Abuela!

This is the kind of traffic we encountered several times on the country road! Cristian told me it is very common when you get stuck behind a slow car (in this case, a cart!) to yell 'Abuela' to the person (it means grandmother)...You know how those jokes go, they're worldwide, I guess. Side note-notice the SUV approaching. What a juxtaposition! SUV and ox-cart!

Paraguay deserves more love...

December 22nd 2006
...than I gave it. Looking back at what I wrote and the pictures I posted yesterday, I see that I---unintentionally---painted a very bleak picture of Paraguay. I didn't realize it yesterday but, really, I think it was just that a) I didn't have many pictures, due to the rain, and the ones I had negatively depict the country 2) the rainy day gave me the blues and c) I didn't have time to really ... read more

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In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70), Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory. It stagnated economically for the next half century. In the Chaco War of 1932-35, large, economically important areas were ... ... read more

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