Pursuit

 

Initially when I started planning my 2024 trip to Bangkok, I thought I might be able to do around 15 rooftop bars.  And that was very optimistic!  We were going to be in the city for three weeks - after a week in Kuala Lumpur.  And we'd be there during the rainy season.  As it turned out, however, we stayed an additional month (so seven weeks) and the rain really didn’t interfere that much.  The result: I ended up going to 54 new (for me) rooftop bars!  Over the years, that means I have been to 84 rooftop bars in the Thai capital.  And believe it or not, there are 50+ more that I've yet to experience.  Perhaps I can get my overall number to 100 in 2025.  

What A Start!

This is just an ordinary condo on the Thonburi side of Bangkok.

I saw this mural on my Grab ride.  Grab is like Uber, and it's an excellent service.  I had somewhere to be.

King Power Mahanakhon

% Arabica is on the 55th floor of the Empire Building, straight ahead.  I recommend it.  Go very early, like I did.

Years ago, I got a massage in that yellow home turned massage shop across the way.

Arrived at the Amara Bangkok hotel for a rooftop bar.

That's a nice view of Samyan Mitrtown (office tower/mall).  You can see the 5th floor rooftop terrace.  I managed to go to that terrace this trip.  While there, I filmed back towards this direction.

 

One really good thing about AkaAza is that it's open in the daytime.  It's a hotel swimming pool bar.  Non-guests can go there for drinks.

I stopped by there for a massage.

Checking in on my business!

The three rooftop bars on the 9th floor of Silom Edge mall are some of my favorites.  Fantastic views.  They all open at 5 PM.  This day, I just walked up in the early afternoon, through the parking garage, to get to this spot.  Later on, I returned for drinks.

Hard to beat this!

The Water Club is on the 10th Floor at SO/Bangkok hotel.  There's another rooftop bar (HI/SO)  - an excellent one - in the same hotel.  I think it opens at 5 PM.

Tom Kha Gai 

(Coconut Soup w/ Chicken)

The meal was perfect!

The Blue Elephant Restaurant and Cooking School

Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn Bangkok

Italian food in Bangkok can be pretty wonderful.  I think it's a real hit-or-miss, though.  Antito is another rooftop bar where you can go during the day.  And if it happens to be raining, it's good for that, too.

As you can see, I had five opportunities, in a single day, to view Bangkok's skyline from high up and from unique vantage points.  

My goal this trip was to go to lots of rooftop bars.  And this day increased my motivation!  % Arabica Empire Tower is obviously not a rooftop, so can't count it.  And I didn't count the Silom Edge viewpoint, since I didn't have drink.  I want to sit down and have some kind of drink for it to count.  This trip I drank mostly mocktails.  If I had 75 drinks, 67 were mocktails.  No need to damage your liver!

Rooftop Bar Count

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