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

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Heartbreak

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Still There

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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

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Funky Town

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 02/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD When adversity is external, I think it’s easier to handle. When it’s a bad storm, a too-friendly community member, a miscommunication, gecko poop all over my home, or… […]

Kap Khun, Khun Wanthida

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 30/09/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

For the past six years, Khun Wanthida has served as the Programming and Training Specialist for the Teacher Empowerment for Student Success (TESS) program. Staff, PCVs and RPCVs would like to say […]

Bpuat Naa Fai

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 27/09/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Tim Connors, 130 TESS It was on the second day of the funeral that my Paw-aw (director) asked me to bpuat for Paw Gam Nan. I would bpuat naa fai: meaning I’d […]

Feelings Untitled

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 25/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Anonymous, 131 PCV first love easily forgotten memories sunken to the bottom of “Yeah, I’m down for another shot!” that’ll be one thousand baht classic songs and I feel alright jamming out […]

Kath’s Cooking Episode 1: Goat Cheese!

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 23/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Katherine Gallagher, 131 YinD Hi! Welcome to the first episode of my cooking series, Mastering the Art of Kath’s Cooking (a pun on the title of her cookbook, which Julia Child would […]

Delirium Poem

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 20/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD Once you have read the poem all the way through, try reading only the first lines of every stanza all together. Then, do the same with the second, […]

Strings of Fear

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 18/09/2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Michael Marano, 129 TESS 45 Seconds of Terror I feel another spoonful of curry-soaked rice drop onto my thigh. My legs are crossed at the 1-foot kitchen table we eat at every night and Apple is perched on […]

El Sabor De Tailandia

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 16/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Curated by Shannon Murphy Berrios, 131 TESS “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso Wise words from […]

Rainy Season

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 13/09/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

  Artwork and poem by Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD Today I am grateful for shelter. I am thankful for strong roofs and thick walls and dry clothes. I am grateful for the […]

PCV Cribs: Andy

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 11/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Video by Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD Andy Anderson, 129 TESS, is a third-year volunteer serving in Umphang, Tak. Umphang is an isolated town deep in the mountains of Tak province that is famous […]

Mold, Sweat, and Bugs

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 09/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD In the style of  “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss   Do you like mold, sweat, and bugs? I do not like mold, sweat, and bugs! Would […]

Notes to Self: 6 Ways to be a Better PCV Youth Facilitator

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 06/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Carissa Anderson, 130 YinD One day after my second camp of the month, I wrote this on the Notes application on my iPhone while sitting quietly at a table full of teachers. […]

Plai Ruaa

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/09/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Neil Pickus, 131 YinD July 2019 was perhaps the most transient and fleeting month of my life so far. I was in and out (mostly out) of my “regular” life at site, […]

Long Days, Field Trips and Weigh Stations

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 02/09/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Eric Mills, TESS 130 Ah the long day; how requisite, how essential. Truly it is the thread that binds, the paper clip that fastens, the uh… stuff they add to the stickers […]

Still Tamada

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 30/08/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Natalie Garro, 129 TESS The days have blended together, hours slipping by like warm sap, each moment dripping until my cup is so full, I spend my evenings releasing the day – […]

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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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How Khao and Soy deal with the summer heat
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