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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3657191" data-attributes="member: 21760">A fascinating challenge!Bangkok is a terrific base given the high list, good birding knowledge and good transport in Thailand, plus relative proximity to bird-rich SE Asia, India, Australia and China. The question will be how to make best use of travel time to more distant continents - S America and Africa have masses of birds, but will carry significant cost in terms of travel days, so longer trips, possibly to several areas of the highest density would seem to make better sense. Another interesting questions is timing - migration hotspots such as Eilat, Cape May, Beidaihe, would need to be planned for the appropriate time of passage, while there would be more flexibility around assemblages of resident species.Targeting weekends in spots with bird races could also be a good way to clean up good numbers in a short visit, especially if there are high densities of species -  Hong Kong, Fraser's Hill and Eilat come to mind.CheersMike</blockquote>