Crowne Plaza Hotel Asuncion

... things on the street, stealing, or other means. There is a well-known park in the downtown section of the capital, Asuncion, full of makeshift tents and their tenants. On the east side of Asuncion, there is a park where kids without parents hang out and sleep at night.
- Private security guards are everywhere, and they pack serious heat. Some are hired to protect individual houses, sitting in guard stations that look like porto ...

... but as I could not decide between himself and his brother Daniel I opted to retire instead. I also found out there had been a fierce shouty out loud row while we were out, but methinks it was something over nothing.

Off to the other side of iguacu falls, the brazilian side today. Again chucking it down but they were all very impressive and not so much of the metal step carry on. I now have a third knee on the back of my leg and a massive purple palm as well as a ...

... inclus, quelle misère! ;)

Nous avons aussi réussi à décaler le vol de retour de Daniela, alors nous disposions de quelques jours de plus a Asunción pour nous détendre. En fait il n'y a pas tant de choses à faire que ça dans la ville même, à part se perdre parce qu'on ne comprend rien au chaos de la ville. :) Nous avons refait le tour des monuments, nous nous sommes promenés dans le jardin zoologique (qui n'est pas super intéressant). Nous voulions aller prendre un vieux train ...

... from the US the other day. They came up to convert the family whose house has the Internet cafe while I was there. They were very pleasant and nice, and I ran into one of them again with another of his companions in town the other day after class. I also saw a Mennonite couple in Asuncion at the bus station last week when I went in to the dentist! They stuck out with their German looks, and the man was wearing overalls while the woman had a ...

... pump which powers our town's running water system and claps of thunder signalling the cancelation of the trip we planned to San Rafael Reserve. Oh, and a case of whatever in the water makes you sick to your stomach. That's all for now - enjoy the pictures from the last couple of months and trip to Brazil.

... the pedestrian malls, along with the obligatory hippies peddling their hippie accoutrements. There but for the grace of God... But it's a little cold this early in the October springtime, barely hitting 20C if at all (that's pretty low for a high, Homie; trust me). People crowd the north-facing slopes (it's the southern hemisphere, remember) at midday like turtles on logs to soak up what they can get for free. At least space heaters are not an unknown ...

... ich noch nicht gehen! Heute hatte wied** eine Kollegin Geburtstag. Geburtstage sind hi** sehr wichtig, denn sie bieten einen tollen Vorwand, um einfach mal zwei Stunden Arbeitszeit dafür zu opf**n, T****é zu trinken und Kuchen zu essen. Gesungen wird ebenfalls reichlich. Noch ein, zwei Geburtstage mehr und dann kann ich den Refrain all** wichtigen paraguayischen Volkslied**. Ansonsten lassen es sich einige nicht nehmen, ihre wirklich abenteu**lichen Englischkenntnisse an uns auszuprobi ...

... never get sick of talking about PY... I was wrong :) ha ha. I really appreciate it all! Secondly, I had a really long 37 hour trip back to PY. I won't go into details, but I think I cried 3 times... the last time being when I was almost to my bed at my hotel that I booked 2 months ago but they lost my reservation and I had to raise hell to get a bed... when a stair broke under my foot and I ...