Blogs from Asunciòn, Paraguay, South America - page 5

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

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 Everyone, As Mary has so far done all the blogs I thought that I should give it go, so here geos. I believe that Paraguay is our next adventure and what a surprise it turned out. PARAGUAY. Please bear with me as I explain the reasons why we went to Paraguay. Firstly it is not a well know counrty in Australia, but Australia has a connection with Paraguay that not many people know about- but now a short history about this country. Of all the countries in S.A. Paraguay is unique. On its flag it has two coats of arms-one on each side. There are two official languages spoken (Spanish and Guaranies) and it is very common to use both when they speak to each other. Since 1952 until 1989 it was ruled by a ... read more

Rano sme sa vybrali na prehliadku mesta a zacali s Palacio de Gobierno /presidentsky palac/ strazeny nikde nechybajucimi vojakmi s brokovnicami. Po chvili sa sem prihnala nejaka demonstracia, na zaciatku to vyzeralo celkom dramaticky - este viac policajtov a vojakov, nejake to sacanie a krik. Neskor sme sa odtial pobrali prec a dav sa pohol tiez, samozrejme presne tym smerom ako mi. Niekolko nasledujucich blokov sme sa ocitli kracajuci pred demonstrujucim davom. Nas spolocny pochod sa skoncil na blizkom namesti, kde sa vatsinou len tak posedavalo, debatovalo, nechybalo pecene masko a rodinky s detmi. Hned za krasnym centrom mesta, hned oproti justicnemu palacu, za malym murikom sa dal vidiet slam. Bolo smutne vidiet vsetky tie baraky a spinu a 100 metrov od toho drahe zaparkovane auta. Napriek tomuto Asuncion na nas posobil ako pekne, ciste mesto ... read more

Rano pri plateni za nasu izbu som poziadala o zlavu kvoli svabom vyliezajucim z kupelne a prekvapivo sme ju dostali, neuveritelnych 8000 guaranii - asi 1.5 dolaru. Cesta autobusom bola zdlhava, zastavovalo sa uplne vsade, uplne kazdemu kto zamaval. Niekedy sa zastavilo aby sme niekoho nabrali a asi tak 100 metrov /doslova/ sa zastavovalo znova. Tiez sa stale zastavovalo roznym predajcom predavajucim hlavne jedlo ale tiez vselico ine. Skusili sme chipu a obidvom nam velmi chutila. Nakoniec sme do Asuncionu dorazili so skvelym, ani nie 2 hodinovych oneskorenim. Prva vec ako obycajne bolo najst nejake ubytovanie. Ja som ostala s vecami a Stanik sa vybral nieco najst. Pri tom ho zastavili policajti, musel sa legitimovat a ukazat vsetko co mal pri sebe - prvy krat co tu sme. Vsade po celom Paraguayi vysia plagaty Lilian, predsednicky ... read more