March 26

The last few days have been interesting. We have been on the road from Chaco to Caaguazu. Yesterday we were just out of Concepcion when we came across a road block. The farmers are protesting the price of sesame seed and they have blocked the road in many places in the country. We had to wait about three hours and then we were let through. Today we got up ready to carry on and found another road block so we went back to Rio Verde where we had stayed for night. Frank and Benny had a conversation with a group that wants to start a radio station there. By noon we heard that the block was opened and we continued on. When we were about an hour from Caaguazu we came across another one and had to wait. We parked on the wrong side of the road beside a big truck(for shade) and waited another 2 hours. Now we have arrived.