I’m sure that you all assumed I had given up on the blog,
but I haven’t. I have just been
readjusting to my new life in the capital city of Asuncion, which is very
different from the little town of Gral. Morinigo.
The last few months I was in Morinigo, I mostly spent time with all of my friends and enjoying the simple life before my move. My parents came to visit in the end of September. We spent the first half of their visit in the northern part of Paraguay. We flew up to Bahia Negra and then took a boat up to the Pantanal. We stayed at the Biological Station Tres Gigantes (Three Giants).
The last few months I was in Morinigo, I mostly spent time with all of my friends and enjoying the simple life before my move. My parents came to visit in the end of September. We spent the first half of their visit in the northern part of Paraguay. We flew up to Bahia Negra and then took a boat up to the Pantanal. We stayed at the Biological Station Tres Gigantes (Three Giants).
Plane to Bahia Negra
Boat ride up the Rio Negro to Tres Gigantes Biological Station in the Pantanal
We were planning on taking the plane back, but it rained and the flight was canceled because the runway is dirt. Fortunately the bus coming up from Asuncion got caught in the rain and arrived a day later than expected so we were able to take it back down south. If we hadn't caught the bus might have been stuck up there for a week. The bus ride was very long and dusty, but we got to see a lot of the country on the way to Filadelfia, in the Paraguayan Chaco. We stayed at ranch just out side of Filadelfia, which doubles as a bed and breakfast. From there we hired a tour guide to take us to a reserve Campo Maria which is known for it's salt lagoons. The lagoons are on the property of the Campo Maria Ranch. The owners of the ranch are required to leave a portion of land surrounding the salt lagoons as a protected area.
The second half of their stay I showed them around Gral. Morinigo. We ate lunch with a lot of my friends and did a little site seeing in surrounding areas, including climbing the tallest mountain in Paraguay. We celebrated my birthday, a little early, which was fun because we my parents were able to meet many more of my friends and their families in site. Also, my friends were all very excited to see them.
Hike up the tallest mountain in Paraguay-Tres Kandu (Three Knuckles)
Preparing for my birthday party
