Country Info
- Asuncion
- Capital
- Guarani (PYG)
- Currency
- 5,734,139
- Population
- PY
- Country Code
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Asuncion
Travel Blogs from Asuncion, Paraguay
Hranicni trampoty s Paraguay
Na bolivisjko-paraguayske hranici me drsny urednik uvita slovy ´Sednout!´a usklebkem smerem k lavici vedle...za chvili uz vytusime nejaky problemek, pac nas odsouva na konec fronty. A taky ze jo, vsimave odhalil, ze Marketa se infiltrovala do ...
Paraguay - land of the unknown
... about 8 quid, not bad, especially after paying much more in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Our first impressions of Paraguay and Asuncion were that it was noticeably more run down and poorer than Argentina, but in our first encounters with Paraguayans we ...
South
Howdy. Got my site, heading South....... I am going to Cnel. Bogado, which is close to the main city of Encarnacion, in the Department (state) of Itapua! I am amped, looks like a great place, just uber far from everything and everyone else, ...
On the fast PC computers!
Hey all...I'm sending you an update from the speedy Peace Corps computers at the office in Asuncion. I'm in town to do some research and pick up some mail and packages (yah!). Although I do have to wait until Monday during office hours to get ...
Back from Vaycay
Just getting back from my trip to Peru. It was AMAZING. So cool. Instead of posting it here, I made a separate travellog for it, so if you'd like to read about it (and see pictures, since the internet allowed me to upload today) go back ...
The Very Noble and Loyal City of Our Lady Saint...
... French Palace of Versailles, and current home of the Paraguayan government. Puerto Asuncion: the port, with a picturesque view over the Rio Paraguay. El Panteon Nacional de los Heroes: Paraguay's national monument, built to honour the ...
some R&R in San Ber
... Lago Ypacarai. San Ber was originally called 'New Bavaria', as it was established by German immigrants who arrived in Paraguay in the 1880s, and continued to arrived in significant numbers after World War I (although by then it was ...
What to do in Asuncion?
I'm on my way to my site tomorrow. My new community. I was supposed to go today but I started to kinda freak out and called my contact and told him I was going to come tomorrow and he said that was better because there weren't any busses ...
Guarani
Feliz Dia De Enamorados a todos, Just a quick hola de yo, i´m late for a cookout with my entire extended family ... My head is full of Guarani phrases, it seems that i am finally learning adn I am even able to talk about Leonardo DiCaprio in ...
And So it is....
... of the world can seem very enticing. In the case of my group, its seems more like a vacuum sucking people right out of Paraguay on a monthly basis. But Anyways.... Below are some of my weekly activities that I do to occupy my time while not fishing for ...
City Life
... all 4 offer international internships and study abroad options. More on this as it develops. I am also posting some pictures from Paraguay to this blog, check them out. I have had the opportunity to travel all over the country in the past 6 months! ...
More PeaceCorps Volunteers than tourists...
... right now. Well, at least we called and didn´t walk all the way over to their office for nothing. Since the Peace Corps´s Paraguay project is the oldest Peace Corps project, we decided to walk to the office. This was a relatively bad idea. It was a ...
paraguay....
... people weve met have made such an effort to help and speak to us. theyre inquisitive to where we are from, why we are in paraguay, what team we support etc etc... as well as the decent people i feel safe here. the other places we were at were touristy ...
Superbowl Sunday!
... my 3 days of training I'm heading to another volunteer's site to help with a summer camp...it'll be nice to see another part of Paraguay and see what kind of work she is doing. Long trip from north to south, but maybe the weather will be a little ...
Asuncion
Asuncion is the capital of Paraguay and we had a brief two night stay here. The city is one of contrasts with the modern financial centre on the other side of the road from the slums and shanty towns. It seemed really strange seeing so much wealth and ...
Daytrip around Aregua
So I'm really tired again from a full day of driving around (courtesy of the super amazing and friendly Klaus from couchsurfing) with Klaus and Igel and Paola (German couple). We visited lots of small towns near Areguas, around the huge lake, ...
Asuncion
... fun, so we all went next door to a night club for a boogey and got back to the hotel about 2am. Who would have thought Asuncion, Paraguay was a good place for a night out??? We are on the bus all day on Saturday & spend the night at a little ...
Overheard in Franco Isla
Overheard Franco Islape Various community members random subjects of talk compiled by Eric Roberts during August of 2007 (This is the closest I've gotten to living up to the name of Spy during the last two years.) Mba'epiko ho'a ape ha pu ...
Arrival into Asuncion
... ) so I met up with him and his wife, as well as a couple they´re also hosting right now. After stopping by their shop in Asuncion, we drove outside of Asuncion to Aregua, where they live... a beautiful, small town, just by a huge lake. It´s ...
Tourist time in Asuncion...
So today I drove into town from Areguas (the small, beautiful town on the outsides of Asuncion where I'm staying with my super gracious CS hosts) into Asuncion with Sandra, Joaquim's wife (my CS hosts). We went to their shop for a bit, as I waited ...
Relaxing in Areguas
Just a quick note to inform that today is spent mainly just relaxing at Joaquim and Sandra's beautiful home in beatiful Areguas. Then, in the afternoon, I might head out for a walk around town too... g'day... -- Yeah, we had a really nice ...
Von Tereré und Cucarachas
... gesagt, dass sich das jederzeit wieder ändern kann. Schliesslich wäre es Winter. So fühlt sich also Winter in Paraguay an ... Der heutige Tag war übrigens zum Vergessen. Ich habe heute drei unschöne Entdeckungen gemacht. Erstens: Eine Kakerlake. ...
Livin' the dream
... from spanish) for all 34 PCVs in our sector. Sort of a meet and greet that involved a photo-scavenger hunt around asuncion and a BBQ. I don't have much to talk about or any great pictures from Paraguay to share right now. Mom ...
The band "Europe" sings "The Final Countdown"
Hey kids. The title of this entry is inspired by how few people (myself and my companeros, included) actually know who sings that song. It being one of PY's favorite songs (on the radio somewhere in PY every minute of every day), we decided ...
Asuncion
... bruises! It was great. More mozzie bites, but this time well worth it. From Bonito we had a monster journey to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. This was because we lost the day with a cancelled flight earlier on in the trip and it meant that we had to ...
Meeting our sponsored child
Feb 9 "How much?" Arriving into Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay this morning, we were greeted by a landscape that was polar opposite to the one we had left behind in Sao Paulo. Where there had been mazes of concrete, there was now lush green ...
Para que?? ParaGUAY!!
... politics and history - sorry!) Feel free to skip wayyy ahead...to the ***. That would be Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, where I`ve witnessed presidential elections. And as it would turn out, Paraguay`s would be the one I was most ...
Quick, while I have 2 seconds
Well, I'm back in the city... for last night. I have a lot to do and not a whole lot of time. So, I'm just writing quick to tell you all that I'm doing well, I love my community, and that I have nothing of much intrest to say because I spend ...
Got my site assignment!
I got my site and I´m going to Concepcion! Yes...it´s far...from here at least. They have a great core of volunteers nearby that I´ve heard wonderful things about. I´m super nervous. We meet our community contact tomorrow ...