Caaguazu, Paraguay Travel Blogs

Tom dabbles in beekeeping
May 22, 2009 (7 photos)

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
Jul 29, 2008

... 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
Oct 20, 2008 (10 photos)

... , 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 ...

You can call me Farmer Tom
Jul 4, 2008 (17 photos)

... 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
Apr 29, 2008 (3 photos)

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 ...

Gypsy Kings
Jun 10, 2005

... 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 community ...

Hanging out
Oct 11, 2005

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
May 21, 2006

... . 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 has ...