Country Info
- Asuncion
- Capital
- Guarani (PYG)
- Currency
- 5,734,139
- Population
- PY
- Country Code
Paraguay Slideshow
Paraguay
Travel Blogs from Paraguay
Dodgy as hell
... Itaipú dam. The largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual generating capacity, supplying 90% of the electricity consumed by Paraguay and 19% of that consumed by Brazil, and with near certainty the only tour in all of South America that ...
whoa... where did 2 years go?!?
Since my cousin Jeff (yes I'm calling you out :) )said "can't wait for your next blog" I will take that as a hint that I haven't written in a while and that I should. So here it is. I only have 7 weeks left in my community. Its ...
chicken heart.
howdy dudey time folks. i´m trying to upload photos, but i think my computer is too old school for my new school camera...argh... but i´ll try to find a way to get them óut there´ ... let´s see... last few days have been busy, long and ...
Passing for a Brazilian
My theory that I can pass for a native anywhere I travel continues to be correct. Yesterday at Iguacu Falls, I went up to buy a ticket to enter, and the cashier only charged me the rate for citizens of Brazil. Must have been my eloquent mumbling of ...
The Honesty of Paraguayans..
I have just finished my fourth week of training (actually just three, but who is counting!). This week has been especially difficult, but I am glad it is coming to a close. By the time you read this, the first two people in our training ...
Paraguay!!
Having been warned not to cross the Friendship Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay on foot, but with no other option for getting our passports stamped, we decided to risk it and try to blend in with the locals (whilst wearing our backpacks and attracting a ...
Waterfalls, rainbows and funny raccoon things
Three hours on a plane to Foz de Iguacu. Blimmin great waterfalls. Very picturesque from Brazil, but then cross over into Argentina (country number 15 on the trip) and they are suddenly much more spectacular. Saw them from the front, behind, the side, ...
Animals
Okay guys....I know you won't believe this but there actually is A/C in Paraguay. I'm enjoying it at this moment along with some free internet. We are hoping to get some good food and do some shopping on our day off. We don't get many of ...
Ascuncion
Writing several days after the fact produces somewhat lackluster results, but I will attempt to give a little detail to my time in Ascuncion even though I am writing from the Argentine-Bolivian border. As I've noted in several emails, Ascuncion is a ...
Address update
... my newly improved and updated address in the PCV office: Carin Paupore PCV Cuerpo de Paz 162 Chaco Boreal c/Mcal Lopez Asuncion 1580, Paraguay South America That's right I'm (almost) a PCV and I have a mail box number. So the thing is, I'm not ...
Kuarahy Pyta
Kuarahy Pyta means "Red Sun" in Guarani. And that is what we've been seeing a lot of due to the wild fires in northern PY. I think they've subsided a lot but I know they were bad and the north winds brought all the smoke south. So we've ...
Ah...gotta love fate!!!
... guitarists playing a variety of songs. This area is where the Jesuits first came with their religious outposts (located in Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina and known as 'The Missions'). As they have always been big on education, they ...
First weeks in site
Hey all! I´ve made it through my first 2 weeks in site. Things here are pretty good. There is a great group of volunteers up in my area. It has been nice to have some people to show me around - all the good places to shop and ...
baglers
Howdy Folks, I hope this entry is a bit more intelligent than the last... I will say darlin´ Jill enjoyed herself, so in her honor I will begin with a few more JM quotes... Jill ¨Just watched my host mom kill a chicken¨ ...
Leaving for the PCV Site Visit
So, I have finished another week of intense training here in the pueblo of Guarambare. Training is very intense, but I learn so many new things every day. Yesterday, we had a mission impossible type scavenger hunt type thing to the nation´s capital ...
estoy aprendiendo
... 9pm and went to see the Rio Paraguay with my entire family plus two other volunteers in my town, i saw argentina from the shores of paraguay, it was great. my little brother, jose, who is 8, found an eel )it was dead= and threw it v. close to me as ...
Paraguay History
... introduced Guaranis to more European settlers and their crafts, until their expulsion seventy years later. Ø 1811, Paraguay gained uncontested Independence from Spain Ø For 40 years, Casper Rodriguez de Francia gained control of the ...
Week 2
I´m surviving week 2 in Paraguay. School starts this week so we are going to visit some schools and chat with the teachers. We also have a field trip in Asuncion on Thursday...finding our way around on the buses, asking for directions, and ...
It´s so hot here!
... , I will be given the opportunity to reflect on commitment and gauge knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practices in the context of Paraguay. It is also a time for me to analyze the progress I am making and to develop and strategies necessary in order to ...
Coronel Bogado
... about for the last 8 or 9 weeks, sigh... Last night was my first night with my new host family, number 4 here in Paraguay! I´m currently living with my host country contact and her family. My contact is the principal of one of the schools ...
Cows on the freeway
... in touch when I get back! Oh! There are more pictures up on webshots and all of us are using photobucket as well, check that site out. www.photobucket.com, search for paraguay underscore 2007...can´t find that underscore button right ...
10 months to go!
That´s right...10 months to go. Before I know it, I´ll be 2/3 of the way there and well on my way to hot showers and slurpees. 27 months sounds like such a long time...but I´m on the downhill part and it´s going rather quickly! Update ...
cold weather
I can say that I will never take for granted again insulation nor heat! The weather here is changing as we are approaching winter. And even though the temperatures are in the 40s and 50s...they might get down to the 30s soon. I´ve ...
Asunción, the capital of Paraguay
... a familiar hotel. The owner was very kind. The weather was hot, and she offered me some tereré (cold mate, very popular in Paraguay). Once there, I had a shower (I really needed it), and slept for some hours. The hotel hadn’t air conditioned, but a ...
The Patter of Tiny Feet, Marching As to War
... style buildings, most with a number of soldiers standing outside. The hotel was pleasant enough and ridiculously cheap like everything in Paraguay. After a good meal (steak again, there really is no escaping it) I turn in with the ever present rumble ...
an update...
Hey there...we´ll i´ve been on a 5 month hiatus from my blog and thought i might send an update. I´ve been hooked on the facebook phenomenom and seem to have neglected my blog...though I´m not sure that anyone actually reads this anymore. ...