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by mothballed
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Yes I was totally unqualified for what they were doing. Also pretty big language barrier because my Spanish is pretty bad. And Guarani, forget it. I could probably "fake" it enough to do it now, but not back then. They were extremely nice though and it was cool to check out a farming project. I would have liked to see some of the more remote farms but never got around to it. Paraguay felt very much to me like the midwest / "Iowa/Ohio" of South America. Extremely practical hidden gem that is easily overlooked, but makes you feel right at home. Even in Asuncion I felt quite safe. Seems like the country is very active in fostering getting agricultural investment and development. |
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Funny that you say that. I am by no means a countryside person, I'm as urbanite as any other. But while I never was in Iowa or Ohio (save for a short layover), I lived in West Michigan, and therefore in the Midwest, for some time; and yes, despite the climate being quite different, things seemed somewhat familiar to me in many aspects.