Country Info
- Asuncion
- Capital
- Guarani (PYG)
- Currency
- 5,734,139
- Population
- PY
- Country Code
Asuncion Slideshow
Asuncion
Travel Blogs from Asuncion, Paraguay
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... from the San Rafael Reserve in PY back to the US (about 10,000 miles) to raise money for an organization called Guyra in Paraguay who are doing conservation projects all over PY, but specifically in the San Rafael Reserve. His web-site: ...
Apple crumble surprise
... an earlier bus to Asuncion around lunch time. The 5 hour bus ride takes six and half and rush hour traffic greeted us in Paraguay's capital. After passing what we thought was a massive squatter camp in the main square of downtown, we found our hostel two ...
Long Field Practice
... come back here to finish up the rest of training before officially swearing in at the end of April. This afternoon is the Paraguay vs. Uruguay game, and tomorrow is another game with our local soccer team which I will be going to. So it will ...
Kennis maken met Paraguay
... heel ander land is dan Brazilië; andere mensen, andere taal en vooral andere prijzen....Brazilië is vergelijkbaar met Nederland, in Paraguay koop je 2 hamburgers, een hotdog en wat te drinken voor 2 euro! Asuncion is een gemoedelijke stad waar de ...
Swearing In!
... , and we are all having a lot of fun before we go out to our sites. I was probably too quick to say that I didn't like Asuncion the first time I came to visit. Since then, I've seen other areas of the city that are much nicer than the dirtier, grittier ...
Arrival
Well after a long plane ride from the good ole U.S of A I finally made it to Asuncion Paraguay. I had left the snow and the freezing temps of the U.S for which I was really thrilled because I had checked out the temps of Asuncion before I left and they ...
Paraguay
... soccer ball. The boys on the bus really made the kids day by playing soccer with them, it was great. From Trinidad onto Asuncion, Paraguay capital, which I really didn't like! There was a pretty major riot on the second day so there wasn't much we ...
Monopoly money and the problems of Paraguay
... never intended to go to Paraguay, and because we had already dealt with several different currencies, we arrived at the airport in Asuncion with very little idea about the exchange rate. I knew that we would have to work in thousands when figuring out ...
A Fall to Iguazu and a Trip to Paraguay!
... travellers are not seen here often. When exploring the captital the next day, we were shocked by the shabbiness of the city. Paraguay is a very much developing country, so is inevitably a shock at first to someone like myself, only used to visiting rich ...
Sad to leave
I'm still in the process of saying good-bye, although I've been repeatedly assured that I leave a piece of myself behind ... how do you really say good-bye to a place you call home? Although I'm excited about my journey - I'm hesitant to start. ...
Avant les chutes, prise 2!
... plus ou moins bien, mais toujours de maniere efficace, de danser jusqu aux petites heures, de mon petit frere et de ma maman du Paraguay, de ma montre qui sonne a 6h30 a chaque matin (toujours trop tot), du jus de pamplemousse, du dulce de leche, de me ...
BACK HOME IN THE LAND OF GOOD AIR
Pictures for "Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years," more info available at ...
Assembly Gathered 15
Hello everyone! The internet access here at the main assembly gathered is much better than what I had at GYS so I can write a little more! It´s amazing, and also crazy being here with over 5000 other mennonites! I´ve been able to meet so many new ...
Giardia, Mugging, and Living on My Own
... Peace Corps held a party in a park in Asuncion where we all spent the night. That was very fun. Unfortunately, while I was in Asuncion that weekend, I got mugged. I know, I'm sorry you have to find that out in my blog (Dad and Grandma), but there is no ...
Bienvenido a Paraguay
... ; Suffice it to say that taking down a tent and a 6 hour bus journey do not go well with a fragile stomach. Moved to Asuncion, which is quite small and underdeveloped for a capital city. But is has a certain something, much nicer than Rio. ...
A City of Such Contrasts
... filled with amazing relics of a forgotten era of train travel. The museum also houses the first locomotive that arrived in Paraguay and was inaugurated in 1964. All of the telegraphic, telephonic, typing and weighing equipment along with record keeping ...
Settling In
Hello all, I have not written in about 5 days and so much has happened in that time that I can't even remember all of it. It feels like about a month. We officially started language and technical classes on Monday, and I am in the Guarani ...
BA here we come3
We arrived at the bus station in plenty of time for this afternoon's coach to BA. Unfortunately we were an hour and a quarter late leaving as the original coach had a broken window and had to be changed. Our seats were on the upper deck right ...
Monkey vs Dog. Place your bets
... , we just didn't want to get stuck again, we were tired and fed up). So, after a night in Salta we left for Asuncion, Paraguay the next day. We arrived in Cordelia after another long bus journey (16 hours) and hoped we could jump on another bus to take us ...
The Begining of Four Countires in Twentyfour Hours
... now for our second flight of the day, this flight having also been pushed back. Meaning we would not be arriving in Asuncion until just before midnight if we were lucky. Airports really do become boring when ther isn´t a decent duty free to walk ...
The Eagles have landed!
... hadn´t changed our watches!!!!! Phew! So we had plenty of time to get to Gate 8 and prepare to fly on to Asuncion. Once again a trouble-free flight, arriving on time. Caroline was waiting to meet us, and we found a taxi and came ...
Asunción > Resistencia
... to try it out; Secondly Paraguay is much cheaper then Brazil; and Finally, there is a big Football match on the horizon (Argentina v Paraguay in a World Cup Qualifier) as it's mentioned all the time on the television (Yes I do have a TV for the first ...
I'm Still Alive
... my blog, and I just wanted to let you all know that I am still alive. The last month has been fairly busy. I came into Asuncion a few weeks ago for an HIV/AIDS workshop for a few days, and I am back in Asuncion right now because I had to come in to ...