Bpai Tiao: Christmas in Puay Noi, Khon Kaen

In Thailand, a bpai tiao is a trip of any length. I’ve written about some of my more significant bpai tiaos to tourist destinations here, to be used as travel ideas and tips.

Thailand may be 98% Buddhist, but Christmas is a big deal here. Christmas has been all over the advertisements and the big box stores have been decking the halls. Of course, many schools that have a Peace Corps volunteer see this it as an opportunity to get “the real deal” American Christmas experience at their school and enlist their volunteer to plan Christmas Day activities. My friend Jill was one of those volunteers whose school wanted some Christmas activities and she asked me to come and help her out. Happy to have to chance to spend the holiday with a friend, I agreed. Check out some of my Christmas Day activities!

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Bpai Tiao: a Visit to Khon Kaen City

In Thailand, a bpai tiao is a trip of any length. I’ve written about some of my more significant bpai tiaos to tourist destinations here, to be used as travel ideas and tips.

Per Peace Corps policy, freshly minted PCVs are not allowed to leave their site at all for the first month in order to encourage integration. Vacation days are not to be used during the first three months of service. However, that still leaves weekends and holidays free for travel after the first month logged at site. In celebration of making it through the first month, Cinco de Mayo and Coronation Day (a national Thai holiday) all falling on the same long weekend members of Group 124, who have been here for a year, arranged a meet up in Khon Kaen.

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