Starting from today, the green mini buses in Bangkok are “past”. After a 5 years transition period, the drivers of the remaining green buses could loose their license and get arrested if they still use their green buses.

You could find the original article here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/32993/

WHAT A SHAME! I loved the green buses, because every drive has been an “special adventure” which costs 6.50 Baht.……. Anyway: in the past their have been similar announcements before, which have not been implemented so far……

Based on comments in their database, the well known website “TripAdvisor” has published a list with the “Top Ten” of the “dirtiest Hotels” in Asia.

You could find the list —> HERE (Link to the Tripadvisor-Webpage regarding the “Top Ten”)

Dear Friends,
I am back from New York where I met with my publisher, editor, publicist and people who are producing the Vincent Calvino film. On 6th November Grove Press released Paying Back Jack. The reviewer of I Love Mystery said, “This story is so tightly woven and entertaining it is hopeless to try to put it down. Not only was it new and fresh, but I feel like I have taken a trip to the underbelly of Thailand. It is impossible not to love this book.” Things are looking very good for the film to start production next year.
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Stephen Leather is a well known Book writer, who is living in Bangkok. One of his Novels (Private Dancer) could be downloaded as PDF-File for free. Bombmaker, a Novel written by him for Sky-TV, could also be seen as TV-Movie on Sky-TV.

Norbert:
Since how many years do you live in BKK and in which district do you live?

Stephen:
I’ve been coming and going for the past fifteen years, but have been here consistently for the past five years. I live in Sukhumvit, not far from Soi Thonglor.

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Jake:
I’m on my way back to Bangkok from LA right now. Actually, believe it or not, at this very moment, according to the flat-panel TV screen at the foot of my seat, I’m at 39,000 feet just south of the Aleutian Islands, about six hours out of LA and five hours away from Tokyo. I’m on a Singapore Airlines 747 today on which SQ is testing an in-flight system which provides continuous in-flight access to the internet and all your email accounts. They’ve even given me a power adapter so I can plug my laptop into the power outlet at the seat instead of running off the battery and waiting for the damned thing to run out.

Norbert:
How many years have you lived in Bangkok and in which district do you live?

Jake:
Aey I were married almost ten years ago and we’ve maintained an apartment in Bangkok since then — although we actually lived a fair amount of the time in California and Hawaii since I’d been writing for film and television since the mid-80’s and needed to be nearer to the States when I was still doing a lot of it. When our youngest son went into the first grade, however, we decided we wanted him to go to school in Bangkok, so we bought a large duplex apartment and remodeled it into a permanent family home. It’s off Sukhumvit Road, out near Soi Thonglor

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I have had the honor to have a lunch with Christopher while I have been in Bangkok. We met on 16. Jan 2001 at “Ship’s Inn” near Soi Cowboy:

Norbert:
I am glad that you find a little bit time for this Interview, Christopher. I know, that you are a very busy person, so lets start:

Norbert:
You are living in Bangkok and you look, like you are happy to live in this VERY chaotic city. How long do you live here and what do you like / dislike in Bangkok???

Christopher G. Moore:
I first came to Bangkok in 1983 and have lived here on a permanent basis since 1988. In some ways a very long time, in other ways a midsummer’s night sleep. Bangkok is a 24-hour city, with excitement, adventure, and diversity. I have lived in New York and London, and spent substantial time in Tokyo and Paris, but it is in Bangkok one finds a truly international city living in the midst of a very old, unique culture. It is a place of many contradictions and this provides more than ample material for a novelist to drawn upon.
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