Wow, thanks everyone for the great advice.

Serfty, I may take your itinerary item by item - love the specifics. If I do, I report back.

Haven't booked the hotel yet. Priceline didn't yield anything 5* at 100 or 120. I'll probably try again at my 72 hours with slightly higher offers. I'd love to get one of the nice hotels like the Pen, Sheraton or IC, but as self employed on my own dime, draw the line short of what I'm seeing on AsiaRooms.com (especially when checking in so late and missing many of the benefits you could otherwise get at Sheraton Towers for instance).

JM