich Asians" in the Singapore Airlines on-board library. Then the person next to me told me: "The Peranakans were the original crazy rich Asians." But who are the Penarakans? How did their unique culture come to be? And why had I never heard of them before?

Changi Airport in Singapore is one of the, if not THE best airport in the world. In 2023 I spent most of an 8 hour stopover in the Jewel and wrote about it. So this time I decided to maybe go a bit overboard and spend 24 hours at Changi Airport in Singapore. I also wanted to see if it…