Thailand Archives - Graham Lawrence

Luck

Graham Lawrence — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:09:21 +0000

Perpetual good or bad luck is something that seems to follow some people you meet on the traveler or expat circuit. It is not something all or even many possess, but a few seem to just be gifted or cursed with it. Bernard was not a lucky man. Maybe not as unlucky as British Steve, […]

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Sweeping Up

Graham Lawrence — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:24:16 +0000

It is almost two years now, and I suppose it is time to record the actual true events before they fade or my memory decides to exclude such things that don’t fit with preconceived and taught ideas typical of someone raised in the rational and heartless late 60’s and 70’s. It also seems fitting as I sit […]

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Gerry the Deminer

Graham Lawrence — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:31:05 +0000

Gerry had issues; Gerry was haunted. Neither were going to ever go away. What actually caused the issues or haunting would never ever be known by anyone except Gerry. It is the natural way of some things. I was in a bar, in Jomtien, but to be honest it does not really matter where that […]

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Cowboy

Graham Lawrence — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:33:15 +0000

Manchester Andy, now there is someone to remember from the Cowboy days. He had an art degree, two in fact. He was also a real practicing artist producing paintings and sculptures at a prodigious rate. The styles of these were quite conservative and maybe not to everyone’s taste. Not being an artist, I am far […]

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The Eggman

Graham Lawrence — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:12:28 +0000

It was around seven or eight years ago that I first noticed him, this aging man. Quite exactly how old he was, was hard to tell as he had the start of a curved back and looked constantly at the floor with his bewhiskered jowls hanging from each side of his mouth. His hair was white or silver, but […]

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Holding Rice

Graham Lawrence — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:26:45 +0000

The sky was darkening by the minute as the clouds turned from white to light grey to a darker shade, to charcoal and now indeed black with a rapidity rarely seen. A wind had suddenly sprung up. Starting as a light breeze with a vague hint of coolness. Then gradually becoming a more noticeable breath […]

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Family

Graham Lawrence — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 05:33:09 +0000

Nim was a family man. Like many poor farmers in the villages of rural Thailand he held strong beliefs. All he lived for were his wife, daughters, nephews and any other member of the extended family. Not a wealthy man and one who was blighted by every farming venture he tried turning to dust in […]

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Wistful

Graham Lawrence — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 05:28:43 +0000

It has been some time since I went back to the Banglamphu area. It was the place I first stayed decades ago when I came to Thailand. Things change. Back in the day, Khao San was lined with mostly shop house guest houses renting rooms for less than a pound a night. There were a […]

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