Last week I decided spontaneously to northern Paraguay me to look at something. At this point a brief explanation: Paraguay may be divided into two very different regions: the Chaco in the north where there is very little raining, very barren and sparsely populated is. In contrast, the southern part, where there is very fertile and 95% of the population of Paraguay live in these about 30% of the country.
Well, Saturday I packed my backpack so with mosquito nets, emergency fuel, pocket knife, cooking pot, slingshot and fishing and made my way north.
Most of the time it passed by huge big ranches with either endless cattle pastures and soybean fields. Right and left to the horizon one could see anything else. Damn impressive. Variety introduced colorful birds, wild guinea pigs and the ominous run over animals on the roadside. Now and then I came
to rivers or lakes past when I inserted a short break and the water refreshed me. =) Because despite wind to get ornlich at about 38 degrees into a sweat.
evening I arrived in a city where just happened to be Benny and Nina (also volunteers in Paraguay) had a reunion. There I spent an evening and remained dignified even overnight. The next morning, but I broke up again and went on to Laguna Blanca. This is a sea of snow-white sand, so that the water is crystal clear. The Laguna is situated 40 km from the paved road and the road is more than off-road, so I had to drive most of the time standing. Damn funny =)
rented it arrives at the Laguna I canoe and paddled across the lake, until I found a beautiful, secluded sandy cove with cacti and Pomelobäumen. There I made my first a little fire on which I was cooking me my dinner. Actually I was planning to eat fish, but the sun was burning mercilessly from the sky and on the shore there was no shade, so I had fun with a rice dish.
the late afternoon, I paddled back to my bike and made my way south. Just before sundown, I crossed a river, where I decided to return. I drove away slightly upstream from the road and built up my mosquito net on the shore under a lime tree. Native I was cooking a soup, listening to music, enjoying the silence and marveled at the sunset. Coincidentally, I had a sip of rum in the backpack, which I made myself a delicious cocktail made with fresh limes. As
me the mosquitoes almost ate up I crawled under my net, and slept less than good until the next morning.
Before the sun had risen, I packed up my things and drove back to Ypacaraí, where I arrived just in time for tutoring.
runs Otherwise everything here as usual, in the morning I go to school transport and the afternoon I'm teaching. Except that we still have no running water. But is now at least at night about all between 12 und 5 clock a bit. Since then we collect it in large containers, so we have drinking water during the day.
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