What are YOUR 10 favorite things to do while you are in Bangkok? Eating, sleeping, shopping places,temples,bars,sights etc. If you have time also 10 favs in Hong Kong and Tokyo If you can't think of 10, 5 will do. Thanks

hmmm...not in any order

1. Visit Erawan shrine
2. Massage (Wat Po )
3. Have a drink at Bamboo lounge @ Oriental hotel
4. Celadon restaurant
5. Ride the long boats up and down the river
6. Chatujak (sp?) market...but only for 2 hours or i go nuts
7. Get utterly lost in Chinatown
8. Lumphini Stadium for Muay Thai!
9. Eat breakfast outside at the Pen
10. Patpong night market for the crazy energy

I am currently in BKK, and here are some of the things I like to do best.
1. Take a longtail boat ride on the river and into the canals to see life along the waters edge, it's fascinating
2. Shop at MBK for bargains
3. See a movie. It doesn't even have to be a good movie, as long as you see it at the EGV Gold Class Theater in Siam Center/Discovery location.
4. Go to the top of State Tower and have a drink at Sky Bar. Noted in a British magazine as the most beautiful bar in the world, I would agree!
5. Visit Wat Pho and Grand Palace. If time, get foot massage at Wat Pho.
6. Go to Suan Lum night bazaar for shopping and live entertainment in the beer garden
7. Dine at The Bed Restaurant! A unique experience!
8. Go to Tawandang night club for pork Tawandang and chili fish, and for the terrific live show on stage.
9. Have a game of pool, or just watch and sit and chat with friends, at the Brunswick and eat Ming's chili and sticky rice.
10. Riding the skytrain, when it isn't crazy crowded, and looking out the window at this wonderful world class city.

There you have it.
I was in Hong Kong several years ago, and would say that taking the ferry from Hong Kong to Kowloon is fun, as is shopping in the big malls. Also the tram to the top of Hong Kong is a must do, in my opinion.

Have never been to Tokyo, other than passing through the airport en route to BKK.

1. Massage
2. Grand Palace
3. Khlong Tour
4. Dinner at Gallery Cafe
5. Dinner at Harmonique
6. Dinner at Angelina's (Shangri-la)
7. Anywhere on the river ferry.
8. Chinatown
9. Flower Market
10.Ignoring Bob's advice

1. Grand Palace
2. Flower Market
3. Vimanmek Palace & Thai dancers there
4. Lunch at Jim Thompson House
5. Dinner at Harmonique
6. Taking the river boats
7. Suan Lum Night Bazaar
8. Eating breakfast outside at the Marriott and watching life on the river
9. Shopping
10. Just being there

1. at least listen to bob's advice
2. dinner at harmonique
3. dinner at biscotti at the 4 seasons
4. long tail boat in the klongs of thornburi
5. shopping, especially for custom clothes and jewerly
6. absorb bkk
7. dim sum on 3rd floor of conrad hotel at lunch daily
8. shopping at rasi sayan, soi 23 sukhumvit rd
9. sky train
10. marriott resort and spa pool

11. bonus: crepes and co, suk. rd soi 16?...best crepes and lovely meals, friendly staff and delicious everything

12. extra bonus: sunday brunch at indian rest. on top floor of rembrandt hotel, soi 18??? sukhumvit rd...fabulous foods, great city view...


hong kong

1. star ferry
2. dim sum in basement of kowloon hotel
3. ferry ride to lantau and lamma islands--seperate rides
4. shopping all around town, especially in peddlar bldg--HK island
5. stanley market
6. subway
7. flying into the old airport at HK looking into people's living rooms while flying past at 200MPH...
8. walk in the kowloon park
9. italien food at Amaroni's Little Italy
10. bird market and area

11. building lites at christmas and chinese new years


tokyo

1. looking forward to lower prices in the future

my answere may be a bit diffrent since I have been here (BANGKOK) on and of for about 2 years. (back too USA soon)

1.learning thai

2. going too LA RUEDA and listing too salsa music.

