Reply To: 1st time in Bangkok

[Michael C]

5 days?! 5 months more like!!! We’ve been doing the BKK-Hua Hin combo for
years (as in, decades) and think you’ve chosen a good split.

Just to reinforce the mentions of others:
-Ayutthaya can indeed be done in a day, and is stunning.
-Chatuchak is indeed essential, and is basically one of your five days! Back to hotel
for shower/happy hour/food: perfect.
-Side-street wandering + massage at a chosen destination.
-Plan a whole Sunday around a jaw-dropping hotel champagne brunch.
Mandarin Oriental dinner with Thai dancing? Muay Thai event? Simnple
boat trip up and down the river saoking in the atmos.?

*sigh* !!