Bored of my blogs yet? hehe On monday I went to little Rebecca's school with her and her mum, Zunni, because she invited me. It was their last day of term and a their certificate giving day. It was soooooo cute. They did like little performances, one girl read some poetry she'd written which was really good actually! Another girl did a dance, which was soooo cute, and then some other kids did a little play about the seasons where one girl had the most amazing butterfly costume on, I wanted the wings from it. So that was really nice, and it was really nice spending time with Zunni, as she's really lovely and so patient with me and tries so hard to help me speak spanish, she's awesome. The rest of the week was much ... read more

So I've been here two weeks now... How weird is that? The time has seriously just flown, I feel like I've only been here two days. On saturday it rained. I never thought as an English person I would be happy to see rain. But I was. It was glorious and wonderful. The temperature has since been 25 degrees C which has felt deliciously cold. I wore a jumper. I'm dreading when the temperature will go back up to the 40s. On saturday evening I went to Anna and Matt's farewell dinner. (They're the English people I met at the airport) There was a big group of, of all different nationalities English, Paraguayan and Belgian. It was good fun. Anna did a fire poi routine on the corner of the street by a statue and one ... read more

So here it is folks, the first proper blog from Paraguay. I appologise for how long it's taken me, but that is because my computer is so very British that it decided it couldn't talk to the South American internet system, presumeably because it's in Spanish, and being British, my laptop only speaks English. So I've had to wait for a wireless router to arrive and be installed. I could have used the internet cafes, but they're sooooo slow, and also I've been writing this blog in notepad on my laptop since I arrived and couldn't be bothered to write it all again on another computer. But it's all good now, as the wireless router arrived the other day, and was installed this morning. Hoorah. Before I say anything else I have to say that it ... read more

Now children, I'm going to tell you a story, a story of an epic and at times seemingly impossible quest. The quest for the Golden Tourist Visa into Paraguay. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. I went into a London last friday, the train ticket costs £21. Already I was not a happy bunny. Anyway, so I get to London, and head off to the Embassy on High Street Kensington. Now normally as you walk around London you see this big Embassys with their flags and so on. I got to the Paraguayan Embassy and couldn't help but feel a little bit sorry for them. Theyw ere just on the 3rd floor of a non-descript building, no flags, and when I got there - only one room with two little desks in it. Bless. Anyway, ... read more