Country Info
- Asuncion
- Capital
- Guarani (PYG)
- Currency
- 5,734,139
- Population
- PY
- Country Code
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Asuncion
Travel Blogs from Asuncion, Paraguay
follow up to other one...
ok. so i am back. that went through. i am writing so much now because this is the first time that i am at this internet spot without my siblings, usually they come and climb on me, kiss me, pull my hair, bite me, click the mouse, close out emails adn say ...
Another week of life in Paraguay...
... our assigned grade. My practicum is in second grade during training. Tomorrow, I am going on a tapeapovo - a scavenger hunt to Asuncion. I have a list of places that I am supposed to stop and talk to certain people that will guide me to my next ...
one week down
... , which will make all that I want to do much easier... Six of us are heading out tonight on the overnight bus to Asuncion for a massive debate tomorrow morning about the laws sobre juventud (youth)... It should be really amazing! I¨ll tell ya ...
Hot Feet
I am in the very slow, yet tranquil process of uploading a few more pictures. I plan on having some interesting and new ones soon... I am off on an adventure this Saturday morning, which I will know more about tomorrow. Essentially, I am ...
Back for training...
Okay...I know it has been a while since my last update. Let's see...I survived this past week back in Guarambare for our first IST (In-Service Training). They call this one our Reconnect since it's our first time back with our whole G ...
The happenings
... leave my community with out being able to say goodbye and no idea if I'd be returning. Scary stuff. In other news, Paraguay weathers has been extremely hormonal lately. Last week it was almost 100 on Wed by Friday morning it was 40. ...
To the States and Back
... Coordinator position. If I receive it, I will be in PY for another 13 months, but working in the office and living in Asuncion. I would get a month paid home leave, and PC pays for the ticket! (as well as my other 3.5 weeks of ...
Ideas of Health
... do much but sit around. Then, for the last few days of this week I developed a fever with it as well. I came into Asuncion on Friday to talk with the medical doctor about the problems and after some laboratory analysis he gave me some antibotics to kill ...
Exploring My New World
Work in progress...but this page will be about life in Paraguay as I have experienced ...
A tribute to Dad
... ageee it was great sharing it with you. You made the blog! My South America Trip (Dad travelled from Santiago to Asuncion Paraguay with me) Over 27 nights I: - stayed in 3 ...
Send me a free text message!
I've been getting a few of your messages from up there. Great stuff. Keep'm coming! how to send me text messages for free from computer: go to http://www.personal.com.py/mssgsend/message_send_form2.aspx where it says numero de destino, type in ...
The End of an Amazing Journey...
... " be a successful volunteer in my future site. I am very disappointed with the PC system and somewhat in the culture of Paraguay in that certain characteristics and my behavior might be taken in the wrong way...hence, the changes they wanted me to make. ...
Que hace el pato en el agua?
Nada! Ha Ha... That's my new favortie joke. Unfortunately It doesn't translate into English. but here it goes: "What does a duck do in water?" "Nada!" (Nada signifies both "Swim" and "Nothing") Ha. Love it. So FINALLY an ...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
So for all of you who are dying to know...I did make the walk to Caacupe! 9 hours and many many blisters later! We left at 7 p.m. and made it around 4 a.m. the next day...with 2 quick stops for dinner and then a short rest. It was an ...
Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
... to get stopped by a hotel were I got to have nap in the sun, ideal. Thurdays 10th April: Got a bus to Asuncion in Paraguay. The border crossing was a bit of a mission as it doesnt seem that organised (difficult when thousands of people every day try ...
Verstärkung aus Deutschland!
... aber es ist doch aufbauend zu wissen, dass jemand nach mehreren Jahren Spanischunterricht und zwei Sprachaufenthalten in Spanien und Paraguay nicht wesentlich besser spricht als ich, Mister Crashkurs. Sein Wortschatz ist zwar besser, aber dafür ist ...
Navigating the capital of Paraguay
Our hotel in Encarnacion was next door to the bus station, thus finding and buying a bus ticket that morning was very easy. We had a few errands to run- the laundry that seemed like such a good idea at the time had been on the washing line for two days ...
the virgen
... though, there were heaps of people, like HUNDREDS outside of the church for the service. The Virgen of Caacupe is for Paraguay what the Virgen of Gadualupe is for Mexico, so yeah a big deal in this country. Afterward we walked around and ...
South America from the window of a bus
... world, if you're into your hydroelectric dams. As hydroelectric dams go we were pretty impressed. We had to then get a bus to Asuncion, in Paraguay, where we are now. Tonight we get a bus to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, which could be somewhere from 22 to 30 ...
scalo 3 e 4
citade del este e asuncion per i viaggi della speranza... un pochetto stanco... pensate che l'areoporto della capitale del paraguay assomiglia un sacco alla casa nella prateria... uguale uguale ...
Birthday Party!
... ...first birthday in Paraguay. We went out for pizza and then went bowling! I know what you are thinking...bowling in Paraguay...there can´t be...but there is! Of course you pay by the minute and not the game and the pins rerack on ...
1 hour
After a 7 hour bus ride from Encarnacion to Asuncion I waited in the bus terminal here for approximately 1 hour. I have nothing more to say of ...
Brrr... It's Cold in Here!
... and being punished for the many, many times I mocked the Paraguay Welcome Book when it said "...it gets extremely cold in Paraguay" "WHAT? Cold? Obviously these people don't know what cold is... I laugh at their version of cold! ...
Not assasinated in Asuncion
... concerned about our safety before we arrived in Asuncion - we had our first night bus to deal with and friend´s reviews of Asuncion were not encouraging... Lessons 1. The ´bait and switch´night bus - As recommended we arrived at the bus stop ...
PC Life
... everyone and just relaxing for a nice weekend. And I'm not gonna lie...looking forward to the turkey as well...though we are in Paraguay...so there's a good chance they'll find some way to fry it...but Im hoping not! Miss and love you ...
Radio Show!
... any rate, I told the family the food was ready and I prepared the plates. We sat down and in five minutes (eating food in paraguay is a very rapid activity) all the food on their plates was gone and they were saying ¨Heê tereri¨ and ¨Rico,¨ both of ...
Asuncion, architecture and history
After a rest day we decided to finally have a proper look at Asuncion. Colonial architecture, history, art and craft are all on ...