Paraguay Travel Blogs

Illegal Immigrants
Jan 18, 2006

... This corner of South America is known as pretty much one of the dodgiest on the continent due to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay all essentially sharing a border where two rivers meet. This proximity and also being near to the jungle means LOTS of pirated ...

About a girl, the most gorgeous girl.
Apr 6, 2005

... at least will mail her. He is right, he made a major mess didn't he? That's tonight's love story from Encarnación, Paraguay. Heartbreaking isn't it. We'll leave you with Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game." Goodnight and sleep tight from Radio Itapúa 102.5. PS! ...

Rio via Asuncion
Jan 3, 2007

... Rio de Janeiro and then heading down into Argentina and Chile.  Our original plan included a few days in Paraguay but we are going to head straight to Rio and maybe head back into Paraguay later on, so this visit only included the airport at Asuncion!

I screwed Gangsterville.
Apr 4, 2005 (4 photos)

... made a mistake. Forgot a zero or something. But no, it just plain and simply cheap here. Hence the title "I screwed Gangsterville". Paraguay is poor, in fact one of the poorest in Latin America. But you still see tons of souped-up Merzedes Benz, BMW ...

Itaipu Dam - Brazil and Paraguay
Jan 12, 2007 (6 photos)

... Tower, Toronto, Empire State Building, New York; Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco; Panama Canal, Panama; Itaipu Dam, Brazil/Paraguay; Chunnel, England/France; North Sea Protection Works. When we realised we would see so many we decided to spend an extra ...

Filadelfia.
Sep 30, 2008 (16 photos)

Filadelfia.

Six months on the road.
Apr 6, 2005 (9 photos)

I'm in Trinidad, an UNESCO World Heritage site in southern Paraguay, close to the border with Argentina. It's a site containing ruins of an old Jesuit mission. That's all I can say I'm afraid, as I'm not really an expert in the area. The whole place is ...

Touring the Jesuit Missions
Aug 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... square which is high up in the town with a lot of mainstream shops. We wandered around for ages to find camera shops (Paraguay is v cheap for electronics which is a blessing in disguise as we needed a new camera) and eventually found hundreds of them in ...

Almost Didn't Make That One!
Jan 11, 2006 (19 photos)

... get accurate information about the status of the road south from Santa Cruz, and the possibility of then heading east directly into Paraguay. We were generally met with blank stares whenever we asked at tourist offices or travel agencies, and even at the ...

Asuncion
Jan 29, 2007

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Water water everywhere
Dec 4, 2006 (10 photos)

... here, the Iguassu and the Parana, and the middle of the junction is the point where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet -  the so called triple frontier . Reading something about this area on the internet, it seems that George Bush ...

Back on the Straight and Narrow
Jan 15, 2006 (20 photos)

... cleaning. Filadelfia itself is one of three Mennonite colonies that were established in the Gran Chaco area of northern Paraguay early in the twentieth century. Fleeing religious prosecution in Russia, Germany and even Canada, many Mennonites took ...

Asuncion
Jan 30, 2007 (4 photos)

... the passengers are literally tripping over one another. After the typical South American bus experience, we expected that Asuncion, Paraguay's capital, would be a typically chaotic South American city. We couldn't have been more wrong. In fact, Asuncion ...

Another Ciòn
Nov 5, 2004 (1 photos)

... the town on the Argentinian side and visit the Jesuit ruins there instead. Things I Learned * It only ever pours torrential rain in Paraguay * I shouldn`t feel it my duty to polish off a box of chocolate bon bons in 24 hours * I can read the Spanish ...

The Puzzling Paradox of Paraguay
Jan 20, 2006 (16 photos)

... no doubt have also been very useful. The Jesuits established many missions in the upper Paraná region of present-day Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, and the area just east of Encarnación has some strikingly impressive and extensive ruins at Trinidad and ...

