As I quickly discovered, electricity in Paraguay isn´t quite like that of the U.S....First off is the fact that my mom won´t let me walk around the house barefoot. Her reasoning is two-pronged.
1. She tells me the floor is cold and walking around without shoes/slippers will cause a ¨dolor de huesos¨ (boneache)
2. Walking around the house without a layer of plastic between you and the floor often ends up with you slightly electrocuted.
The showers here are also electric and I have been warned by previous AFS Paraguay students to not touch the showerheads. What with all the water that´s involved in showering and then adding electricity, I´ve decided to heed their advice. This is just one of the many cultural/electrical differences I´ve encountered...
Others include:
-The fact that tossing trash on the ground is acceptable
-The fact that toilet paper isn´t put in the toilet after it´s been used
-The fact that nearly every exchange student has been told they can´t eat something cold with something hot because they´ll instantly come down with a stomacheache
-The fact that everyone kisses each other twice upon arriving or leaving an event
-The fact that texting seems to be appropriate in basically any situation
-The fact that Halls cough drops are eaten as candy
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Yeah, I totally got shocked like twice down in Costa Rica - they had those little water heater shower heads with loose wires sticking out, so yeah... good luck with that :)
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