Sorry no blog for a while, readers. Well, I'm alive and in Asunción, got in Tuesday night. Last you heard I was in Cochabamba, Bolivia, I think. Well, from there I overnight bused it to Santa Cruz, Bolivia where I was going to visit a Franciscan mission but it ended up being a 10-hr round trip bus ride. I don´t need to explain. So pleasant was the day spent in the Plaza 24, café-hopping and Brazilian food-eating. I fretted slightly about Paraguayan Visas, but don´t worry I´m Colombian and didn´t need one. Actually, worry, I'm Colombian. I was the only one to be searched at the border. I had to completely empty my bag while Captain A. Hol scraped things with a little screwdriver to see if by chance they were made of compacted blow. Then, after denying him a pair of sunglasses that were the object of his Subtle Bribery Innuendo he brought me into the bathroom to see if I had blow taped to my ribs. And that was while thawing out from the overnight Chaco bus ride that was kind enough to only give me a cold. And I had taken off my longjohns in Santa Cruz. Maldicion. Of course after our two provided meals of cold 'food' all passengers' bowel movements smelled the same. I don´t need to explain. The bus pulled in to Asuncion 23 hours after departure and I was hospitably met and chauffered by some friends of the family with whom I've been crashing. Thursday morning I took of four hours into the country to see my old friend Kate Stoysich who´s been Peace Corps volunteering there for almost 2 years(!) Good work, Kate. I was really proud to see her stick through it, she's Thoreau by any measure, chilling with locals and teaching them about proper field maintenance and other agricultural stuff and actually she has electricity. It was great being in the Middle of Nowhere, Paraguay and seeing someone I met three years ago and three thousand miles ago and sharing a day of simple living. The next day was Opposite day--one of the family's generation Xer's parties at Club Social; good food, good drink and a coupla crazy cousins who are good at yelling English expletives. Today nothing happened, oh, I went to a good museum. Might head to Foz do Iguacu tomorrow. Alright, I have to translate this.
Que pena de no haber escrito nada esos días. Pues, sigo viviendo y estoy aquí en Asunción, llegué el martes por la noche. De ultima para ti, estuve en Cochabamba, Bolivia, creo. De allí tomé el bus tras la noche a Santa Cruz, Bolivia donde iba para la misión Franciscana pero de ida y vuelta es 10 horas, no tengo que explicar. Entonces pasó el día encantado en la Plaza 24, tomando café y comiendo el buffet Brasileño. Me molestó de pensar un ratito de la Visa Paraguaya, pero no te preocupas, soy Colombiano y no la necesité. Actualmente, preocupate, soy Colombiano. Yo era el unico que revisaron completamente la mochila. Tuví que vaciarla mientras el Cpt. Culo rayó cosas con un destornillador para ver si eran hechos de cocaína. Después, lo negué su propuesto sútil de tomar prestadas unas gafas entonces me echó al baño para que viera si tenia contrabando pegado en el pecho con cinta. Y todo eso durante estaba descongelando del viaje Noche de Chaco que me dió gripa. Y quité la ropa termal en Santa Cruz, maldición. Claro que despues de las dos 'comidas' frias los pasajeros dejaron el mismo olor después del baño. No tengo que explicar. Llegamos a Asunción donde me encontraron unas amigas de la familia y me c'chaufieron' a la casa. Allí estoy quedando, son muy hospitalarias. El jueves fui cuatro horas en el bus en el campo para visitar a mi amiga Kate Stoysich, quien lleva casi dos años de ser voluntario en el Cuerpo de Paz. Bien hecho, Kate. Estoy orgulloso de ella por haberle quedado allá todo este tiempo, como fuera Thoreau, mostrando a los campesinos como mantener la tierra y otras cosas agriculturas. Pues, tiene electricidad. Pasó maravilloso estar en Otro Mundo, Paraguay con alguien quien conocí hace tres años y desde tres mil millas. El próximo día fue del opuesto, hubo una fiesta de cumpleaños de uno de los genaracion joven en el Club Social: comida buena, traguito bueno y primos locos que gritan porquerías Inglesas muy bien. Hoy no pasó nada, en exepto fui a un museo. De pronto iré mañana para Foz do Iguacú. Bueno, chao.
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Hey Brent- sounds like you have a good spot for awile. Glad your safe and made the long trip to Asuncion. Latin America truly is the quintessence of two ways of life. Abject poverty to high social club dancing and partying. 4:30 a.m. hugh? Great fun though. I'm wondering about the wildlife you have seen- you haven't mentioned any-anything along the Amazon or basin? Good luck at Iguasu-how about fishing the Parana River on your boat ride? Be careful! Love DAD
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