Bueno! Well, we are in Immaculate Concepcion, Paraguay right now. I´ll get back to talking about that in a second, but first I want to discuss a couple other things- 1. Bus from Santa Cruz to Filadelfia- After our experience with the wayward bus to Samaipata we wanted to make sure we would get to Filadelfia. So I asked all of the bus guys multiple times, made sure our ticket said Filadelfia on it, and had the ticket seller introduce us to the bus driver who also assured us that the bus would go TO Filadelfia. Not near it, not past [View Full Entry]

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Ok well time to leave Paraguay. So first idea was to get to asuncion then head north to concepcion where we would take a boat out on the Rio Paraguay and head north. We left Asuncion on the 19th of May after staying in a dodgy hotel accross from the bus station. The Royal hotel for 75 000 Guarinies for a room sharing. O the day before when leaving the bus station after buying the tickets an officer approached us speacking spanish so we were there a while not understanding a word, then we finally realised it was a local prank [View Full Entry]

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I have almost come to the end of my last week here in Concepcion. After all my bitching and moaning and whining and winging, turns out I'm actually rather fond of the place, and even more so of the people. Having said that, the thought of only having a month left untill I will be home envokes a feeling not unlike a five year old waiting for christmas morning. All the kids clubs this week were goodbye meetings instead of a normal teaching. We played games, sang songs, ate cake, took photos and gave me presents. In the teachers meeting on [View Full Entry]

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So as ever, I have been excedingly rubbish at updating this blog. Ooops. I would like to say it'd because I've been so busy, but well, that would be a big lie. I'm just forgetful and lazy. There are now only 10 days left in Concepcion, i'm getting rather excited. It's odd, I'm sad in a way, as I do love the people here and I will of course miss them, especially whilst I'm in Asuncion as I'll feel I should be back here with them. But at the same time excitement wins, because that means there are only 10 days [View Full Entry]

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So I'm a red head again. One of the ladies in the church here is training to be a hairdresser and wanted someone to practice on, so I let her dye my hair. It may however have been slightly too ambitious of her to attempt that so soon in her studies, as I now have a lovely bright red forehead to match my lovely bright red hair. Oh well. It'll come off with some scrubbing, and she did dye my hair pretty well to be fair. I'm going to buy her a hairdryer before I leave, as she can't afford all [View Full Entry]

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I'm alive. My parents were a bit worried as I didn't appear online for over a week after leaving them and Argentina. Apparantly Dad was ready to call Interpol. Though I do hope my mother was joking about that. The reason I was missing in action was that on arriving in Paraguay I decided to stay in Asuncion for a week with my surrogate mother and sister, Elaine and Rach, and they don't have internet in their house. So I had a lovely time with them, meeting all their friends and seeing what they do during the week. I even got [View Full Entry]

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Anyone who's reading this please pray for little Romina. She's just had her operation and the doctors are really worried about her, they say she's got a low temperatre and they said "If she turns blue, call us." So please please pray for her, that she would recover from her operation and that the Lord will keep her safe. Thanks. [View Full Entry]

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Steve died this evening. I am eating LOTS of chocolate and spending stupid ammounts of money in the play.com sale in order to make myself feel better. [View Full Entry]

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So I am accidentaly a mother. Walking along the street yesterday I saw the teeniest tiniest little kitten ever making the most noise I've ever heard a cat make EVER. She was clearly abandoned by either her mum or her owner and me being a massive sap couldn't just leave her there maybe to die so I brought her home. She went to the vets today for a flea bath and a worming tablet. She screamed the place down. But then she just generally is a screamer, she's either asleep or screaming, she has no other setting. She is adorable though. [View Full Entry]

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Yes yes, I know, Sophie is very bad at blogging. I just never think what I'm doing is interesting enough for you guys to want to read about! I just smashed a glass and cut myself trying to clean it up. Because I'm that smart. From now on I'm only using plastic cups. A few mondays ago I went fishing with Zuny and her husband Victor. It was great fun. We went across the river in a little canoe style boat, (how on earth do you spell canoe?), and went to Victor's grandparent's house because their land backs onto the river [View Full Entry]

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