by Kayla Hughes | Nov 3, 2018 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized
)(I know Halloween just ended, but here in Thailand ghosts and spirits are not confined to a single night of roaming and haunting, they are out spooking year round! Are you afraid of the dark? You might be after reading about the top five spine chilling spirits from...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 26, 2018 | Adventures, Culture and Community, Environment, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized
Fire from Water? Every year, on October’s full moon night, a natural mystery unfolds from the depths of the Mekong River. October full moon marks the end of Buddhist Lent, and on this night small balls of fire shoot up from the Mekong River. The heart of these...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 15, 2018 | Culture and Community, Education, Guatemala, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
There has been a lot of negative hype floating around lately about volunteering abroad, or voluntourism. It really is a shame that, with any good-intentioned system in place, there is always going to be someone waiting to exploit it. There are many organizations that...
by Kayla Hughes | Sep 30, 2018 | From the Field, News and Updates, Thailand, Uncategorized
About a month and a half ago the road outside of our house was completely flooded. Half of the city was flooded, actually, and we needed knee high rain boots just to get out of our house. It was a cloudy but at the moment dry afternoon and as we stood locking our gate...
by Kayla Hughes | Sep 22, 2018 | Adventures, Culture and Community, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized
Hello all and sorry for the silence! I took a quick to check out northern Thailand but I am back in town and ready to get back to work! However, while I collect my wits and get everything sorted let me share a few photos of my trip up north in and around Chiang Rai...
by Kayla Hughes | Sep 6, 2018 | Education, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer, Volunteer testimonial
Many of our volunteers spend time as a teacher at Kamplaphanatawee School (or, Kamplafa). This is the school Mundo Exchange has supported and worked alongside for nearly 10 years now, and the focal point of our current campaign to help continue education for...
