Later last week my host parents, dad and i went exploring! We went around seeing some of the sites of Paraguay and of what my family does. We went to the ¨mountain¨ called Cerro. But, I am sorry I am from Colorado so I call it a hill. If it takes ten minutes to hike to the top and you can do it in flip flops, it does not deserve the title of mountain; though it was very pretty once we reached the top. According to my host father the rocks of this mountain can only be found in Paraguay and a certain spot in Africa. I do not personally believe it; nevertheless I need to report it because if it is true I can say I told you about it first.
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| This is me and my dad on the top of the Cerro ¨moutain¨ the lake behind us is where we visited next |
After the mountain we continued to go to the lake that you can see from the top of the mountain. There is a major issue currently with the water because it is contaminated with a toxic algae. If you all know anything of algae, is it grows off of phosphates, like wild fire spreads. This algae is causing the lake animals to die because the algae takes away all of the waters oxygen, therefore suffocating the fish. In this lake it is prohibited to swim consider the water effects are unknown. The majority of phosphates come from fertilizers used in agriculture and soaps to wash dishes and clothing. The water from the sinks and washing machines are directly put into the lake water causing this issue. The environmental section of Paraguay has only out laws 3X phosphate levels in soap from being imported, meaning you can still use phosphates and double the phosphates (for all of you who do not know most all states in U.S.A. have outlawed phosphates to be used in soaps). Also, they will not do anything to clean it up they simply think that with the rain it will eventually go away. Which I do not think will happen, I believe that the whole ecosystem will need to be completely devastated before anyone realizes it is an issue.
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| This is us at the lake ypacarai |
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