Blogs from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, South America

(Day 367 on the road) If you ever wondered where some of the most stupid German people live in this world, fret not: I found them for you. They live in Paraguay. The number of simply bat-shit dumb Germans I have met here is unbelievable. I had read reports a while ago that a fair number of Covid-deniers, anti-vaccination believers and anti-immigration people (spot the irony) had emigrated to Paraguay. But I didn't expect to meet them literally on my first day in my cool hostel in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. And then again and again on a fair number of occasions during my roughly two weeks in the country. Interestingly, literally all of them were Germans - not Italian, British, Chinese, South African or from anywhere else (take your pick), only Germans. Where do ... read more

What a week. What sights I saw and what places I have been. After my “escape” from Brazil to Paraguay, to avoid further complications in the future to enter Brazil, it was time for me to see some of the most wonderful places on the earth. Without a doubt I was not disappointed. But let’s start where I finished my last update. After I arrived in Asuncion it was time to get back into my travel mode. Having spent two weeks in Brasilia preparing to settle down for a while, only to pack my bags and rush to leave the country, it was time to readjust myself to travel again. It didn’t take me long and after a day I had worked out what my travel route would be. Well, as far as one can plan ... read more

15th March ’13 A short side trip to Paraguay Today we took the local bus across the border to Cuidad del Este in Paraguay, well it seemed a shame to be so close and not go and have a look. Amazingly we got on the bus a few yards from our hotel and an hour later we were in a different country! The journey should have only taken 30 minutes but the traffic was mad and made madder by six lanes trying to get into two! About half the passengers got off and just walked it, and it was a long way but they still beat us. We crossed over the Parana River on the Friendship Bridge and it was hard to tell one country from the other by the scenery but once we passed immigration ... read more

Per Paragvajų keliauti neplanuoju, bet būnant vos už kelių kilometrų būtų gėda neužsukti. Michelis su sese mane atveža iki pasienio ir paleidžia. Sako eik ten kur visi eina. O pasienyje iš ryto eismas vyksta į vieną pusę, visi keliauja į Paragvajų apsipirkti. Pasienyje kilometrinės mašinų eilė, kiti eina pėsti, bet yra ir dar viena, bent jau man, nematyta alternatyva: moto taksi. Galima moto taksi naudotis ne tik važiuojant per pasienį, bet ir betkuriam mieste, o jo kaina perpus mažesnė nei paprasto taksi automobilio. Aš vistik keliauju pėsčiomis. Pasienio postas gan didelis, bet niekas čia nieko netikrina, o ir antspaudus gauti čia tavo reikalas. Aš užeinu ir pasakau, kad man reikia antspaudo, į mane keistai pažiūri, dar keisčiau į pasą ir uždeda antspaudą. Pasijaučiu kaip balta varna, nes aš čia vienintelis užsimaniau gauti antspaudą. Pereinu per upę ... read more

I finally left Brazil! I was a little bit scared to travel alone and not have any plans but Ive since realized this is the best thing I have ever done. I am staying in a hostel in Iguazu, on the Argentinian side. It´s the first hostel I´ve ever stayed in and it´s really nice!!! I flew to Iguacu, Brazil from Campinas. My Brazilian horoscope the day before said that it would be a really bad idea to fly which was actually really quite rude of a horoscope if you asked me. Anyway, I didn´t really think about it but the flight was the scariest flight I´ve ever been on it was very very turbulent and as we were taking off ice was hitting me from the ceiling. But I survived thanks to the ¨It´ll be ... read more