Blogs from Asunciòn, Paraguay, South America - page 6

Just got back from the museum of Paraguayan Football in the bowels of the national stadium. Quite interesting and also the final resting place of Arsenio Erico - but you can read more about him in my article at the end of the month. Thrown in a few photos in case they interest you! Onto things I've learnt. Old habits die hard (Part1)...almost 8 months of not throwing toilet paper in the toilet and I inexplicably dropped some in there the other day. Instinct. Old habits die hard (Part2)...for the person(s) who put up a "Stroessner" sticker on the lampost near my house. It isn't the former dictator they are supporting (he's dead), or his son (he's dead too), but the grandson of the man who killed and tortured 20,000 Paraguayans. Find it a bit odd, ... read more

For those of you worried about what's happening in 'Donde esta Elisa?' - Bruno was murdered but made to look like a suicide, but Agent Rivas is onto the suspect, don't panic! Currently raining so that should cheer up those of you who hate it when I write about how hot it is! This is what I've learnt this week. Paraguayan knives are sharp...my thumb is now painful proof of that. Don't go out on a rainy day until the skies are blue...I went on a five minute journey to get my lunch today during a 'break' in the rain only for it to start again and convet my road into a river. Bad times. I'm still traumatised by rats...saw a dead one the other day and can still see it's face now, it's tormenting me ... read more

Hola! So this is the first of what I hope to be several blogs about my girlfriend and I’s three month trip through South America. We are already about 2 weeks into the trip and having a great time. We do not have a definite plan but more of a vague idea about where we want to go, so we just went ahead and just bought one-way tickets to South America. The first leg of our trip was to head from Denver to Miami for a night. We were flying on a United 757 and a few hours after we left United grounded all of their 757’s for some sort of repair. Our next flight was the following day from Miami to Asuncion, Paraguay via Sao Paulo, Brazil. As we were about to land in Sao ... read more

Not much going on in the news this week except they are on the look out for killer-traffic-lights after realising the traffic lights have been malfunctioning and caused one death last week. I've recovered from last week's illness, feeling at the top of my game again! Everybody really is on facebook...we just got my sister-in-law to sign up - she went to school under a tree (remember I exagerrate) and now she is on facebook! Valentine's Day is a lot cheaper here...dinner for two, free bar, live music at the best hotel in the country for 80 quid -deals! Burger King's Oreo KinMix icecream...I've learnt of it's beautiful, tasty existence. Cometh the hour cometh the Mosquito...normally just when the sun is going down and I'm trying to relax after work, or just as I lie down ... read more

Currently in my work clothes...my boxers with the fan on full blast and windows letting in some hot northerly winds. Bus diversion meant I had to walk much further than is advisable in this weather, but it could be worse, it could be winter ;) - this is what I've learnt this week. The police should really check their internal memos...like the Inspector who got pulled over for being 4 times over the limit at a road block set up by his own department.DOH! Don't ask for your neice's icecream...she will only hover the spoon over your shorts as it melts and drips onto them. Poor shorts they've only just recovered from having Carmen's hair dye splashed into them. I don't like summer...oh no...I LOVE IT! Keep being hot baby! Commuting is cr*p...I've had meetings the ... read more