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On the “Great Peace Corps Evacuation of 2020” (Named by Khun Michelle)

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/05/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Heartbreak

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 17/04/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Still There

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 13/04/2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Letters to the People I had to Leave

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 08/04/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

WAMC News Podcast: Neil Pickus

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 03/04/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m an RPCV: I Think

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 01/04/2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Bees?!

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 06/03/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Emily Maginnis, TESS 131  Yes, you read correctly. No, Paw Aw, they were not flies. No, host mother, they were not over sized moths will a strangely organized system of government. I […]

Torcon Drive

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/03/2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD It’s so easy to get lost in nostalgia when you’re in an unfamiliar place.  Playing with dirt reminds me of crisp autumn nights at the little league fields, […]

Black History Month: PCV Reflections

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 02/03/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

As we reflect on the end of this year’s Black History Month, we would like to highlight some of the experiences of our Black Peace Corps Volunteers. The following are brief snap-shots […]

Healthy Living: A Meditation on Self-Control

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 28/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Ian Tramm, 131 YinD So. Food. It’s the best. Obviously. Everyone loves a good meal. You know what’s not nearly as good as food though? Discipline. Self-control. Saying no to dessert. Much […]

Tatted in Thailand: COS Tattoos

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 26/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

During Group 130’s Reconnect Conference in 2018 many of us decided on getting tattoos. Prior to that week I had also heard of volunteers from Group 129 who had gotten tattooed during […]

Group 130 Yearbook: We Loved and We Learned

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 24/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

As their service comes to a close, Peace Corps Thailand volunteers from Group 130 reflect and answer the question, “What’s one thing you loved and one thing learned during service?” Loved and […]

Thank you, Group 130!

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 19/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

As the 27-month service of Group 130 comes to an end, we – Group 131 – have found ourselves reflecting on all that you have done to teach us, encourage us, and […]

My Hardest Goodbye

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 17/02/2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Yaneth “Janet” Peña, 130 YinD I once asked a friend if she felt her Peace Corps service had gone by quickly. She said: “the days are long but the months fly by.” […]

The Quote Wall

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 14/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Alexis Baker, 130 YinD  My senior year of college, my apartment had an infamous wall, the quote wall. The quote wall was filled with ridiculous conversations that had occurred within my friend […]

Snapshots of a Day

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 12/02/2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Bianca Henao, 131 TESS   Giggles, screams and K-Pop dance moves. Holes in their socks, cute little shoes.   Sweat trickles down their brows and smiling faces.  This is really my home? […]

I’m Sorry, I’m Starting to Forget

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 10/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Anonymous Some of us left people and relationships behind to pursue our dreams in Peace Corps. We are now a year or two years into service; for some of us, those people […]

I’m Always Glad I Went

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 07/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD  I’ve already tried it and I don’t like it I say, as I scoot away From this drunken grandpa Slurping snails in my ear I just don’t want […]

Being Dolittle

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 05/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Shannon Murphy-Berrios, 131 TESS  I believe in looking at nature for a lot of answers. My grandpa and I would watch the birds flying and the lizards climbing in Puerto Rico and […]

What I’ll Miss

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 03/02/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Tim Connors, TESS 130 I’ll miss waking up on a one inch mattress laid on the floor beneath a mosquito net I’ll miss the lizards, spiders, ants, and cockroaches skittering across my […]

Reason to Reflect

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 31/01/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Kevin Glump Lentz, 131 YinD Sometimes there are nights where it is difficult to live with yourself. In solitude you sit with no intoxicant or meaningful activity to distract from the brutality […]

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The Adventures of Khao & Soy // by: Pakou Khang

Serving in the south be like...
Serving in the south be like…
Khao and Soy made it through the term unscathed... Did you?
Khao and Soy made it through the term unscathed… Did you?
Khao is terribly distracted about this upcoming bpit-term... #arewethereyet?
Khao is terribly distracted about this upcoming bpit-term… #arewethereyet?
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Khao and Soy on their last baht and can't decide if they want to live for the moment or live for the month. Decisions, decisions.
Khao and Soy on their last baht and can’t decide if they want to live for the moment or live for the month. Decisions, decisions.
Khao and Soy have mixed feelings about heading back to school.
Khao and Soy have mixed feelings about heading back to school.
Khao and Soy are ready for their trip.... did they remember everything?
Khao and Soy are ready for their trip…. did they remember everything?
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