Hotel Villa Morra Suites Asuncion

... to see our churches improve in. 1) in bridging the intergenerational gap that we find in all too many of our churches, and 2) improving the relations between our Canadian and American churches. It´s been really interesting discussing this with the other delegates, and also with the many partticipants who have come and asked me about this after we shared this with everyone at GYS. I´ve had many opportunites to explain how ...

... quelques mètres du palais il y a un bidonville dangereux! Le gars était un garde de sécurité au palais, alors il nous a raconté plein de trucs, y compris des histoires d'anciens présidents vivant dans le palais avec leurs nombreuses maîtresses et les dizaines d'enfants en résultant...<br><br>À part sur la rue principale de la vieille ville, où il est possible de rencontrer quelques touristes, nous étions seuls tout le temps. C'était étrange comme sensation, mais ça aussi ça fait ...

... weekend in the city, and we are all having a lot of fun before we go out to our sites. I was probably too quick to say that I didn't like Asuncion the first time I came to visit. Since then, I've seen other areas of the city that are much nicer than the dirtier, grittier places I first saw. Also, the first time I came in was on Sunday, and the city has a completely ...

PROLOGUE <br><br><br>Paraguay is the road less travelled. If you speak to many backpackers, gap year students or South Americans they will tell you of the beauty of Argentina, the relics of Peru or the Mountians of Bolivia. They will regale you with stories of Copacobana beach in Rio or the Amazon river. But how many talk of Paraguay? Land locked in the centre of South America and weak after a shaky political history, in which democracy is younger than me and still an ...

... covered in grease. That is pretty much the Paraguayan diet. I have not eaten a legitimate green vegetable since I have been here. It is great heavy, high caloric food if you are working out in the fields all day, but when you sit in class for 8 hours a day it makes you queasy and fat. I also don't like that all my clothes are stretching because of being hung dry, but i guess it works out since I am eating fatty food. Yesterday going into ...

... only speak Spanish to me, but they speak Guarani and Spanish about 50-50 among themselves, which puts me at a disadvantage for understanding what's going on. I have to head out. Tomorrow morning is training again, and then we have the afternoon and Sunday free before real training with intensive language sessions begins on Monday. I am not sure when I will have access to the Internet again, but I will check my email when I do, so I'd love to hear from you all.

... he trained, and watched them flourish in their new leadership roll. The most recent round of community computer classes is being managed solely by them. They recently provided their first computer repair services to a private party, in addition to replacing a power supply in one of the computers in the lab (which Adam blew up accidentally!). As a parting gift they graphically designed and manufactured 3 beautiful certificates ...

... again and again and again. so what should have been a 4 hour trip turned into a 9 hour trip. So we finally arived at the cuevas´house. slept the night with mosquitos because I forgot my bug spray and then the next day we when on the river, I got to help Denise make lunch on the boat, doing it in the day is easier, I didn´t get quite as motion sick but boy was it hot!. Then we did teaching at the village and saw a few people, one of ...

... etwas lächerlich klingen, aber für mich war das DAS Highlight der Woche :) Meine eigentliche Arbeit läuft nicht mehr so zäh wie zu Beginn. Ich habe gelernt, dass man den Leuten hier ziemlich auf die Füsse steigen muss, um zu bekommen was man will. Alles, was in Deutschland (oder der Schweiz :) ein Selbstläufer wäre, bedarf hier der äussersten Hartnäckigkeit. Das Interessante ist: Man scheint mir das nicht übel zu nehmen. Im Gegenteil - ich wurde sogar ...

... seeing where the impressive modern National Congress building sits directly opposite a deprived, wooden shanty town, which sits below the flood plain of the Bahia de Asuncion (like many new builkd UK homes I guess, only wooden). I did not fancy my chances in the favelas, particularly dressed as a stereotypical gringo - shorts and pick polo shirt, plus rucksack. Easy prey. I thought I would tackle the walk back to the Bus Terminal and stopped halway for a coffee. Despite having "Nescafe ...