Country Info
- Asuncion
- Capital
- Guarani (PYG)
- Currency
- 5,734,139
- Population
- PY
- Country Code
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I´m just back to Coronel Bogado from a long, but quick trip to Asuncion with my youth group! We left Tuesday night at 130 in the morning and arrived to Asuncion around 645 in the morning... It was a long and COLD trip North... Yep, that is right ...
My brother in laws take on Paraguay
... - and they sure looked to us like eagles. Maybe they weren't, but Eric said he wouldn't be surprised. In Paraguay, there are so-called protected species of animals that legally cannot be killed, but many if not most locals disregard the ...
Paraguay: Poverty and grandeur
Paraguay is a strange and exciting place. Tree-lined avenues with mansion on either side, tucked in safely behind brick walls, while children beg from money or even your water, as you pass by on the sidewalk. Time after time I was told to put my camera ...
First bit of real work : )
Next week is my official site presentation where my coordinator from PC comes out to present me to the community. She gets to come and explain all the good stuff...namely what is PC, what I´m doing there, why I can´t ride a moto, and how it is ...
Tegenstrijdigheden
Iedereen krijgt een tweede kans om een eerste indruk te maken, en Paraguay greep deze met beide handen aan. Paraguay is niet de chaos van een Indicase stad (nou ja, Ciudad del Este misschien wel), maar een prachtig groen land, met merkwaardige extreem ...
Week 3
Okay guys...here´s an update on week 3... I survived my rat race field trip in Asuncion last week. We had to go visit places and find our way through the lovely bus system. That was an experience...we ended up at the PC office where they ...
not an elementary school profesora!
Cheeeeeeeeerios Lads y Lassies. I´m writing to you on the eve of the v. much anticipated MOVIE NIGHT..........yeeeeeeeehaw! I went to Encarnacion on Tuesday morning to locate a lindo copy of the new Pirates of the Carribean, what I found here in ...
Wow!!
We hit Iguasu Falls on Paul´s 30th birthday. Its cloudy as we leave Puerto Iguasu but as we arrive to the park the blue sky breaks through as if to help with the photos (which it does perfectly). This is a place that you need to see to ...
Coming home
Hey Folks, Just a quick message to say that I'm coming home for x mas break and new years. I'll be back in INdiana on the 22nd of December and I'll be there until I leave on the 2nd of January. It'll be a quick trip, but hopefully I can see many of you ...
Paraguay, Ciudad del Este
... Del Este PERSONAL: Leaving Bonito behind at 6pm, it was then a 16hr bus to tri-border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Arrived through "Ponte da Amizade" (Friendship Bridge) which connects Ciudad del Este in Paraguay and Foz do ...
In Other News...
... me a(nother) package, please send it to: Carin Paupore PCV Cuerpo de Paz 162 Chaco Boreal c/ Mcal Lopez Asuncion 1580 Paraguay South America This is because PY changed their rules regarding packages. So Letters can still go to La Colmena ...
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Should have come after the wet season had finished but they don't tell you vis is shit when they sell you the dive! Warm pea soup above cold gravy - yuk! Also, complete balls up as they were unable to anchor at the best dive site i.e. with the fumeroles ...
It's so cold people are DYING! (pictures, too!)
... you've sent thing to it or forget the new address later on. The new address is: Carin Paupore PCV La Colmena 4470 Paraguay South America Also, Please be sure anything sent to the Asuncion address has "PVC" next to my name and not "PCT". ...
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I was studying Guarani last night at my kitchen table and trying to figure out how to translate something from Spanish to Guarani when my host sister in law and her two kids showed up to eat there MOZORELLA pizza alllll the way from ...
I think it´s week 5!
... Friday we had our first jornada with 3 local schools and our group presented and helped teachers make materials. We have another workshop this Friday. Ok...well as the sun is setting here in Paraguay I must close for now. Miss you ...
Pozo Colorado
Pozo Colorado To get to Concepcion, my only choice was to take a bus to Pozo Colorado, a ghost town. This was a surreal experience. Basically, they dropped me off next to this gas station. I would have to sit and wait for ...
Concepcion
Concepcion Finally I arrived in Concepcion at night, which I really hate doing. The taxi driver totally ripped me off but I had no choice, it was pitch dark by then and I had no clue where I was going. I ended up staying at this ...
Pottery handicrafts town
I woke up early and asked the owner to keep my backpack, as I knew I was leaving that night. I wanted to visit some of the towns of the "golden circuit". They are small towns which produce different types of handicrafts (each town had its special ...
X's in mosquito bites
Random question. If you could chose between having bad B.O. but not being bothered by bugs... or smelling good but having every bug within a square mile bite you everywhere you go every day... which would you choose? Body Odor isn't sounding so bad ...
The redemption of Paraguay
... she thought I wanted to go to Ciudad del Este, for the sunshine (Asuncion), and was asking about Paraguas (unmbrellas) instead of Paraguay!! When all was sorted out I was told most definately that It wasn´t worth visiting because it was a country full ...
The First Day's....
... was originally Michael & Cari's place of internship; Alicja & I jumped on the boat at the last minute. Team Paraguay: - Ember Canada (yours truly); from Kentucky (all suthern' & proud of it, hahaha) - Alicja Trojanowska; from ...
Sanber
San Bernardino ("Sanber",as it's lovingly referred by Paraguayan) is the summer/weekend village near Asunción, by Ypacaraí Lake. It seems to be a very busy town on the weekends according to the number of bars. But as I didn’t visit it on a ...
The Joys of Buses
... tall so here´s this machete...go out there and cut away and no running! That´s it...my exciting second week in November in Paraguay...now your life is complete having known what I´m doing! Now send me an update because I want to know what you ...
2 beers and a massive hot dog 2 dollars! so cheap!
... ... But Paraguayan food and beer doesn't send me running to the toilet 10 min later.... so heres some prices i got recently in Paraguay the past few days. food. so in paraguay like in brazil theres tons of pay by the pound places which are supper ...
Ciudad del Este
... tried our border-crossing luck and took a bus that leaves Argentina, crosses through Brazil and then arrives in Cuidad del Este (West City), Paraguay an hour later. We were hoping to get a tour or at least see the enormous Itaipu Dam (one of the 7 Modern ...
Less than 7 months to go!
7 months to go! A little less than...more like 6 1/2 but who´s counting...haha... What kind of fun have I been having? I went on my first vacation to the waterfalls in Argentina...they were amazing to say the least. ...