Caaguazu
Travel Blogs from Caaguazu, Paraguay
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Tom dabbles in beekeeping
Well I haven't been keeping up very well and the explanation is that I didn't want to put up an entry without pictures. My memory card fried, my parents brought me a new one, and then it fried again before I got a chance to upload any pictures. ...
I have been emancipated
... their 20 year old gas stove, and another family lent me a bed and a table. We brought my refrigerator from the local town, caaguazu, last Monday which cost 250 dollars used (a months pay), and new they are upwards of 500. We came across a neighbor in the ...
Pig Farmer Tom
... , and I can still picture the bus driver sitting there with his head in his arms. I guess bus crashes in paraguay are pretty common. other peculiarities, truck drivers here make only slightly less money than doctors, about 6,000 dollars a year, and ...
Gypsy Kings
... from our site for the day. We had our presentation yesterday. That´s where the director of the education and health programs for Peace Corps Paraguay, the people who placed us in our site, come to visit us to see if everything is OK and to tell the ...
Hanging out
So, I'm here hanging out at the internet cafe. Came into town with German and Mimi; they're here to take Mimi's mom to the doctor. We got up at four in the morning so we could get here by six, and of course there's a huge line at the doctor and they'll ...
Sarita the dog
... hide. What can you do? The dog is such a punk that she steals your breakfast, but loves you enough to give it back. PARAGUAY STORY NUMBER TWO: A LITTLE MUD NEVER HURT ANYONE A couple of months ago, Simon and I need to travel to Asuncion. The sky ...
You can call me Farmer Tom
... today we have a peacecorp get-together at the embassy were we get to rub elbows with the most important americans in all of paraguay ha ha. I am actually looking forward to the gigantic chocolate cakes that they have at these things, and if you had tasted ...
I am headed for the country
Hello folks, the election went well, no riots or trouble. The liberal party candidate Lugo won. The Colorados payed bus fare for paraguayans living in argentina and brazil to come to the election, and since their candidate lost they refused to pay their ...
The last of the Zu
... recommend it to anyone, not matter what age, language ability, or motivation. So now we are at my best PY friends house in Caaguazu. I lived 18 K from town and came in once a week to use the internet and make rock n roll with Ricar. He is 42 and ...
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