Hotel Uchiyamada Asuncion

... chain has been falling off while riding it. The bikes that they give us are theoretically pretty good mountain bikes, but they have been used so much, and they really can't take some of the roads at my site. Sometimes it's just easier to walk than deal with the bike, especially on some of the worse roads and when the roads are in bad shape because of lots of sand or mud. <br><br>That is about it. I will update later when there is something more exciting going on.<br>

... woprship sessions led by the different continents. this morning 3 north american delgates and i led the worship service, it was crazy pulling it all together but it went really well. <br><br>i´m so excited to be here but i won´t be able to write much about it till after because it took me over 15min just to get to the page where i can type something! today is the first day we´ve had sunshine, and finally i´m feeling a little warm! its´been ...

... Foz de Iguazu. We had to leave the bus to get the stamp out of Brazil and we had to go to the Paraguayan customs to get the stamp into Paraguay. In between there is a bridge, which we crossed walking. At the other end of the bridge I did realize that a German guy in the hostel told me the day before that if you cross the bridge over the river walking than the change you would get mugged would be close to 100%. The travel guide said something ...

... to be nothing more than pergatory, a place that seems only to exist for one purpose - you don't stop here, you pass through here and your time here is distinctly dull. A dirt track and some bus shelters - We grabbed our bags after getting off the bus and headed straight for the Fletcher bus terminal. <br><br>"Can I have two tickets to Asuncion" I asked with a big smile on my face.<br><br>"The bus leaves at 3" He replied looking rather bored by my question.<br><br>I turned ...

... recently in Paraguay the past few days. food. so in paraguay like in brazil theres tons of pay by the pound places which are supper cheap although i must admit that when i first went to one i sorta just stood there in shock watching other people to figure out how it all works... 1 sandwich with meat (melinesa) massive fruit salad and a small coke or large water 2dollars 1 litre beer at the bar 1.50 2 beers and a massive hot dog with all the trimmings 2 dollars at ...

... Paraguayans we found them to be friendly and welcoming. Although tired we made our way into the centre of the town to have a walk around and check out, we knew obviously there would not be as much to see as say in BA, but we were surprised about the lack of sights, we had a wonder around and saw the parliament building, presidential palace. The city centre was drab and rundown, but there were an unsettling amount of various different types of military and police ...

... of, my mom is coming down in April! I'm also going to use this spot for a little advertising... PC has a way that people from the states can donate money to projects that PCVs are doing. There are a ton of these project going on in the world, and I'm going to push 1 here: https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?sh ell=resources.donors.contribute.projDet ail&amp;projdesc=526-187 That has a good ...

Morgen ist mein letzter Tag. Dummerweise habe ich letzte Woche Terere ueber meinen Laptop geschuettet, sodass er jetzt nicht mehr geht und meine Case Study auch erst mal weg ist. Ich hoffe aber, wieder auf sie zugreifen zu koennen, sobald ich zuhause bin. Ich schaetze mal, das kommt davon, wenn ein Gringo meint, er muesse die lokalen Rituale uebernehmen. Immerhin hatte ich diese Woche eine gute Ausrede, um auszuschlafen :-) Und es war endlich genuegend ...

Am now in Ascuncion, the capital of Paraguay. What can I say. Not a lot. A real shame - this was once a beautiful 18th century Spanish colonial town and in the push to make it a real up and coming efficent place they tore down most of the buildings and put up breeze blocks. Not a lot to see here at all. It is also extremely poor - the country is landlocked so there is little trade to be done and most people farm. Asuncion does have a river ...

... drink here too, but they drink it cold with nice. Tastes great though. We saw some nice old museums and the presidential palace. I think this evening we´re getting a bus trip back to argentina. It looks like the roads are better there. A trip to Bolivia (where we both wanna go) would take 30 plus hours, and theres nowhere to stop on the way. If we go via argentina there should be nice places to break up the trip with. Oh and big thanks to Ed for uploading so many photos.