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Carrots, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Carrots

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

Cheers Folks, Just posted a few new pics. Iīm back īhomeī in Guarambare, which feels great.  Iīll get my own bed this evening for the first time in three nights.  I had a great time in Lombare visiting another volunteer and ...

Air Conditioning, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Air Conditioning

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... They have shared their successes and failures and have really provided a picture of what our lives will be like when we leave Guarambare for our future sites in about 9.5 weeks.  I am not finding out until tomorrow afternoon where I am going ...

An update!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

An update!

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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Okay...so it has been a while since my last update and Iīm trying to remember all that has happened.  We have the whole weekend off and we walked here in the pouring rain to come to town so hopefully you all enjoy this blog!  We only have 2 ...

chicken heart., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

chicken heart.

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... with the other ten trainees for UYD but once a week all of us, UYD, health and ed meet up in the center of Guarambare to do larger tech sessions... Yesterday morning we discussed development work on the grand scheme and the importance of leaving something ...

The Honesty of Paraguayans.., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

The Honesty of Paraguayans..

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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I have just finished my fourth week of training (actually just three, but who is counting!).   This week has been especially difficult, but I am glad it is coming to a close. By the time you read this, the first two people in our training ...

Animals, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Animals

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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Okay guys....I know you won't believe this but there actually is A/C in Paraguay.  I'm enjoying it at this moment along with some free internet.  We are hoping to get some good food and do some shopping on our day off.  We don't get many of ...

Leaving for the PCV Site Visit, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Leaving for the PCV Site Visit

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

So, I have finished another week of intense training here in the pueblo of Guarambare. Training is very intense, but I learn so many new things every day. Yesterday, we had a mission impossible type scavenger hunt type thing to the nationīs capital ...

estoy aprendiendo, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

estoy aprendiendo

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... 9pm and went to see the Rio Paraguay with my entire family plus two other volunteers in my town, i saw argentina from the shores of paraguay, it was great.  my little brother, jose, who is 8, found an eel )it was dead= and threw it v. close to me as ...

Week 2, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Week 2

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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Iīm surviving week 2 in Paraguay.  School starts this week so we are going to visit some schools and chat with the teachers.  We also have a field trip in Asuncion on Thursday...finding our way around on the buses, asking for directions, and ...

Itīs so hot here!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Itīs so hot here!

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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... look so dorky with that thing on. I do want to share an amazing cultural experience that happened yesterday. While in Guarambare for group training, I witnessed a funeral. It is very different than prevailing traditions in the US. The coffin is carried ...

Cows on the freeway, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Cows on the freeway

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... as Iīm nearly trampled by five cows running down an alleyway and straight onto the main road through my small town of Guarambare... I was walking to Lorienīs house last night to do some yoga and saying my mandatory Adioooos to everyone I passed when ...

Week 3, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Week 3

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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Okay guys...hereīs an update on week 3... I survived my rat race field trip in Asuncion last week.  We had to go visit places and find our way through the lovely bus system.  That was an experience...we ended up at the PC office where they ...

title, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

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A travel blog entry by katiemessick

I was studying Guarani last night at my kitchen table and trying to figure out how to translate something from Spanish to Guarani when my host sister in law and her two kids showed up to eat there MOZORELLA pizza alllll the way from ...

I think itīs week 5!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

I think itīs week 5!

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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... Friday we had our first jornada with 3 local schools and our group presented and helped teachers make materials.  We have another workshop this Friday.  Ok...well as the sun is setting here in Paraguay I must close for now.  Miss you ...

hay lluvia, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

hay lluvia

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

I woke up at 4am yesterday morning to the biggest storm since Iīve been here, it was pouring so hard that my backyard flooded and looked like a swimming pool around 7am when i was having breafast.  There was thunder and lightning all night, and ...

New Home, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

New Home

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

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... environment now. I am NOW living with a Senora and her 20 year old son in the chichi (wealthy-nice) part of town, still in Guarambare.  The Senora has had 6 PCVs before me, and I am lucky number 7!!! Her house, thus far, doesnīt lose water during ...

Water, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Water

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

Iīm sitting in the internet cafe in my town of Guarambare.  It is about 100 degrees outside and humid.  When I walked into this establishment all the windows were closed, fans off...Basically I feel like I am at my old gym in Boston using the ...

First Week In Paraguay..., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

First Week In Paraguay...

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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... her. i took her out for a coke yesterday afternoon after she broke down and cried in front of the language teachers...in Guarambare...it was nice. I keep connecting to her. Pray with me .... for her! Well, my limit is quickly approaching. Not sure ...

breath shake and sweat., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

breath shake and sweat.

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

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... of me!!!! This Saturday we have our first ītestī, weīll be running a day camp for the kids in the town of Guarambare and a PCV is coming to help facilitate. As for pictures that some of you hve emailed me about...not yet, tranquilo.  I ...

follow up to other one..., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

follow up to other one...

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

ok. so i am back. that went through. i am writing so much now because this is the first time that i am at this internet spot without my siblings, usually they come and climb on me, kiss me, pull my hair, bite me, click the mouse, close out emails adn say ...

Pictures, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Pictures

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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hopefully, these pics will show ...

Another week of life in Paraguay..., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Another week of life in Paraguay...

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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Hoy us un buen dia para todo ser vivo! ...translated...of course, it's my favorite phrase to say...Today is a great day to be alive! My language teachers just think that is the greatest quote!   Greetings people back home in the good ole USA! I ...

Hot Feet, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Hot Feet

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

I am in the very slow, yet tranquil process of uploading a few more pictures.  I plan on having some interesting and new ones soon... I am off on an adventure this Saturday morning, which I will know more about tomorrow.  Essentially, I am ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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So for all of you who are dying to know...I did make the walk to Caacupe!  9 hours and many many blisters later!  We left at 7 p.m. and made it around 4 a.m. the next day...with 2 quick stops for dinner and then a short rest.  It was an ...

Quince, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Quince

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... my friends until we decided to check out and grab some street meat (as in a legit burger...) to celebrate st. pattyīs day in Guarambare...v. different from Boston. I tried to sleep in this morning, but I only made it until 715, dang... I woke up and ...

Hoping to Get Some Pictures Up..., Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Hoping to Get Some Pictures Up...

A travel blog entry by trevorivey

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I hope that I am going to be able to upload some pictures ...

soja, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

soja

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

... day Monday to celebrate a Paraguayan holiday, so a group of us went to Asuncion to get a break from the small town life of Guarambare and in search of some good coffee!!! We found a delicious cafe and I got an iced mocha expresso drink...yums.  We ...

one more week!!!!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

one more week!!!!

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

Howdy Folks, I think itīs been a while, Iīve been busy as! I made it back from my future site of Coronol Bogado safely last Monday, the trip was actually a bit quicker than I had anticipated! I had a great week or so down there and got to ...

First entry!, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

First entry!

A travel blog entry by chimmie13

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hey all!  thanks for logging in!  hereīs the low down on life in paraguay so far... so iīve survived my first week in south america...outhouse...bucketbaths and all.  i think iīm actually getting better at it if that is at all ...

Paraguay, Guarambare, Paraguay travel blog

Paraguay

A travel blog entry by katiemessick

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Cheerios Folks, I made it safely to Paraguay and am in the internet cafe for just a few minutes with five of my host sisters, who are adorable.  They take me everywhere and are teaching me heaps of Spanish every minute of the day, which is ...

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