Blogs from Paraguay, South America - page 6

The following day we should have walked to the bus terminal from the hotel, as it would have been far quicker than taking the taxi we took. To be fair to the driver, he had to drive super slowmo as the roads are in such a horrendous condition that the taxis try to take the paved roads…of which there are only 2! But we made it just in time, grabbed some disappointing chipas from a hawker (they had sounded like the Paraguayan equivalent of Lisa’s much loved pan de yucca in Ecuador – they didn’t even come close) and got chatting to some friendly sellers asking us where we were from and why we were there – a tourist hub Concepcion ain’t. The bus was ok and we were sat next to a couple of nuns ... read more

We arrived in Resistencia after another night on a bus and thought the best course of action was to get straight on into Paraguay, so we waited for a couple of hours and hopped on another bus. With Lisa’s belly feeling better, we enjoyed the scenery passing by, an almost sub-tropical, lush green countryside dotted with palm trees and remote estancias with nothing but fields surrounding them plus lots of wildlife to spot – birds of prey, horses, cows, piggies, ostriches. A few hours later and an easy-peasy border crossing over a bridge and we were in Paraguay – South American country number 7 and pretty unknown territory for us! It wasn’t a cheap experience though crossing the border as it cost 300pesos, but being served by the jolliest immigration staff ever made it more bearable. ... read more

On returning to Paraguay after two months travelling it is good to see that some things never change. It is still as hot as ever, still as quirky, the people still manage to surprise me day in day out. Food is still as cheap and tasty (and just as likely to give me diabetes), Asunción still has it's run down charm that I love so much. After changing country every week (more or less) for 10 weeks, this was very comforting. Although three minutes after getting off the plane, the extremely professional immigration officer tried to hit on me, so the men don't change either - I wish they would. On the other hand some things change a lot... I returned to Paraguay during an outbreak of dengue... an illness spread by mosquitos which causes flu ... read more

Op het moment van tikken zit ik lekker in Peru in de zon. Het verhaal gaat echter over 2 landen geleden, Paraguay. Paraguay is ongetwijfeld het minst bereisde land in Zuid Amerika en daarom vond ik het wel interessant om even langs te gaan. Vanuit Iguazu, Argentinië gaat er een bus door Brazilië naar Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Eerst mijn exit stamp gekregen aan de grens van Argentinië. Tot mijn grote verbazing reed de bus bij de grens van Brazilië gewoon door! Gelukkig deed de bus hetzelfde toen we Brazilië weer uitgingen dus dat scheelde weer veel tijd en gedoe. Daarna opweg naar het belastingvrije walhalla van Paraguay over de vriendschapsbrug.Op de brug zie je honderden Brazilianen en Argentijnen beladen met elektronische goederen terugkomen na een ochtend van druk winkelen. Bij de grens van Paraguay hoefde ... read more

Hi All, Now to continue from where I left off. Sorry about not saying "good-bye" with the last entry but in some places you have to pay to use the internet and the money ran out that you have to put into a control box to use some computers. Paraguay. I believe that I was at the stage where Patty, "Frisky's" brother came on the scene at the village of Cosme. He had been working in Australia for some 28 years in the building industry, in Qld. and N.S.W. He too was also another "Frisky" fathering many children to an number of women, I think he had 2 marriages. Paddy's English was good although heavily accented. He talked about this life in Australia and also the lives of the early settlers in Cosme. He could recall ... read more

Spali sme skoro do 12, rano prsalo ale velmi to nepomohlo teplo je aj tak. Dnes bola nedela, vsetko pozatvarane, nikde nikto a tak sme cely den len prelezali. Uz sa vobec necudujeme ludom zijucim v takychto teplych krajinach ze cele dni len sedia a nic nerobia. Stanik vcera zabil svaba, dneska ho objavili mravce a tak si ho po kuskoch pomaly odnasaju. Chodia len popri stene a tak nam nevadia a aspon sa tu nieco deje. Navecer mesto ozilo, ludia konecne povychadzali von. Vsetci tu jazdia na motorkach, dost casto velmi mlado vyzerajuce deti, skoro ziadne auta. We slept till 12, it was raining but it is very hot anyway. It was Sunday, everything closed, nobody to be seen and so we just spend whole day lying in bed. We dont anymore wonder while people ... read more

V noci sme sa velmi nevyspali, ako sme ocakavali bolo velmi dusno, ale stan sme radsej neotvarali kvoli hmyzu. Najprv sme sa cestickou cez hustu vegetaciu vybrali k vodopadu Guarani, v podstate taky potocik padajuci z vysky asi 7 metrov. Neskor sme sa dalsou cestickou pomaly vybrali k vychodu. Okolo nas husta vegetacia a kopu poletujucich motylov. Zrazu ma z nicoho nic zacalo nieco hrozne pichat v stehne, nastastie sme mali pinzetu a Stanik mi s nou vybral hrozivo vyzerajuci trn/zihadlo, nevieme co to bolo ani ako sa to tam dostalo. Po tom zazitku jedine na co som myslela bolo ako sa co najrychlejsie dostat na koniec chodnicka. Coskoro sa pred nami vynorila luka a na nej ruiny byvalej bane na zelezo. Odtialto to bol len kusok k vychodu a po asi hodinke sme sa dostali ... read more