Hotel La Espanola Asuncion

... group of volunteers in our sector. We finished these in March. The second is to do 1 year in site visits for the group that has finished one year in site. We finished these in June. The third (where we are now) is to do site development. Basically, we are developing new sites for the next group of volunteers whom arrive in Paraguay in September. We go to possible sites, visit the people, see if they are interested and if the site qualifies saftey and work ...

... Anyway I was happy to have my travel guide with me, as touristic informations are impossible to get, even stuff as simple as knowing which bus to take is a calvary. I found the name of an hotel in the center, jumped into a taxi and after a quick dinner I went to sleep for as long as I could.<br><br>The next day Daniela came by plane, so I discovers the pleasures of the Asunción chaos, the old buses brightly painted and shaking us like crazy (but they cost almost nothing), and ...

... weg naar een hotel met zwembad, omdat we, na twee volle dagen in de bus en nog eens 18 uur bussen in het vooruitzich naar de volgende halte, vinden dat we dat verdiend hebben. Bij stoplichten staan kinderen van misschien 10 jaar oud kunstjes te doen, autoramen te zemen of iets te verkopen om aan geld te komen. Naast onze taxi op de stoep ligt een meisje opgekruld te slapen zonder vader of moeder in de buurt. En dan voel je je zo kut, kan ik je zeggen. Wij hebben het nodig om in een ...

... question "this is a return ticket yes?". It was only later that we found, in fact, it wasn't a return ticket, but we managed to sort that out before we left Salta and was at least one problem avoided. <br><br><br><br><br><br>ACT 2 - A BUS RIDE AND A BORDER CROSSING<br><br><br><br>We arrived on Thursday afternoon with the rest of the group who insisted on seeing us off and having been dreading trying to negotiate the hectic bus stations here we found the right bus with no ...

... of the areas, the rich area consists of shops restaurants bars and cafes and is very fancy and has the definite high class feel to it, i'd even say this area is much more posh then anyway i been i Edmonton, although its sorta built like a south Edmonton common shopping complex area, but slowly the bars and restuarents have started to take over. I really did not know what to expect when coming here coz everyone talks ...

... day and so we were back to washing sheets in the creek and hauling water from the neighbors' house - a fitting way to reminisce about our first months in Caazapa'mi. When I came back from the creek in mid-morning, Albino had come to say goodbye. We sat chatting for hours, not wanting the inevitable moment to come. I had planned all I wanted to say, grand things about our projects together and my hope that Albino would continue, but all I ...

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 walk (with Klaus and Igel, one ...

... es so schon grenzwertig. Man hat mir aber 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. In unserem Palacio de Pasantes! Und was für eine! Zwar war sie schon tot, aber ich vermute, dass die auch noch Freunde und Verwandte hat, die noch nicht tot sind. Ich ...

Well, we (me and my new travel buddy David, a fellow backpacker from Belgium) crossed over the border to paraguay and into the spanish speaking area. Finally I can use all the Spanish i learnt from all those climbing trips. "Hola Que tal, dos cervesa por favor!". Yes, i can do double quotes again. I´m now in the capitol of paraguay... bonus points to anyone that knows what the city is called.. Yup, thats right Asuncion. Its the craziest place I´ve been yet. We arrived at 10pm ...