I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 on the Rio Paraguay in Alto Paraguay province. Boat day only happens once a week in isolated border towns where the massive Pantanal wetland meets the Chaco desert. When the boat arrives, it's the town's only...
I took this photo on May 16th, 2008 in Alto Paraguay. The Rio Paraguay is an active lifeline for the people of the region, but it was a picture of serenity at this moment.
I took this photo during my last days of service in Paraguay on November 7th, 2008 just before the wedding of a fellow Volunteer to a host country national. The wedding took place in a small rural community. Horse carts like this are commonly used...
This photo from August 24th, 2007 was taken in my site of Ruta'i, Torin, Caaguazu in Paraguay. It is of a boy loading an oxcart with sugarcane that will be used to feed other animals.
This photo taken on August 27th, 2006 shows my wife and I engaged in the classic Paraguayan ritual with our favorite progressive farmer in our site in Paraguay. Sharing the indigenous green tea, yerba mate, with a communal cup is the universal way...
I took this photo Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on November 6th, 2008, during my last days as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is a classic urban bus ("collectivo"), where the vast majority of people are nominally Catholic.
This photo was taken August 25th, 2007 along the Pan-American Highway near my site in Paraugay. It shows my wife and I joking with Paraguayans about how we get around on banana-powered bicycles.
I took this photo on February 23rd, 2008 at a roadside farm stand in Paraguay. My wife was joking with the local boy in Guarani about which one is the tastiest.
On November 15th, 2007, I took this photo in my site of the president of the San Isidro farmers' committee, proudly displaying his committee's tools for no-till agriculture: a direct seeder ("sembradora") and roller crimper ("rollo cuchillo") for...
I took this photo on October 18th, 2007 in my site in Paraguay. Neni is demonstrating a creative reuse of the abundant sour orange rinds available in the community: plantable seed-starting pots.