I ended up in the bathroom of the Mandarin Oriental. Turned out to be a great call, as I was all alone, and the New Age Instrumental music that was playing in there really enhanced the feel of this as some sort of pagan happening. I highly recommend it for your future eclipse watching needs.

As for the visibility, it was mostly cloudy, but every now and then you would get a good view of it, including several seconds of the complete "ring of fire" It was even noticable for the brief second that I looked at it directly without my glasses. Magnificent!