“ Estou te dizendo - que tipo de guia deixaria um bobo americano que fala um pouquinho de português no meio da selva?” ( I’m telling you- what kind of tour guide would leave an American fool who speaks a little bit of Portuguese- in the middle of a jungle?) I had no idea what was going on until two Peruvian looking guys stopped by about 10 minutes later. They asked me to get in their car and I was driven to a dock on the Paraná river. There was a rowboat moored there which they eƯiciently paddled across the river. At the other end of the river was Paraguay.
AI generated illustration When we got to Paraguay, I was met by a fiftyish woman wearing black with a lit cigarette hanging over the side of her mouth. She spoke rapid fire Spanish with an Italianate lilt like many Argentinians do. I postulated that she might be Argentine but really didn’t know. Nor did I know her name or have any idea what the trajectory of the mission was at this point.
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