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 […]
Group 130 Yearbook: We Loved and We Learned
Thank you, Group 130!
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
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
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 […]
What I’ll Miss
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 […]
To My Students..
Ali Talwar, 130 TESS To my students (a letter you’ll likely never read but one that needed to be written), Thank you! You don’t know how integral you’ve been to my service. […]
Life of a PCV in 2001 Top Singles
Nhi Le, 130 TESS STAGING I’m comin’ up so you better get this party started I’m comin’ up so you better get this party started Get this party started Makin’ my connection […]
Year-In-Review: Best Funny Moments Of 2019
As we enter the new year, a few writers of Peace Corps Thailand Magazine reflect on their best funny story, miscommunication, or “oops” of 2019: Megan McNelis, 131 TESS For better or […]
Healthy Living: Runners Ques
Curated by Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Every year, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers arrives in Thailand with new goals or habits to be achieved and ready to tackle their 27 […]
Facing Your Waterbugs
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD First night: I innocently open the door to my second floor bathroom. Yes second floor, I lucked out and live in a spacious bougie two floor home […]
On Living In The Rainforest
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 […]
Here’s to the (Thai) Women
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 […]
I Am Most Thankful For…
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 […]
Healthy Living: Ashley’s Yoga Retreat
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 […]
Spiders in the Night
Nhi Le, 130 TESS I see it out of the corner of my eye. THERE! The skittering shadow stops my heart cold. It crawls over my extension cord. Now, it’s under my […]
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