Friday, January 25, 2008

yerba cross update #4 - the course

ok, here's a short video of the course. turns out it's nearly useless due to technical difficulties in the single track, but it's a nice opportunity to listen to a bit more Paraguayan folk music.

for your edification: my wife's father spent just over 10 years in Paraguay... a refugee from the war... this is where the Mennonites learned to drink mate. they were struggling to make it in a new, harsh land. the indigenous people, the Guarani, taught the newcomers to drink the nectar and it saved their lives.

anyway, here's the dumb video:

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