Nightclubs are air-conditioned and many provide hostesses. Good buys include Thai silks and cottons, batiks, silver, pottery with celadon green glaze, precious and semi-precious stones, dolls, masks, lacquerware, pewterware, bamboo artefacts and bronzeware. The weekend market at Chatuchak Park in Bangkok is a regular cornucopia with items ranging from genuine antiques to fighting fish. Tailor-made clothes are also good value and can be made in a matter of days. 1000-2100 Monday to Sunday.
Golf courses are available in most major tourist areas.
Skindiving is popular at Pattaya and Phuket seaside resorts, and water-skiing at Pattaya, inland on the Chao Phraya at Nonthaburi and at Pakred outside Bangkok. Thai kick-boxing can be seen at the Lumpini Stadium in Bangkok on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday afternoon. Ratchadamnoen Stadium in Bangkok has bouts Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Horseraces are held every two weeks on a Sunday at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club on Saturday and at the Royal Turf Club on Sunday. A remarkable number of festivities take place in Thailand throughout the year.