Paulette Perhach
Volunteer: Paulette Perhach
Bio:
You can read more stories and see more photos at my blog located at: peacecorpsparaguay.blogspot.com.
Contributions from Paulette Perhach
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T-ray to go
The popular tea, terere, in the ubiquitous leather-covered thermos and taken everywhere in the heat of summer.
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Man and horse
My horse Bigote, (mustache) bonding with my host uncle who took care of him.
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Iguazu
In guarani, Iguazu means Big Water. This view right outside of modern-day Paraguay, in Argentina.
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My house
My Peace corps house. A little fancier than most, with free garbage disposals.
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Riding a horse
This is me riding a horse for the first time in Paraguay. I later bought my own.
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Host Grandma
My host grandma is awesome, as you can see here.
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Yerba
A long aisle of yerba, the shredded, dried plant needed to make terere or mate.
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Traditional Dance
Girls dressed in ao po'i dancing the Paraguayan Polka
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Me and mom
Me and my host mom, Conchena, with whom I laughed for two years. One of my favorite people in the world.
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Firehole
My friend's dad in front of the tatakua, or fire hole in guarani, used to cook traditional foods.
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Carnaval
Somehow I let them convince me to samba down the main avenue in a gold sequined bra top and a skirt.
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Making gyros
Coming from a Greek town, I wanted to make my family gyros. This is how we picked up the lamb.
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Countryside School
This was the old school in the area of Independencia. One weekend a few of us helped build a new one.
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Lake
The lake in Aregua, Paraguay.
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Horses grazing
Horses graze in the countryside surrounding Yataity, Guaira at sunset.
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Piggies
Day-old piglets struggle to nurse.
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Butcher Cart
A woman shops for meat on the side of the road where this man often slaughters cows.
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Grazing
A horse grazes next to one of many abandoned houses with grass growing inside.
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Meat storage
I opened from fridge one day and gasped when I saw that someone had gone meat shopping.
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Big animal
Up close and personal with the ox that pulled my host dad's cart.
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Chicken Killer
Ever since we'd arrived in Paraguay, Enrique had been dying to kill a chicken. He finally gets his chance. (Included in the bottom of a blog entry here: http://peacecorpsparaguay.blogspot.com/2008/07/milk-and-cheese-and-bananas-and.html)
