Apart Hotel Rivera Asuncion

... A nightmare. There was literally nothing to do.<br><br>I did have a quick look around the centre before everything shut. I was unimpressed. Slums line the riverbank and about 90% of the shops are selling cheap electronics (I think they have lower tax than surrounding nations). Then it began to rain so I took shelter in a bakery and comforted myself with coffee and cake.<br><br>And so I spent that Saturday in total ...

We started the day off with breakfast at Ray and Cindy's again while Ms. Katie shared a devotion with the group. Then we were off to a popular park here in Asuncion to give out tracts and share our testimonies (we had them translated in Spanish to be able to give out). Michael and Kristina were dressed as clowns and made balloon animals for the kids as they came by. We had some great meet and greets with the locals. Then, we drove to ...

... Spanish restaurant, our confidence that mimicking a crab would result in said crab arriving cooked on my plate was much over played as I ended up with some fish nonsense in a blue cheese sauce, I wont lie to you, it was pure rotten. Matt and myself went out to an English bar and bless him he was excited to order sidre thinking it was some kind of cider (he&#8217;s from somerset, ooh arr)only to find it was more a watered down glue substance, we drank the bottle though ...

... some people in my house in Madrid a few times, in oder to build up a reputation within the community, which is importnat if you are looking for a place to stay yourselve. It is a great way to get to know new people. I got accepted by Shirley, a 36 year old Paraguayan English teacher. I rang her when I arrived at the bus station in Asuncion. She told me to take a bus to a certain street. It was getting dark and I was in this poor city with ...

... be one surprise after another as we got to know Paraguay and it's capital city. I never thought a country surrounded by so many others could find such a distinctive voice. But you hear one in Paraguay and although you dont speak the same language you recognise the noise. Poverty is synonomous with Paraguay and you see it as soon as you cross the border - mothers washing children and clothes in the river and poor infrastructure. But this is part of the charm of this country ...

... road and has is pretty small with only about 50 houses, or 250 people. It does not have running water and is mostly a Guarani-speaking site. It is pretty much exactly what I wanted, and I am really excited. I will be a follow up volunteer, meaning that a volunteer is there now and I will be taking over for him. That is really about all I know about it now ...

... of Brasil and Argentina. -BOB Trailer got gently hit by a car in Ciudad del Este's heavy traffic. Good ol' BOB, no damage done. -Crossed from Paraguay to Brazil, to Argentina, and back to Paraguay again. For the last border crossing, this morning, it was especially adventurous. Picture this: After getting my backpack stolen, which had my passport and my Paraguayan Visa inside, I had ...

Got the bus to Asuncion on Saturday and arrived to find the capital completely deserted. It was rather odd. We´d read that the city is quiet on weekends but to see pretty much nobody at all was a surprise. There may as well have been tumbleweed blowing around. Checked into the Hotel Plaza on Plaza Uruguay which was pricey at $34 a night but it was nice enough and had a good breakfast. The hotel was also eerily quiet except for a strange ...

Just for the pin on the map where I crossed the border. Way nicer and easier than the headache that was the Bolivia into Argentina crossing... crikey that was a pain in the ass. At this one I just waited in a line for about 5 minutes, gave my passport, and they gave them back on the bus, and we were back on our way... Easy! No hassle! the way it should always be...

... Meine Nachfrage, wann sie denn genau in der Nacht schliessen würde, hat einen langen Vortrag ihrerseits provoziert, von dem ich kein Wort verstanden habe. Es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn sie sich darüber aufgeregt hätte, wie dumm diese Frage eigentlich ist. Danach war ich in einem Supermarkt - vor allem, weil man da nicht so viel reden muss :) Dort hab ich dann die grösste Avokado meines Lebens gekauft. Auf dieser ...