Some things I´ve been up to the last long while...
Semana Santa: This is the weeklong catholic celebration of jesus´ dead. For Paraguayans this means lots of chipa and sopa. I guess for some there´s plenty of churchyness going on, but at my house we feel the religious movies, which play round the clock on TV during Semana Santa, do the job just fine.
Waterfalls: Went to a waterfall near La Colmina. There were about 15ish of us (PCVs) and we all pliled into the bed of an old truck and rode for about 30mins, untill we could go no further. Then we had to cross some man´s property which he charges 10,000 gs a head for (about 2 bucks). After that its a steep climb down to the ´river´ (large creek) and another 10 min to a very nice waterfall. You can jump off at about 10 feet (the whole waterfall´s probably like 30 - 40 feet) into a very deep pool at the base of the waterfall. Unfortuanlly it was a little late in the season when we were there, and the water was COLD. Afterwords some of us stayed in a Japanese hotel in La Colmina (a Japanese settlement) and had some delious Japanese food. I have some pics up from the waterfall.
Garden: Finally got my garden going. Gonna have me some tomatoes, cabbage, beets, chard, basil, cilantro, hot peppers, oregano, garlic, green onions, cucumbers and radishs. If everything works out.
Current fruits I´m eating off the trees: Oranges, Mandarins and Grapefruit. Its citrus season ya´ll!
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oh my god your garden sounds amazing! have you come across any lemon-orange trees? we found some in chile, but they weren't in season. also, awesome pictures!
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emma
Hey Steven!
ReplyDeleteBeen checking out the blog, looks like you're settled and having a good time! i enjoyed the pictures and am happy to see that you're growing a garden! Don't let those crazy bees sting you too much.
-Maggie