Hotel Casino Acaray Ciudad Del Este

... My last zoo experience was Australia Zoo, which probably sets the standard for zoos around the world. The Itaipu Zoo was a very, very long way from reaching those standards. Most cages had concrete floors and were far too small for the creatures inside. It was incredibly sad to see huge panthers and jaguars cooped up, hot and broed, with nowhere to climb and barely anywhere to shade themselves. Needless to say, I left fairly quickly.<br ...

... lower walkway there is an option to stand almost directly beneath the water. You get utterly drenched but it's quite refreshing. <br><br>I met an Australian guy who was also exploring on his own so we teamed up and went to visit the Devil's Throat. It was heaving with people but it's just an overwhelming amount of water. I kept expecting it to end, for the water the run out, but no... It just kept on coming....<br><br>All in all, I had a fantastic ...

... but help with the effect.<br>Then round the corner the falls come into view. WOW! They are something else. If Carlsberg made waterfalls they would have done this one.<br>Having seen Victoria and Niagara, both of which are spectacular, I think this is probably the best and well worth the extra miles. Definitely a not to be missed site!<br>We get various views of the falls including the close ups. The trousers and underpants are getting their monthly ...

... each other, but we couldn`t believe what a coincidence it was! After the tango show, me and Troy went to play pool for a bit, then went and sat on some sofas and chatted to some other people who were staying there. I got talking to three Indian medical students - Sonny, Anesh and Dipesh - from London who were dong the same trip as me to the falls the next day. At 11pm we had to leave to get our bus back to our hostel, but we decided we`d switch to this far better hostel the next day.

Monday 3 August 2009<br><br>Today we make a quick trip across the border to Paraguay - more to say that we've been in Paraguay more than anything. For some reason, spirits are really high and the one hour bus journey is just the most amazing craic. Everyone is "serving" everyone and the taking the ****. The border is a bridge across the river but there is no stamping of passports or other as we arrive at the ...

... didnt really mind until a family of screaming kids got on. iPod - up!<br>I actually managed to fall asleep amongst the sounds of Jack Johnsn, Jimi Hendrix, crying kids and Goo Goo Dolls. The bus did stop around midnight at a service station...so, being hungry (naturally) I went in, and was mightily disappointed at the amount of pasties, and not much else, there was on offer. Then I saw at the back of the cafe there was a steak buffet. So, having realised Gary had all the foreign ...

... now working, and he had another chap along side him whom he was teaching how things were done, no problem there except that it took 3 hours to complete the forms, they stop and start then have another chat. Still at least that was all in order for us to leave. As we were leaving we met an Irish couple unfortunatly going the other way, still we managed to have a bit of a chat with them, so that was nice. From here we drove across the bridge into ...

... our way across the street to the Parque do Aves (Bird Park), which is a bird preserve established to rescue endangered and harmed tropical birds. There are tons of toucans, parrots, macaws, flamingos, turkeys, herons and other animals from the area. The aviaries are brilliantly set up, so that we could walk openly through them, with the birds flying everywhere. Throughout the park was the incessant and loud chatter of the macaws. In one of the aviaries, this ...

Paraguay for the day&#8230;..Ciudad del Este.Although a pretty depressing place part of the scene of this grungy shopping mecca reminded me of the silk markets in Beijing&#8230;but not as cheap or fun. <br>I looked for a laptop so I could do some writing more freely but the prices were still quite high, reflecting how the UK and Ireland has a won a lot in the global market and do well to get all their consumer goods. But there were bargains in the ...

... the same kind of poverty as India and China, not as destitute, for instance there are lots of cars about, but the main city which we passed through was a rag tag collection of wooden and corrugated iron sales outlets all clustered around the huge and glitzy government department stall.