Welcome to Djbouti!!

This past weekend a lot of the current PCV's went to Bangkok to give the traditional greeting to the new volunteers. That consists of a lot of screaming, signs, and happy smiling faces...just like being a superstar....the only difference is you have just ridden over 20 hours on a plane and all you want to do is sleep! Here are some of the current PCV's waiting for our newbies at the airport.






This is my good friend Emily. She made a sign saying welcome to Djbouti, which is a place in Africa....you think this might confuse some of the volunteers when they take their first walk into Thailand?















Here we are ushering in the new volunteers...we made a funnel for them to walk through as we clapped and cheered for them! This new group is really different from ours as more than a quarter of them are seniors, a majority are woman, and their are something like 6 couples out of 62 volunteers. Our group has 49 people, 3 of which are seniors(most of us are in our 20's), an even distribution of female to male volunteers, and only 2 couples.





This guy looks pretty happy, even though I am sure he is overcome with exhastion. Welcome Peace Corps Thailand group 118!!