Bangkok'Thailand
Siam Square (สยามแสควร์) covers probably the needs of any shoppers heading to Bangkok. All Luxury brands are well represented in Asia's largest shopping mall, Paragon, located next to Siam Center and Siam Discovery, all on the Nothern side of the Siam Skytrain (BTS) station. This station serves as only interchange station between the BTS Sukhumvit and Silom lines. On the Southern side, there is a large ...
Siam Square (สยามแสควร์) covers probably the needs of any shoppers heading to Bangkok. All Luxury brands are well represented in Asia's largest shopping mall, Paragon, located next to Siam Center and Siam Discovery, all on the Nothern side of the Siam Skytrain (BTS) station. This station serves as only interchange station between the BTS Sukhumvit and Silom lines. On the Southern side, there is a large ...
Badminton
Badminton is frequently an overall of the body work out, whenever you practice or participate to whole games of badminton; you will continuously moving all the times, then you generally will be using your muscles, by moving your body rapidly around the court and swinging your racket. The basic rules simply, players score points taken by striking a shuttle with their racquet so that it passes over the net and drops in the opponent’s area. In Siam/Rajdamri Area you can play Badminton in many places. Below is the selection:
- Chulalongkorn University Sports Center : Phayathai Rd., Pathumwan; Tel: 02-218-2874-76
- Diana Sport Club: Phetchaburi Soi 6, Phetchaburi Rd.; Tel: 02-216-0047 to 62
- The Royal Bangkok Sports Club: 1 Henri Dunant Street, Pathumwan; Tel: 02-652-5000 to 14
- The National Stadium (Supacharasai): Pathumwan (BTS the National Stadium station); Tel: 02-216-7390
Bowling
Bowling was first established in the New York City. Since then this sport has became the most popular, leisure & relaxation games, which can be both participate, single or as a group. To gain score points by rolling a heavy bowling ball along a flat surface which regularly made from wooden or whether synthetic and objects called pins. There are many forms of bowling, with one of the most recent being ten-pin bowling. The narrow lane prevents bowling, a straight line at the angle required to consistently carry to knock down all ten pins for strike. In the Siam/Rajdamri area you can play bowling in many places. Below is the selection:
- Blu-O Rhythm & Bowl: Siam Pagon 5th Fl., Rama I Rd., Pathumwan (Siam BTS, Sam Yan MRT Station); Tel: 02-129-4625
- Major Bowl Hit: Siam Discovery Center 6th Fl., RamaI Rd., Pathumwan (Siam BTS Station, Sam Yan MRT Station); Tel: 02-658-0563
- SF Strike Bowl MBK: MBK Center 7th Fl., Phayathai Rd., Pathumwan (National Stadium BTS, Sam Yan MRT Station); Tel: 02-611-7175
Ice Skating
The Rink Ice Skating
The first and only ice skating rink in the middle of a shopping centre is open in the Forum Zone, in front of B2S at Central World Shopping Complex.
How to get there: Take BTS Sky Train to Chidlom Station or Bus no. 25, 29, 34, 36, 47, 50, 93, 501 or Taxi
Contact: Tel: 02 635 1111
Opening Hours: 10.00 am. – 10.00 pm.
Admission Fee: 250 Baht per session (1.30 hours) inclusive of ice skating shoes rental. A 1-month membership costs 3,000 Baht.
Snooker & Pool
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue and snooker balls; one white cue ball 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7). A player (or team) wins a frame(individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won. Snooker, generally regarded as having been invented in India by British Army officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, with top professional players attaining multi-million dollars career earnings from the game. The sport is gaining more and more popularity in Southeast Asia.In Siam/Rajdamri Area you can play snooker in the below locations:
- Cho Huat Shop: Phyathai Rd., Rajthevee; Tel: 02-208-9883
- Forest Snooker: AO Theatre, Makkasan, Rajthevee; Tel: 02-245-3586
Thai Cooking Course
Whether Thai food is your favorite one, or cooking is your hobby - there is no better way to learn Thai cooking than taking a Thai Cooking Course in the Land of the Smiles, taught by qualified Thai professional.
- Arnoma Hotel Bangkok: Rajdamri Rd., Pathumwan; Tel: 02-255-3410
- Bangkok Palace: New Petchburi; Tel: 02-253-0510
- Indra Regent: Rajaprarop Rd., Phyathai; Tel: 02-208-0033
- Grand Hyatt Erawan: Rajdamri Rd.; Tel: 02-254-1234
- Twin Towers: Rong Muang; Tel: 02-216-9555
Thai Language School
Thai is the official and national language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand’s dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Taj-Kadai language family. The Taj-Kadai languages probably originated in what is now southern China. Linguists, however, have been unable to link the Taj-Kadai languages to any other language family. Many words in Thai are borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer. Thai is a tonal and analytic language. It has a complex orthography. You can learn Thai in many locations in Siam/Rajdamri Area: Below is the selection:
- AUA Thai Program: Rajdamri Rd; Tel: 02-252-8398; Fax: 02-252-8398
- American University Alumni (AUA) Language Center: Ratchadamri Rd., Pathumwan; Tel: 02-252-8170; Fax: 02-255-4632
- Thai Language Achievement :Phaya Thai Plaza, 128 Phaya Thai Rd., Ratchatewi; Tel: 02-219-2874
- Inlingua: Siam Discovery Center; Tel: 02-658-0284
