Issan Archive

  • Thoughts of Sala Kaew Ku Nong Khai Thailand

    Thoughts of Sala Kaew Ku Nong Khai Thailand

    Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat take volunteers and friends to visit many places of interest. We go to homes of elder Thais, visit and learn at Buddhist wats or temples and farming projects and experience other Thai ways throughout Isaan. One particular attraction is the...

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  • Sophie Fry: The Compassionate Volunteer

    Sophie Fry: The Compassionate Volunteer

    Thai Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat team was very fortunate to volunteer at the Thai orphanage with Sophie Fry. For 2 years we had heard so many great words about Sophie from her sister, Amy. They were all true. When we first met Sophie, it was immediately recognized that...

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  • The Rough Guide to Issan Music, by Linda Danielson

    The Rough Guide to Issan Music, by Linda Danielson

    I’m in Thailand for the first time as a Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer, a traveller, a musician, an Irish fiddler to be exact, with a nodding acquaintance with South-East Asian music. Since I’ve been here I’ve spent quite a bit of time on...

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  • Jane and Geoff Cohn Family Volunteering in Nongkhai

    Jane and Geoff Cohn Family Volunteering in Nongkhai

    We have always wanted to take our family on a volunteering holiday and were extremely fortunate to find the Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer and cultural exchange program which resulted in us volunteering at a boys’ orphanage in Nongkhai, north-eastern Thailand for two weeks....

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  • Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan

    Mundo Exchange Volunteer Hugh Plenderleith Returns to Isaan

    Hugh Plenderleith came in 2008 to help with Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat global exchange volunteer projects in one of the most economically challenged areas of Thailand. Hugh has become a valuable  friend and cohort to both Thai and Western hosts that help volunteers during...

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  • Sandra Helping Buddhists in Thailand with Mundo Exchange

    Sandra Helping Buddhists in Thailand with Mundo Exchange

    Volunteer Sandra comes to help Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat with Buddhists wanting to learn more about other cultures and English communication skills. She participated in various ceremonies and helped many during her stay in Isaan Thailand.

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  • Yam Yosothon 2

    Yam Yosothon 2

    I had the pleasure of going out with some friends to see a Thai movie in a cinema theatre last evening and thought I’d share my thoughts about the experience. This particular cinema was hundreds of miles away from Nang Khai in both location and...

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  • Farang Wedding in Isaan

    Farang Wedding in Isaan

    Our friend Scott who comes to help us, he really likes Isan culture. And he decided to get married in Isaan local style with his girlfriend, Effie, in Bueng Khan, Nongkhai. So we arranged the wedding for him. We invited some old people and friends...

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  • Mundo Exchange volunteers Terry and Andrea Price return to assist Isaan orphanage

    Mundo Exchange volunteers Terry and Andrea Price return to assist Isaan orphanage

    Sawadee! Volunteers Andrea and Terry Price, from Ireland, returned once again in 2009 to help the orphan boys in Isaan.  This time they not only volunteered at the orphanage for boys but also gave gifts from friends and family to young girl’s living at an orphanage...

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  • Volunteering in Thailand

    Volunteering in Thailand

    MundoExchange in Thailand Currently, MundoExchange teams with Laekplian Lokgatat members to work on projects including teaching in public schools, working in local temples, developing community outreach projects, setting up community funds and preparedness for natural or man-made disaster, environmental awareness projects, and many more. Through...

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