TOP 10 new year’s eve destinations

1 Copacabana Beach : Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2 Times Square : New York City, USA
3 Sydney Harbour : Sydney, Australia
4 Frenchmen Street : New Orleans, USA
5 The Branderburg Gate : Berlin, Germany
6 Shibuya : Tokyo, Japan
7 London Eye Firework display : London, England
8 CentralWorld : Bangkok, Thailand
9 Champs-Elysees : Paris, France
10 Las Vegas Strip : Las Vegas, USA

http://www.askmen.com/owning-the-holidays-...inations_3.html

CentralWorld 2011 countdown (from 4.30 onwards)

let's see how and why it gets to the # 8th rank of world's countdown destinations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M378ysDMvsg

Personally I think Pattaya Countdown was more beautiful because the countdown place was located on a harbor. It looks really elegant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHVo-i3h6U...feature=related

Times Square countdown is overrated.

Well if they take "the number of participants" as a major factor, then Times Square should come the second.

I don't know what factor they use to come up with the ranking though.

I've been to Brandenburger Tor countdwown. Very cool, but nothing beats Rome! It has such a cool cityscape and street scene!

Bangkok is nice, too. But street scene is pretty ugly. No sidewalks. It's far way to get on par with developed cities!

Stupid whore town? How can you call this brothel of the world 'elegant'?

Please visit Spain, France or Italy to experience elegant new year moments!

Hallo New Year!
I just came back from southern Thailand last night.

So much fun!

Swimming in the sea everyday and my skin is dark like hell now.

Maybe I have to borrow Nivea whitening cream from Savan next time before I go.

We have a small countdown in Trang too. Not as big as in Bangkok or Pattaya but it's fun to meet several old friends after 30 years!

Count down 2011 in Trang.















I was in Prachuab Kiri Khan 2 nights and I have to say that it's a very lovely town. Not crowded like Hua Hin and Cha-Am.

I stayed at Aow Noi, a small and simple resort in Prachuab.
Only me and my family on the whole beach with 2-3 km long!

If you don't like crowded of Hua Hin, Cha-Am, Phuket, Krabi or Pattya, I recommend Aow Noi in Prachuab Kiri Khan. The sea shore is steeper than on the Andaman sea, but it's fun to play all day long.




Yes, I think Pattaya's countdown is better than Bangkok. Especially if you stay on high floor of beach resorts like Pattaya Park, you will see firework right from your balcony.

Why do you call Pattaya whore town?

How many places have you visited in Pattaya?

Pattaya today is a place for family.

Kids enjoy this city the most.

There are a lot of activities for them to do.

I don't think you have really visited this city to know it.

Oh that sounds very nice. I went up north with my parents and it was SO crowded. I have to remember not to go to tourist spots ever again during New Year eve. It was not fun at all to live, eat and sight seeing among million of people around you.

Several years ago I had to park and walked several kilometers just to see sun set at Laem Promthep in Phuket.

Last new year I had to drive around 20 hours from Chiang Mai back to Bangkok.

So this year I planned very well to avoid all the traffic and I had no problem at all.

I think you need to maybe send your feed back to Askmen because I'm not the one who came up with the ranking.



because I was watching the countdown and the fire works was very beautiful.

I didn't know for me to say that I need an approval from you who was not even there.

BTW, isn't this Central World the same place burned by red shirts early last year?



Your clip must upset many Lao members here.

They wanted to see Bangkok burned into ash but it look like this Central World is even more prosperous today.

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Happy New Year Krub P'Sawan.
I went to Hua Hin during this New Year holiday.
Hua Hin was so crowded, but it's great for me to see tons of tourists who chose Thailand to be their Holiday destination.

haha It's funny to see some people get irritated so easily just to see any good news about Thailand. I was not in Thailand during the holidays so I didn't watch any of those countdown events. Congratulations to Central world though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1P4qhtXueg countdown CNN report include BKK/Pattaya

Bangkok City had made by American ! Absolutely !

Why do you think that Bangkok City had made by Thai ? LOL

Thai can not build Bangkok to be like Today ! American just motivated Thai to choose Democracy !

Bangkok is the Symbol that American had builded for show that " Democracy is better than Socialism"

If No American , Bangkok would be the same as Takbai city and Thailand would be the same as Ethiopia

Bangkok had made by American in the same reason as S.Korea and Taiwan

The different is Bangkok and Thailand can not progress like S.Korea and Taiwan after American went away ! LOL

Sydney and Dubai countdown is really impressive.
BKK/Pattaya one in this clip is so simple, but it's ok at least it was recognized by the international organization like CNN.

Anyway, where is Vientiane?
Since Vientiane is the major city of the world, why didn't CNN show the countdown event there?

Last time you said Bangkok was made by Jek, now you are claiming that americans built Bangkok!

Sound jealousy more and more everyday.

Tell me which American made Bangkok as it is today? Rockefeller?

lol, It was show how jealous you are

even Bangkok use infrastructure similar with NYC, it was not mean American had build our country

how American build our country since WW2 They bomb Japanese army in Bangkok, they destroy our country.

same in Laos American army bomb your country and made you refugee to US, and refugee like you used American citizen and live in State but you also hate them, how idiot

Difference between Laos and Thai are, we understand why they do it and we don't hate even American or Japanese, we came to grow up our city

Even we are not record as war loser like Lao, but we have to pay war reparation same as you are. but we can stand up by ourselves
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so, how American build our country? can you explain it? loser

I went to CM too, last four years, for royal flora exibition. My trip was very impressive though it was so crownded. I took a very long Q for night safari and it worth waiting . Have you visit night safari Nong Marykate?

I went to Udon with my parents to visit relatives on Sat and only went to Ampoe Chiangkhan in Loei province in the next day. We reached the town in the evening already and couldn't even find the place to eat dinner and coundn't find the place to stay coz all accomodations are full. So we had to went back to stay one night in Loei city instead and back to Udon for the evening flight.

Chiangkhan is a peaceful town and it used to be port for boats from Luang Prabang.The opposite site is Laos.


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Eventhoug Hua hin is crowned,it is nice place. I like Cicada ,new market.It's really cool.
But I really hate monkeys in Kao Takiub.They're so aggreesive.
If you want to go to peaceful beach,there are many beachs in Prachuabkirikan like Pranburi,Samroiyod,Aoa manao,Suan Son,Aoinoi.





Yes,Prachuab Kiri Khan is really lovely town.

I confirm what Nhoona said.
CM Night Safari is the best.
According to my kid, it's better than Singapore night safari.



Aow Manao is getting crowded also but not as much as Hua Hin.
If you want real desert beach, try Aaw Noi Sea View here http://www.aownoiseaview.com

I always stop over here when I drive to and from Trang. It's too long for me to drive one shot nowaday.




I noticed that Prachuab is getting more oversea tourists this year than 2 years ago. I guess Hua Hin is too crowded so some tourists start to come to Prachuab instead.

Hope it's not becoming another Hua Hin.

Oh, if you visit Prachuab, try "mango with sticky rice" at a small shop just opposite the Islam Bank. They have good mango even in winter like this!

I saw many HK and farang tourists waiting to buy mango here so it made me curious so I made a try and not disappointed. It's the best Mango with Sticky Rice I ever have.

Yeah, Cicada market is really cool.

Hua Hin beach is ok, but in my opinion it's not as beautiful as beaches in the south like Phuket, Phangnga or Trang.

So what Hua Hin impresses me is not the beach but all the cool places like the Cicada market, Plearnwan, Marukatayawan Palace, and Huay Mongkol temple.