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My assignment for my first trip to Asuncion. Everyone worked in pairs. The objective: find your own way to Asuncion (without a map) and stop at the places designated on your sheet. You must accomplish this by the time you must be at the Peace Corps headquarters at 12:30. My partner and I were successful except for the first stop which we decided to skip altogether since we missed the main bus terminal. We explored around Mercado 4 instead and spent time looking for where to purchase a cell phone (after awhile the novelty of running through the street at night with my little cousin to my aunt’s house because I got a phone call wears off; especially when I have to sit in a room with sleeping triplets and three other people. Half the time one party would hang up on the other and then I was left to guess who had actually called. I was always told my Mom had called, but this wasn’t always the case). Here’s some pictures to fill in the gaps.

Bucket bath! Sometimes the water pressure isn’t strong enough for a shower or there is no water

Walking home from the beekeepers training center. The sunsets are beautiful.
Demonstrating the proper way to look at both sides of a honeycomb
I’m holding one of my host cousins. She’s a triplet