by Kayla Hughes | Mar 10, 2023 | Adopt an Elder, Culture and Community, Thailand
A difficult goodbye. Some goodbyes are harder than others, and saying goodbye to Yaai Charlie was one of the hardest. Yaai died quietly and peacefully in her sleep. We found out of her passing by her relative and neighbor, Nong, the last time we went out to deliver...
by Kayla Hughes | Dec 1, 2022 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Some Culture Norms and Social Rules of Thailand, Do’s and Don’ts(What to do and not do as a traveler, guest, volunteer or tourist in Thailand) Every culture has their own perspective of what “good manners or cultural ways” entail. For Thais some of the acceptable...
by Kayla Hughes | Nov 10, 2022 | Adventures, Culture and Community, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Mundo Volunteer visit to a Forest Wat in Bueng Kan, Thailand The following was written by Joan in 2011 after she volunteered one morning at a local wat to learn more about Buddhist culture and ways. I have always viewed wats and Buddhist monasteries as mystic places...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 26, 2022 | Culture and Community, From the Field, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer, Volunteer testimonial
The following is a firsthand account from Annie, one of our volunteers who joined us in 2010. She spent a month in the village with a local family while co-teaching alongside the Thai English teacher at one of the rural schools in the area. When I volunteered in...
by Kayla Hughes | Oct 17, 2022 | Culture and Community, Thailand, Uncategorized, Volunteer
The following post about music in Isaan was written by Linda Danielson, a musician, avid music lover, volunteer and close friend of Mundo Exchange: I’m in Thailand for the first time as a Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer, a traveller, a musician, an...
