Tag: off road in Paraguay

Mennonites and Indians in the Chaco I

Post author By Cindy
Post date October 26, 2016
4 Comments on Mennonites and Indians in the Chaco I

I notice the first bleak, sullen looking German-alike faces when I reach the turn-off to Hochstadt, another 35 kilometer on hard mud combined with loose sand. Whereas the average Paraguayan is hard to read, the German looking faces are reminding me of Stalin. I know Stalin isn’t German, so aren’t the Mennonites. They are Paraguayan.

Tags Hochstadt, Indigenous in Paraguay, Isla P'oi, Lomo Plata, Mennonite Community, Mennonites, off road in Paraguay, Para Todo, Paraguay, The Chaco, Tracks in Paraguay, Trans Chaco Highway

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No Fence for the Feathered

Post author By Cindy
Post date October 1, 2016
4 Comments on No Fence for the Feathered

‘It’s a dangerous route, the road is narrow’, ‘there are wild animals’, ‘not so many people live there’, ‘it’s too hot’, ‘many mosquito’s’, ‘the distance between houses is big’, ‘it’s a jungle, nothing is there, boring route’.