We have taken three consecutive weekend trips out of Asuncion. Living in the city is convenient, but it would be fairly miserable if we were not able to venture out into the countryside.
Three weeks ago our friend Fede took us to his family's ranch. Due to flooding you can not presently drive to their house. Getting to his property required traveling first by truck, then by boat, and finally by tractor.
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| Horses on the property |
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| An old church on the property |
Two weeks ago I joined my friends Rob and Will for a weekend trip to Villa Florida, a small town south of Asuncion on the Tebicuary River. On the way a local woman directed us down a side road to this bridge to look for capybaras. None were hanging out when we stopped by.
We spent the rest of the afternoon looking for a hotel, hanging out by the river and having an obligatory meal of fish soup and milenesa.
The next day Will found a local guy to take us fishing in a flooded bay next to town. We caught some little catfish called manda-i, piranhas, and another little fish called a mojarrita.
Will had not been fishing in years, but he is a master at throwing a hand line.
Rob unhooking his mojarrita.
We grilled up a few of the fish. The manda-i was really good. The piranhas were good also, but hard to eat because the they have many small pointy bones.
Last weekend a group of teachers took a trip to an area we had been wanting to visit for a while. Tres Kandu: or Three Humps.
It was our first backpacking trip in Paraguay and we ascended Paraguay's tallest peak, all 842 meters of it. Although it was a short hike, the trail was fairly steep and most of us were sore for a couple days afterwards.
Above our friend Ali diligently starts a fire with out the use of accelerants and Will prepares to spread some snake repellent around the perimeter of our camp. This Paraguayan outdoor trick is called "Fluido Manchester" and is actually an automotive lubricant that smells awful, apparently snakes hate it.
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