Word: silom
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...even have to leave Bangkok for some choice courses. You can stay downtown, and play downtown, if you're invited by a member of the Bangkok Sports Club?a 3-iron from the Rajadamri skytrain station between Siam Square shopping centers and Silom office towers. Some golfers never leave the airport area. Hole one of the Kantarat, the Thai air-force course, stretches between runways. It used to be open to anyone, but since the November 2002 attempted rocket attack on a plane in Kenya, the runway links have been closed to nonmembers to keep terrorists from pulling a surface...
...unsurpassed people watching, try the Balcony Bar, (662) 235 5891, on Silom Soi 4. It's a sidewalk gay bar that welcomes straights, and the ensuing mix of trendsetters and goggle-eyed tourists makes for a fun night. There are at least a dozen more clubs and bars clustered in the lane, catering to most music tastes; one of the best is the funk-tastic Tapas, (662) 234 4737. Stargazers should head to the Greyhound Caf? in The Empori-um, which resounds with the gossipy banter of soap-opera divas, pop stars and actress-models-despite signs designating areas...