Observations of Paraguay!

Observations of Paraguay!
1.TRASH! People litter here like no bodies business! Everything goes on the ground, no matter what it is. I'm not sure if it is ignorance why they do it, or laziness. They may think that it all just turns into compost immediately but obviously that's not how it works. I realized littering was such a issue here whenI finished my lollipop and stuck the rapper and stick in my bag to throw away once I found a trash can; then my little sister that is FOUR reached into my bag, grabbed the trash and threw it on the ground. A four year old already adapted to throwing everything on the ground is simply sad. This country is in the need of a environmental education and common knowledge.
2. Eating habits! These people eat meat at minimum two times a day. Once you finish a week of eating over 10 meals of meat you have a giant BBQ on the weekends with even more meat! I haven't had a meal without meat yet. Also they don't have balance in their meals; it contains meat and some sort of starch, normally no vegetables or fruits. Not only does this contribute to the health issues here with immune systems and teeth but also the amount of animals that have to satisfy these people is remarkable. Many animal lives and the huge amount of room that these animals take up in order to grow up to become an entrée.
3. Gender roles. Here gender roles are very clear. The women do everything in the house and the men sit on their a$$e$. Cooking, laundry, cleaning, children all women's job the only job the males have is to go to work if they have a job (the women also work mind you) and get served to some extent. One thing I'm glad of here is that the jobs of women are respected and not treated as a person who cannot fend for them selves. However when I mentioned that I have no desire to have kids in the future you would have thought I confessed to being Adolf Hitler. Along with me saying that getting married wasn't top on my bucket list and I had a lot to personally accomplish before I would think about marriage in my future. Everyone was shocked and were asking why, because here it is all set you get married and you have kids, especially if your a women because that's you purpose is to have kids that what you were made for. And the person who told me that was my host mother I agree with a lot of her beliefs but I simply think that is incorrect, personally.
4. The power goes out all the time! I do not know why but at least 4 times a day the power goes down.
5. Sweets, for having all of these cows I would have thought these people could have managed some decent ice cream! Haha it's all sugar but there is this one bakery that knows whats good so I try to get over there every so often to get my sugar fix because they don't have any desserts or things like that EVER!
6. Poverty, there is an extreme amount of poverty here that is very visible. There are people that go around picking up plastic bottles maybe for recycling money? Not quite sure. The animals get a hard strike in the poverty here. There are dogs everywhere that are without homes and are starving and need water. But it is also like that with the dogs with owners. They "claim" the dog by putting anything around its neck either a rope, chain or collar. After that they do not do much else with the dog. They just allow it to be on their property but they don't feed or give them water, they have to fend for themselves. Also the large animals like cows and donkeys live here in the small city don't get areas to graze. they spend their lives tied up to a tree which I find very sad yet at the same time it is better than spending life in a feeding factory.
7. Robbery! Everyone fears that everyone will steal almost everything all of the groceries stores here but one have bars on the windows so you have to clap to get the persons attention and tell them what you want so they can get it for you. Which makes it hard for me because I don't know how to say all the foods! But although they fear robbery of their chips, the cows are not a worry! People tie their cows up everywhere... or not they'll just let them walk around the city. And they have no worry about the cow being stolen because I think it is a cultural code like its ok to steal candy but you DO NOT steal a cow.
8. People! People here are so very kind! The USA needs to take some major classes on how to be a good human. Though this is a small town I have experienced it in Asuncion as well most people here are just very kind hearted. They think about other people before them selves. They ALWAYs invite you in the house and offer you food and drinks. They will help you find your way when your lost and they will ask you how you are and actually wait for a response! This country may have some flaws but they have some great people :)