After a day of relaxing, hiking, chasing down water falls and hanging out with Paraguayans we decided it was time to move on, see what else Paraguay had to offer and head back towards Argentina. Unfortunately Mariano had to get back to work, and I had to get on with my voyage alone.
We made [...]
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Rounding out Paraguay and heading to Iguazu
Posted in Foz de Iguazu, Paraguay, Summer Vacation, Part II on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Amazonian jungle, where the weather just gets stickier and the bugs just get bigger
Posted in Paraguay, Summer Vacation, Part II on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After some great historial and anthropological work, we headed over to western Paraguay to Ybycuí National Park (I love the Guaraní names!). The park is the last remaining peice of the Amazonian rainforest that used to cover most of southern Paraguay. It really was the jungle. The trees and the earth cover [...]
To the land of red earth and Guaraní
Posted in Paraguay, Summer Vacation, Part II on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we veared away from the river and kept going north, the soil turned this irradescent red color. As we headed through the province of Corrientes on our way to Paraguay, we did make a pit stop at a mate plantation. I have always wanted to visit one, because I have heard they [...]
