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Monday, April 16, 2007

  Guajayvi is the town I'll be living in for the next 2 years. The town is located right on a ruta (highway), so there are many motos, cars, and trucks transporting goods. It is a pretty small town of about 3,000. I went to the high school on Friday and found out there are only about 200 students in the high school.
  The scenery is really pretty. There is a large hill just outside of town. Also there are tons of trees and forests nearby. Very green!
  There is a larger town about 30km qaway that has internet and a supermarket. Unfortunately, Guajayvi does not have internet, but that doesn't mean you can't email me ;). I will probably be going into this town about once a week to check email and buy food.
  Guajayvi is roughly 3 1/2 hours away from Asuncion to the NorthEast. We are close enough to Brazil that many of the people who own a t.v. get their channels from Brazil...so hopefully one day I'll be able to understand Portugese as well.
  Friday night we went to a 10 year anniversary of a basketball court. A former volunteer helped get $ and then build a bb/soccer court on the school grounds. Because I'm a Peace Corps volunteer, I was able to have a "special" seat in the front row! This meant that I was a judge to pick the queen of the school. I also got a close up view of the Paraguayan Micheal Jackson! He was dressed up just like Micheal Jackson and he danced to Billie Jean. It was great! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so no photos:(
  Overall, the trip was a snapshot of what my life is going to be like in a few months. It's nice to finally know where I'll be living and working.
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297 on Apr 17, 2007 at 01:57AM

Hey Sam
It sounds like your town is beautiful! I can't wait to see it. Where is the nearest airport, and how do I get there? Not much new here, Dusty played his first baseball game tonight, they won by one run in the bottom of the 7th on a wild pitch. Pretty exciting. Sent you a large package today, your sweatpants, perfume, baby powder and a card for you. Love you Dad

yardman171
yardman171 on Apr 17, 2007 at 03:12AM

hey hey
sammi! so you gots your roots planted. sound great. could be worse. you could be on a lonely stretch of hiway between a big city and some place people want to go with nobody living there like little falls! HA! how ironic. sounds great and i cant wait to hear more. love ya. have a great day!

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297 on May 2, 2007 at 07:11PM

yardman 171
I thought I had who this was figured out, but talked to your sister and she said no.....then talked to sammi, and my assumption was right......my long lost 'bro' when you coming to visit? Bettter be quick, I'm outta here shortly.....headed south, nice place to visit, but LF isn't a great place to live.

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