Slimming Down
Nov 3, 2004 (3 photos)

Unfortunately that would be my backpack, not me. Although come to think of it, I wouldn´t want to post home my excess personal kilos only to have them reunited with me at home. Back in the Capital Asunciòn is a whole lot better the second time around ...

One Big Dam
Nov 7, 2004 (4 photos)

... to wait in a line, despite the fact that there were hundreds of people streaming across the bridge and walking casually into Paraguay. Luckily I figured that I needed to walk on the righthand side of the bridge, and was passed by lots of people looking ...

Another Tourist Train
Oct 24, 2004 (2 photos)

... this was fast becoming my favourite country for the genuine and friendly people and the relaxed, rural lifestyle. Things I Learned * Paraguay should be renamed Paraguapo for all the good looking people here (guapo means good looking) * You don`t have ...

Not doing anything
Oct 26, 2004 (2 photos)

... feel my bankcard yelping. Also, swung by the Postal Museum. Dull really - I`m no philatelic. I wouldn`t have thought that Paraguay had ever seen snow, let alone have competitors, so why would they produce Winter Olympics stamps? Things I Learned * ...

A wet but warm welcome
Oct 22, 2004 (1 photos)

... of humour, adventure and low expectations!! Getting Here So many people have said to me, "Why do you want to go to Paraguay? There is nothing there and no tourists" Well, I`m loving the fact that there are hardly any other tourists and I don`t need to ...

The Land the World Forgot
Mar 31, 2006 (10 photos)

... country is landlocked, flat, small and has lots of mosquitoes. Tourism does not seem to be a particularly promising business for Paraguay. There were several large (peaceful) protests going on while we were there. I did a couple of news searches on ...

Bump in the Night
Oct 29, 2004 (4 photos)

... tying. Despite all of Dad`s persistent and careful instruction over the years, I really have no idea. Another Boat Trip Rio Paraguay beckoned. Not quite as strongly as I originally thought, but it called me to the port and I asked some questions and ...

Asuncion - ?
Oct 10, 2003

... by bus, whenever your vehicle stops it´s likely to be invaded by numerous people offering the strangest products. Finally, Paraguay is sordid. During the day newspaper stands give at least half their shelf space to pornographic magazines but at night ...

Puerto Iguazu - Asuncion
Oct 10, 2003

... travelling has been the freedom to do stupid things. Hence, a few buses and a couple of taxis after making the decision, we arrived in Paraguay´s ´renowned´ capital, Asuncion. We don´t know why we´re here or what we´re going to do now we´ve arrived but we were a ...

The noisiest room ever!
Sep 28, 2005

... this makes the atmosphere even better and the people were unbelievably friendly to match! We had a lovely day wandering around soaking up the sites and decided to move onto Encarnacion in Southern Paraguay the next day to go and see some Jesuit ruins!

Rain, Rain, Rain!!!!
Sep 29, 2005

So off to the bus station we went after laughing at Paul trying to get through the turnstiles with the bags! Hee hee! So sympathetic! It was great to get on a local bus again and during the day as well as most of our recent journeys had been overnight so ...

Camera shopping and stress!
Oct 3, 2005

So yes we were again having to buy another camera! OUCH! So the next morning we jumped on a bus back into Paraguay to the supposedly cheap, duty free Cuidad del Este and it was manic to say the least. Through talking to a few people, we found that lots of ...

San Cosme and Damian
May 24, 2008 (4 photos)

San Cosme wasn't even complete when the Jesuits were expelled from Paraguay in 1767. Apparently the Spanish were concerned that the Jesuits were trying to create an independent state.

Encarnacion, a town threatened by flooding.
May 25, 2008 (3 photos)

Encarnacion borders a lake on the Rio Parana which is swollen by the "represa de Yacyreta". What has not been flooded has been re built on ahigher level.

Jesuit ruins at Santa Trinidad
May 25, 2008 (5 photos)

The best Jesuit ruins are at Santa Trinidad near Encarnacion.