The First Few Days
Trip Start
Feb 06, 2007
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Trip End
Apr 24, 2009
Santani,
Paraguay
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Let me start by telling you there are two orange trees (the fruit) right outside my bedroom door. The yard is very large and is filled with all sorts of plants, flowers, and trees. The flowers attract beautiful butterflies. We have a couple of mango trees too. I can´t wait for mango season!
The area produces a lot of bananas and pineapple. YUM! The countryside is incredibly green! One of my favorite things about Paraguay are the random palm trees scattered throughout the country. Sometimes they are in groves, which is so strange for me. They remind me of scenes from a Dr. Seuss book.
I am very happy with the physical landscape of Guajaiyvi. I wish my photos could capture the beauty. I´ve only had the chance to meet a few people in town, but they all seem very nice...and curious about who I am. My light skin, colored eyes, and strange clothes gives it away that I´m not Paraguayan. Just the other day I was sitting outside on the patio drinking Terere when a man on a moto drove by. He was staring for so long that he started to drive off the road. When he caught himself, he overcorrected and almost fell off his moto! It was pretty hilarious-we all had a good laugh.
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listen to you talk!!
Hey Sam....riding on his moto...all you need are the quotation marks!!
It sounds like you are in heaven there. I think it would be cool if the trees were actually orange though.
Things are beautiful here,too. The lilac and apple trees are in full bloom and everything smells great. School is winding down. 13 more days of kindergarten. It's nuts. I'm so glad to hear you are loving it there. Have a great week! Marge
hey hey sammi
sounds like you are having a blast a getting along well wehn your not making the naitvies drive off the road.
i see on the map you are close to moto grosso du sol. what is that?
and isnt there a south american band called mondo grosso. just curious. have a great day!
Sounds like a beautiful place!
I've read about all of your adventures, really sounds like fun :0) Enjoy yourself & think of us once in a while! CMJC is closed as of May 25th, tomorrow (Tuesday) is my last day. We have not been taking new residents and we are down to 3 . . . a really strange feeling . . . We did okay on the last inspection & it looked like we would be licensed for another year but the board closed us down . . .
Take care & have a GREAT adventure & life! Jodi
Dearest Sammi,
We haven't heard from you in some time and hope that all is going well in your city. We are busy attending DUsty's baseball games. I would imagine you know they won the first, lost the second and had to work there way back, which they did yesterday by beating Sauk Rapids in the 8th inning. We could possibly play Rocori again!! So many graduations going on that the times have been changed. Tomorrow, May 31, afternoon which is great for grandpa as by late afternoon, he cannot handle games because of his body pain. ANyway, keep in touch. We miss you and send our love. grandma/pa