Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

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Border city between Paraguay, Brasil (Foz do Iguazu) and Argentina (Puerto Iguazu) few kilemeters South . The city is a huge market, full of street sellers. The most present article are plastic pools, massivly bought by the Brasilians (don't ask me why). It is a necessity to pass through this city going to the Iguazu falls or to see the Itaipu dam, but in the city itself, there is nothing interesting to see ...

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Photos

the bus to Ciudad del Este
the ride is about five hours - getting from the western border with Argentina to the eastern one with Brasil

Rodrigo
he gave me first time to try the famous "Terere" - typical Paraguayan freezed herb drink, everyone is sipping in the streets to cool down in the hot weather

me and Diego
guys from Caaguazu, a city in the middle between Asuncion and Ciudad del Este

the whole country is flat
highest mountain around 500m

typical parilla
a deserved dinner

streets around the bus terminal
people are living just under a plastic cover

one of the homeless families
in the night there was a heavy storm, quite a hard life...