Bangkok layover 48 hours, the crew itinerary that never fails
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#1 From my notebook, tested a dozen times:
Day 1: land, hotel, 90-minute sleep max. Late afternoon: Wat Pho and the river at sunset, dinner in Chinatown (Yaowarat), early night.
Day 2: morning street food breakfast, a two-hour massage (ask crew hotel for the reputable one), Chatuchak if weekend, rooftop for one drink at sunset, sleep early for the pickup.Rule: one big activity per day. The crew who try to do everything fly home destroyed.
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#2 The 90-minute cap on the arrival sleep is the key. Longer and you lose the whole first evening to grogginess.
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#3 Bangkok is a short hop for us, but I still use the "one big activity per day" rule everywhere.