3. checking out Speed. get my junk on with some all right hip hop.

4 eating hoey taut (deep fried oyester) at the shop up my block (best in town)

5 eating hoey taut (thai alang) best I don't translate.

6 walking around victory manument and checkign out the collage girls

7 recently bought simpson DVD set at Pantip. and it's filling me with joy..

8. cranking some tunes on my Bose speekers as I take the BTS.

9 logging on too fodors and thinking I'm helping people out. NOT

10 thanking GOD I've had this opertunity and have been ralativly healthy and safe.

Here is my list in no special order

1. Having breakfast at the Oriental and watching the river come to life.
2, Klong trip
3. Flower market at midnight
4. Bed Supper Club
5. Having clothes made at Cotton House
6. Wat Arun
7. Jim Thompson House
8. Vianamek Mansion
9. Peking Duck at China House
10. And most important of all, talking to the wonderful Thai people.
11. The returning guest parties at the Oriental.

Hong Kong

1 Play or watch Cricket at the Kowloon Cricket Club between the skyscrappers.

2 Ride third class on the Star Ferry.

3 Trip round Aberdeen Harbour in small Sanpan.

4 Visit Stanley Market.

5 Visit the hights as the lights go on.

simpson - is the tawangdang the same as tawangdang brewery (sp?), not too far from river city (across the river)? what's the best way to get there?

Hard to choose just 10. Here is my recommendation for a first visit.
1. Grand Palace/Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
2. Wat Po (Reclining Buddha)
3. Erawan Shrine
4. The Jim Thompson House
5. Shopping at Jim Thompson
6. Visiting my jeweler, SJ International
7. Great Thai food at many, many restaurants.
8. Sitting in my suite or in the Lounge at the Towers (Royal Orchid Sheraton) and watching the river life (this translates to enjoy what your wonderful hotel has to offer)
9. Spas - massage, facial, pedicure, the works...
10. Shopping for arts and crafts - everywhere, but do check out River City.

1. Watching the river life from your hotel room just after you wake up in the morning
2. Taking Bob and GPanda's advice
3. Reading Orgy's posts
4. Grand Palace, Wat Po, Wat Atun
5. Jim Thompson House
6. Any and all Thai Food
7. The Thai people and their smiles
8. Catching our flight to Delhi this coming Friday morning at BKK airport (for BillT)
9. Shopping, shopping, shopping
10. Riding the river ferries

Thanks for all your favorite things looks like we've got a full plate of things to do. Made a copy of all and will try to do as much as we can next week in BKK. Aloha!

orgy7 - Your list made me smile!!

there is a penalty if you do not do each and every thing listed above...we have placed surveillance on you to make sure...do you have running shoes??

have a blast...

To hipvirgochic

Tawandang is not across the river. It is in the opposite direction from River City, I think. I will have to ask my son for the name of the street it is on. Yes, it is Tawandang German Brewery. Is it possible there is more than one in BKK????

The music at Tawandang is hip hop plus Thai jazz fusion played by "Bruce" who has long hair and I think is Brit or American (?) but has been in BKK for a long time. His show is fantastic!

Carol

Carol -- thanks for the info. I think I found it in either Nancy Chandler's or Luxe guide. I can probably find the address. It sounded like a cool place, so hope to check it out when there this month.

Hipvirgochick
Son says that there are two Tawandangs. I did NOT know that. We go to the one that is in the southeast part of the city, on Rama III Road. It really is an awesome place to eat, dance, see a great show, and enjoy the smiles of the Thai people. There are very few farongs there (we USED to be the only ones there... but others have discovered the place now).
Have fun!

Carol -- Thanks for the update Very good to know there are two. The one I found is the one you are talking about and it's on the Nancy Chandler map. I'm ready!

Hipvirgochick,
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Carol