A Feeling of Vertigo

64 FLOORS STRAIGHT UP

Sometimes you have to splurge when once-in-lifetime opportunities present themselves. Such was the case with Vertigo, the rooftop restaurant in Bangkok. A high speed elevator takes you up 64 floors. Then a series of stairs at the top take you to ever higher platforms on the roof. It's best to make reservations just before sunset. You can watch the sun go down and the city light up as it gets dark. Perhaps the most unsettling aspect is the modest railing surrounding the restaurant that lets you peer over and look straight down. We were really, really high up. It's a little disconcerting to see the aircraft avoidance lights bolted next to your dining table. Before the meal, almost all the patrons whip out their cameras and cell phones to snap pictures. Who could blame them. The view is spectacular.