Paraguay is a mystery

So I have been in Paraguay for almost three weeks now and havent writen anything but there is a lot to say so I am going to split it up by category. First I will try and describe this country a little bit. It is very different from the places that I have been thus far and I am learning a lot of new things. It is the second poorest country in South America (Bolivia is the first) but I live in suburbia with shopping mall and McDonalds that delivers (I have made a vow to never eat delivered McDonalds let alone in a third world country). The fact that I live in this neighborhood makes my life really easy. I dont feel unsafe and I have cable TV and the whole deal. But it is interesting because you will see mercedes driving down the street along side a horse drawn cart with a loud speaker trying to sell fruits. There is a huge income gap in Paraguay, you are either really rich and visit the beauty salon multiple times a week or you have close to nothing and have to buy a moto in order to run a mototaxi service or basically any other trade that will bring in a couple of bucks.
It is also interesting because as soon as you head out of the city things chance drastically. Last weekend a couple of friends and I went to visit a Ybycui National Park. On our way there we saw lots of farmers just sitting outside of the house drinking Terere (like mate but with cold water because it is so hot here). We also saw a cow being butchered and our cab (a pickup truck that we had to ride in the back of) was carrying a gun in his pants just in case. Overall anything outside of Asuncion is the Campo where there is very little technology or influence from the outside world. It is pretty interesting. Paraguay is different from all the other Latin American countries that I have been in and I look forward to be here for longer and experiencing more things.