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South America » Paraguay » Asunciòn » Santísima Trinidad November 3rd 2012

De volgende ochtend pakken we samen met Johannes de bus naar Ponta Pora, een plaatsje op de grens van Brazilië naar Paraguay. De reis laat ons het platteland van Brazilië zien: uitgestrekte groene akkers met op de achtergrond licht glooiende heuvels. Tussen de akkers door staan af en toe piepkleine houten hutjes die bijna uit elkaar vallen. We kunnen het ons bijna niet voorstellen, maar er blijken daadwerkelijk mensen in te wonen. Het kan niet anders dan dat ze een armoedig bestaan leiden. Even zien we een glimp van de schaduwzijde van Brazilië: een land waarin met name de mensen die op het platteland leven het erg zwaar hebben. Het platteland van Brazilië is in handen van een aantal grootgrondbezitters. Zij laten boeren voor een armzalig loontje hun akkers verbouwen. Aangezien het allemaal privégebied is, kan ... read more
Asunción
Schoenenpoetsers
Dammen met dopjes van waterflessen

South America » Paraguay » Ciudad del Este October 5th 2012

Day 354 Saturday 29th September Breakfast at 6.45am as we are hoping to catch the 8.30am bus to Encarnacion but we have nothing booked. Checked out and got a taxi which was possibly the slowest taxi ever and the time was ticking away and we were nowhere near the terminal. Finally arrived at 8.20am and run upstairs as fast as we could with all our bags to buy tickets and tried to work out if there is a departure tax here, thankfully no so run out to the bus….we had the last seats. This bus is really nice and clean like the rest of Paraguay, so we were set for the journey and the bus left at 8.35am. Asuncion spreads out for ever and then we were into the countryside which is totally flat, ... read more
Trinidad Jesuit Mission
Salto Del Monday
Encarnacion

South America » Paraguay » Asunciòn October 2nd 2012

Day 350 Tuesday 25th September We were woken by 3 ambulances and 2 fire trucks stopping outside our hotel something had happened across the road and it all looked very serious. The road was blocked off and people started moving their cars, after about 20 minutes paramedics emerged from the market area with one man on a stretcher who was conscious, so after all that thank goodness it did not seem serious. Today everything is opened so we went window shopping and we are finding that this is a strange town which is full of expensive shops selling designer goods but there are syringes on the streets. We are only about 5 blocks from the plaza but on the wrong side and the difference once you get within a block or two of it is amazing. ... read more
Bolivian Border
Bolivian Border
Asuncion

South America » Paraguay June 6th 2012

Geo: -25.3005, -57.6362Als der Bus noch im Dunkeln in Asuncion eintrifft haben wir wenig Lust gleich voll aktiv werden zu müssen, aber es nützt ja nichts. Wir erfahren, dass es leider nicht möglich ist halbwegs gescheit nach Sucre zu fahren und entscheiden uns dann eben doch gleich nach Santa Cruz zu fahren. Wir nehmen die am besten aussehende Busgesellschaft und erwarten somit auch wieder einen Bus der gehobenen Klasse. Abfahrt ist um 20:00Uhr und somit haben wir einen Tag in Paraguays Hauptstadt vor uns.Erst einmal schließen wir jedoch wieder die Rucksäcke ein und fahren mit dem Bus in die Innenstadt. Das ist immer ein ordentliches Erlebnis, wenn man keine Ahnung hat, wo man aussteigen muss. So wirklich gut zu erkennen ist der Innenstadtkern auch nicht. Wir schaffen es trotzdem und steigen genau da aus, wo wir ... read more
...von aussen.
Ein schoeneres Gebauede.
Grafitti.

South America » Paraguay » Asunciòn May 31st 2012

We boarded a bus from Puerto Iguazu to cross into Paraguay. To do this you must actually pass through Brazil briefly. It was the first country we have entered and exited (if only for about 15mins) without having to get stamps or stop at immigration. So yes, we were illegal for a little while. When we did arrive at the border city of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, I was immediately reminded of the border towns in Asia. If you remember, most of them had large shopping outlets or casinos and were basically only sprawling and in some way prosperous because of the border trade. The bustle at these border crossings is definitely one thing I will remember from the travels. They always make you feel on edge, there is for some reason a lack of ... read more
Plaza de Los Heroes
Plaza de Los Heroes
Palace

South America » Paraguay » San Pedro May 12th 2012

So it has been fairly eventful recently :-) The other day I broke 2 machetes....... Yes that totalled it to 3 machetes fallen victim to my hands... But in fairness the last 2 only had lost bolts so the were easily repaired...unlike the first one which was outright snapped! So yeah one was without a bolt so me and Inge walked back and then I went back out alone with the other one and after about 10 minutes that one went too. I was so pissed off! I had to walk back again and was not able to go agaaaaaain! But I didn't really have to anyway and it was getting late so it would have been pointless to walk all the way back to come home again in less than an hour... Then we got ... read more

South America » Paraguay May 9th 2012

And so we put Brazil in our rear mirror, for now at least. We were genuinely conflicted about leaving such an amazing country. Of course we describe Brazil in such a way but really, as Amy accurately stated a couple of days ago, we feel as though we don’t know Brazil at all. Such is its size; its diversity both geological and cultural provide a place that, much like Indonesia, one could travel for a whole year just in the same country and still have only scratched the surface. There is no doubt in our minds as we cross the border into Paraguay that we will return to this most wonderful country; to experience the diverse culture of Salvador and laze on its beaches; to explore the cobbled streets of Olinda to the north east and ... read more
Colourful buildings
Walking
Asuncion streets

South America » Paraguay » San Pedro May 1st 2012

Stupid technology.... Wrote out this entry already and lost it all so not arsed writing it all again.... In summary: We sorted out the rubbish today, digging new pits and trying to slvage things to re-use... Lead to the quote from Noah whilst crouched down in a pile of half buried rubbish 'I feel like a 5 year old in Bangladesh' Hmm what else? I aksed Conche to turn the music down and he just stared angrily at me while I walked away saying gracias...and then he turned the music up... Doing some butterfly box varnishing.... It's getting damn cold! That was pretty much it.... Nothing too exciting,... The lads are making a punchbag now :-) Oh we played soccer yesterday and Noah and I bet Rich and Nick... Umm yeah not arsed typing anymore.... Sorry!! ... read more

South America » Paraguay » San Pedro April 28th 2012

It's raining, it's pouring, today is gonna be boring... We went out to the forest this morning and it started raining with a bit of thunder...but then it got reeeally heavy so we headed back. I was hoping the rain would get worse so we could head back though. I was thinking too much out there. It's frikkin deadly here and I know that, but being left with my brain for too long leads me to think silly things. All this 'what if' business.. It's just a waste of time and makes everything very confusing and annoying and it's all very unnecessary! But I can't help it when I have very little else to think about when I'm chopping away for hours. And its hard to have a chat while machete-ing because ya can't hear the ... read more

South America » Paraguay » San Pedro April 27th 2012

Time for another update I think. I'm sitting here on the porh of the volunteer house beside Augusta (who was renamed Disgusta recently for her dirty work digging up rat burrows) and Kelsey is on another chair on the porch. She (Kelsey) arrived just the other day with another girl named Inge. They were travelling seperately beforehand but happened to come at the same time. The lads are playing a game of CUNT (like DONKEY where ya pass the ball around) on the grass in front of the house and now Richard is in his boxers being hit by some sort of fruit by all the others... Now he is being rubbed down by Noah... I reckon he's wiping the juice off but who knows.... Those guys are an odd bunch. But they're all starting to ... read more




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