Hotel Excelsior Asuncion - A Summit Hotel

... 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. <br>- 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 ...

... only agreed to go if we could take the ****. The compere had other ideas though and would not engage with our assertion that we were from Kajistan (cant spell it but you know where I mean). So good food, bad entertainment was not a bad evening, some of us returned back to camp where I joined in the banter with these brazilian brothers and the night was passed in a haze of exchange of swear words, who says I don&#8217;t make the effort to learn? Fabio wanted me that ...

... were on a coach in no time on our way to Acunsion.<br>That night we stayed in a nice enough, albeit a little ´weird´ hotel just out of town. The city was anything but traveller friendly. Noone spoke any English and we were looked at like aliens by everyone! This is unsuprising as the Paraguayan people are one of the most indigenous cultures in the continent, and travellers are not seen here often.<br>When exploring ...

... inclus, quelle misère! ;)<br><br>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 ...

... and then 2 teams were chosen to play. Unfortunately, 8 de Diciembre (our team) was not selected. But they will be playing this Sunday! Villeta is on the river, so you can see Argentina from the bank. They also sell alligator (or is it crocodile?? jakare in Guarani) meat down there that fishermen go across the river to catch in Argentina (probably not legal???), which I would definitely like to try. The men in my host family also supposedly hunt alligator ...

... day. I get paid about 38% more living in Asuncion than I did in the campo... but my rent has gone up 500% as has my electric and water bills (ok, so I didn't have to pay for water in the campo because it was from a well... but still, it's metered in the city and it's REALLY expensive). To say the least, I'm having a hard time budgeting my money. (allthough I did come up with a budget... I just don't pay any attention to it ...

... Pelligrini was extremely remote but lovely though. We stayed in this idylic little lodge and went out on various nature walks to see al sorts of animals, the caimen being the most impressive. The best excursion was the night trip on the boat, so many stars being such a remote area and the moon flowers that only come out at night were cool.

... when there is none. It's just a fashion statement. All the US cafes have them, so it must be cool. The plate glass for cafes comes that way, pre-engraved, Visa and MC too, smokers' section also. That's a cruel hoax for us wi-fi users, all plugged in and no place to go. Where's the consumer protection? The food sucks; read: 'too similar to American food', at least pre-Chinese America. The Chinese don't seem to have gotten here yet, not in any ...

... hat ** sich b**eits nach einem bezahlbaren Hotel umgesehen, in dem ** während sein** Zeit hi** wohnen kann. Man muss ihm zugute halten, dass die Cucaracha-Aktivität gest**n ihren vorläufigen Höhepunkt **reicht hat. Wir haben mal mit d** Putzfrau gesprochen, ab** in Paraguay ist ein "Klar, ich kümm**' mich noch heute darum" eben eh** ein "Okay, ich lass mir das mal durch den Kopf gehen und komm dann wied** in zwei Wochen od** so auf euch zu". Ich bin mal gespannt, was daraus wird. Johnny ...

I promised so many people I'd post a new blog. I've been in the city for a couple days now, but haven't done it... now its late and I don't want to. So I'm going to make it short. First, I had a fabulous trip to the states. I want to thank everone who made an effort to see me and everyone in general for making my trip home great. I was a little worried because I had heard from all my friends that ...