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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

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WAMC News Podcast: Neil Pickus

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I’m an RPCV: I Think

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

Healthy Living: Social Media

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 16/12/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Social media consumes much of our daily lives. If you think this doesn’t pertain to you, take a look at your screen time reports. Being in a country […]

A Peace Corps Collection

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 11/12/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Writing and artwork by Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD I wrote a while ago that cultural integration is like letting a wave wash over your face, pulling your hair towards the shore, digging […]

On Living In The Rainforest

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 09/12/2019 • ( 3 Comments )

Halli Benson, 130 TESS A week before site placement, we were in a training session when we heard the soft “shh” grow to a roar, and I wondered out loud, “What’s that […]

On Finding Gratitude

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 06/12/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Pure bliss. That’s what I’ve felt all day today. November 28, 2019. It’s Thanksgiving Day. My family and friends are celebrating halfway around the world without me. But, […]

Here’s to the (Thai) Women

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/12/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Ali Talwar, 130 TESS My service has been largely dominated with the love from many amazing Thai women. These women do more for me than I could ever thank them for, and […]

On Belonging

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 02/12/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Natalie Garro, 129 TESS Sunday, August 25th, 2019 I think an unintended, unconscious consequence of never feeling like I fit in anywhere was, perhaps, the freedom to evolve however I wanted. I’ve […]

Yá’át’ééh Shí Eí Joely Allen Yinishyé (Hello, My Name is Joely Allen)

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 30/11/2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Joely Allen, 131 YinD Yá’át’ééh shí eí Joely Allen yinishyé. Ákót’éego Diné asdzáán nishłį (Hello, my name is Joely Allen and I am a Navajo woman.)  It’s nine days into Níłtch’its’ósí (November) […]

I Am Most Thankful For…

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 29/11/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Happy Thanksgiving! Today, a few 130 and 131 PCVs reflect on what they are most thankful for… I am thankful for the magic that is chaos. I am thankful for all these […]

The Family I’ll Never Have Again

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 25/11/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Emily Maginnis, 131 TESS Mom doesn’t answer my calls, Then I remember the time and stop trying. I ask Dad about his day, The details are many but I only catch some. […]

Thank You, Khun Anuwat

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 22/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

For the past six years, Khun Anuwat has served as the Program Assistant for the Youth in Development (YinD) program. Staff, PCVs and RPCVs would like to say thank you to Khun […]

There’s a Free Breakfast at the Heartbreak Hotel on Khaosan

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 20/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Anonymous   Are you really a PCV if you’ve never cried on a late-night bus ride?   Never felt tears trace your stress-creased face falling, speckling, seeding the rice fields   over […]

Healthy Living: Ashley’s Yoga Retreat

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 18/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Bpit term: the month-long break for Peace Corps Thailand volunteers that occurs twice a year and sends us just about anywhere. Most of us take advantage of the […]

Whiplash

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 15/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I remember standing in my Minnesotan kitchen and thinking about my next two years, dreading the solitude. I remember worrying how I would be able to survive for […]

Leaving Home

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 13/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD December, 14th 2018 (10 months ago) It’s my last weekend living in DC. Laying on my air mattress in the stillness of my dilapidated apartment, I lazily contemplate […]

Will I Still Be Able to Drive? Part II

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 11/11/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Life doesn’t stop for you, nor me and while our life went on, so did theirs. Only the people who’ve I’ve shared this journey called Peace Corps with will understand the emotions that will rush me upon returning home

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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?
How Khao and Soy deal with the summer heat
How Khao and Soy deal with the summer heat
Khao and Soy make bike safety fashionable
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Meet Sticky Rice’s new mascot, Khao, and his trusty sidekick, Soy.

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