Blogs from Paraguay, South America - page 10

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

Spali sme skoro do 12, rano prsalo ale velmi to nepomohlo teplo je aj tak. Dnes bola nedela, vsetko pozatvarane, nikde nikto a tak sme cely den len prelezali. Uz sa vobec necudujeme ludom zijucim v takychto teplych krajinach ze cele dni len sedia a nic nerobia. Stanik vcera zabil svaba, dneska ho objavili mravce a tak si ho po kuskoch pomaly odnasaju. Chodia len popri stene a tak nam nevadia a aspon sa tu nieco deje. Navecer mesto ozilo, ludia konecne povychadzali von. Vsetci tu jazdia na motorkach, dost casto velmi mlado vyzerajuce deti, skoro ziadne auta. We slept till 12, it was raining but it is very hot anyway. It was Sunday, everything closed, nobody to be seen and so we just spend whole day lying in bed. We dont anymore wonder while people ... 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

Hi All, At 7.15 a.m. Mr. Woods, Mary and I set off for Cosme ,the second settlement of the Australian pioneers in Paraguay. This village is about 220Km. S.E. of Asuncion. We were traveling parallel to the railway line that the settlers used when setting up at New Australia. They got off at Villarrica then had to face a 3 days journey by ox-cart to their new life. The railway was closed about 15 years ago but the old stations and the odd old steam engine can still be found. Villarrica (pronounced Via-rica) is a large unattractive town but it is well known for its artists and musicians. Mr Wood's cousin is a very well known and famous cartoonist, although little known in Australia. After here the next port of call was Caazapa (Car ah zapa) ... 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