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Paraguay’s Moto Conundrum: Death Rate Rising

Posted by Brienne Thomson on Monday, August 19, 2013, In : Paraguay 
(The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps.)

An underage motorcyclist out for a Sunday evening cruise around town with the hordes of other showoffs drove into the side of my host mother’s car. By the time I arrived at the scene, which was just in front of the house, one of the cops was sharing a cool drink of tereré with two of the ‘20-something’ daughters of the family and their friends, and another was ye...

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Built on Rock-n-Roll

Posted by Brienne Thomson on Thursday, August 15, 2013, In : Paraguay 
(The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps.)

I am finally free from training … but it’s more like “free again” in general and my new home-base of Santaní couldn't be more of a breath of fresh air.


(Hand-filling the bus with fuel on my way down Ruta 3 from Asuncion to San Estanislao, aka Santaní)

It’s day three and I woke up this morning from a revitalizing dream, where ♫ We built this city on rock-and-...

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