Boat Noodles at Dong Kuey Toy Rua by Victory Monument- (and other street food and markets for that matter) for directions on this follow my expert idol Mark Wiens at migrationology.com He's got an easy list.
Silom Cooking Class - USD 30 or 1000baht for a half day of hands on cooking lessons and a quick market trip. Try Thai food the freshest you can get conveniently. You make all the pastes/sauces/milk mixes from scratch. 6 meals while other cooking places only let you make four. Gung was our instructor. And the finale was the mango in coconut dipped sticky rice.
Wat Arun Stairs - Not for the faint of heart mind or inner ear. One of the temples across the river which is suppose to be gorgeous in the sunset has stairs you can climb laden at a very steep angle each step get further and steeper apart from the one before. Going up is heart racing but the view of the way down is merciless. However it can be done and the fear immediately dissipates as soon as you land on your first step down. Take it one step at a time and don't look at anything but that step as oppose to the long way down. Hold on to the rail. To get to/from Wat Arun I personally prefer the private boat that can get you there in a few minutes that's 100baht cause it goes direct as oppose to the regular barge that would be making stop after stop and is about a 45min trip from Central Pier.
(NO PICTURE... BECAUSE IT WAS ALL A BLUR)
Tigers! - If I only had one day in Thailand I would spend it with these guys. take the VIP Morning tour at the Tiger Temple. don't use up good time and money in the afternoon tour with the 200 other tourists. Book a Tour with Tong and have her just show you a good easy time getting there around and back. Be prepared to walk, cuddle, play, bathe, hand feed tigers of different ages and most importantly follow proper Tiger etiquette (bending over to tie your shoes is an easy one to miss but can have a tiger on your back in one, two..)
Never tried Maggie Choo's but a local told Me it was an awesome lounge
for efficiency read up on www.migrationology.com
For ease professionalism and savings book with www.tourwithtong.com
Very Important: Read up on Trip Advisor, Travel Guru for quick Dos and Don'ts by priority, have lots of patience and practice being aggressive when needed, draw your inner Thai in you and always travel half tourist and half local.
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