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...only 7 a.m., but sweat is already trickling down my face as I tee off on the first hole of one of Asia's toughest courses at the Laem Chabang International Country Club, laemchabanggolf.com, two hours east of Bangkok. It's not because of the heat, but the pressure: a 200-yard tunnel of bushes leaves no room for a hook or a slice; farther on, the gaping mouths of four hungry sand traps guard a tiny, fast green. And I've been grouped with three aces who fly in every year from Japan to be humbled by this obstacle...
...groups.google.com Type "rec.travel" in the search box to pull up 15 different newsgroups. The nonmoderated forums are peppered with commercial listings but full of useful advice too. Postings in the Asia group last week ranged from requests for a periodontist in Bangkok to updates on which regions have been most affected by SARS...
...choreography fought a losing battle against excessively loud orchestration and an evident lack of enthusiasm on the part of the actors involved. The resulting mess—where provocatively dancing cast members sang feedback-plagued gibberish punctuated only by the (tragically clear) refrain “one night in Bangkok, and the world’s your oyster” was hilariously...
China gets stoned, Korea fever hits Japan, and Bangkok's residents go on a shooting spree. Here are our picks of things to do around Asia this April...
...Thailand Bangkok Songkran Festival [April 13-15] Thailand erupts in a frenzied water fight during this ritualistic festival, with locals, tourists and even the police using everything from buckets to high-powered water guns to wage battle. Khao San road, Bangkok's backpacker nexus, is the battleground of choice. For more info, visit thailandgrandfestival.com