Hotel del Lago Asuncion

... and wiping headlights, and a pair of even younger kids (as in, between 2 and 5 years old) going car-window to car-window pan-handling. And that's at each of the four entrances to the intersection. Then there are others that hop on and off local buses all day selling all the same stuff. <br>- Poverty is very real here. There are more than a few people who build makeshift tents in vacant lots from stuff they picked up in the trash and survive by ...

... this lush bus to tour the big dam, bus envy aside it was all a bit **** unless you&#8217;re into great feats on engineering and I would have preferred to stay in bed. We got a regular bus home, the driver of which had the pleasure of matt falling right into his lap.<br><br>Later that evening and despite my concerns we set off on a &#8216;first choice&#8217; style excursion to an all you can eat (not drink) buffet where we would watch all styles of south American dance ...

... fine or being arrested, phew.<br><br>The following day we hopped on a bus to Paraguay to visit the capital city, Acunsion. As expected, we got in a big scary argument with the bus driver to simply let us off to get our passport stamps at the border crossing (ridiculous!). We were then stuck in the very scary Paraguayan border town of Ciudad Del Este, said to be one of South Americas most corrupt cities! Thankfully ...

... de rompre la routine des dortoirs ou des chambres minuscules. Nous avons donc filé dans un des hôtels de luxe, l'Asunción Palace! :) Les prix, bien que chers par rapport au pays, restent très raisonnables pour des occidentaux. Nous n'avons pas pris la suite de luxe, qui comportait 3 pièces distinctes plus la salle-de-bain, seulement une chambre normale qui ne comportait de que deux pièces... Elle avait l'air conditionné, le WiFi, mini-bar au même prix que les petites boutiques, le petit ...

... no fat and so tender. BUT.... No Coke for me, as every one knows that drinking coke with pork could kill you. Really, a grown woman told this to my face. Sunday was the big event of the weekend. We all went into Villeta, the seat of the municipality, to go to the inaugural festivities of the local soccer league. There are 16 teams just in the municipality, and my host father is the coach of ours. The teams paraded out in their uniforms, speeches were ...

... entry) I don't have the best camera skills, but you get a tour of my apartment. And it had been cleaned the day before, so it's looking pretty good in the video. We actually have a woman clean our apt every other week. I know it seems like we're living large if we can afford a cleaning lady, but I assure you, we are not. In fact, I use most of my money 2 weeks after I get paid and then I have to skrimp the next 2 weeks until ...

Sorry that it`s been a while since I've written. It's been hard to find the time to come in to the Internet and sit and write for a while, but today is a lazy Sunday and a few of us have walked here to the Internet (it's about a 40 minute walk from my house to the nearest one). This weekend was tech overnight, where we divided into small groups and went out to volunteer sites to work on projects. A group of 5 of us went out to a site in Paraguari department. We visited a ...

... be 3 stone heavier coming home! This one place, they circle u with meat all nite! Before that we were in the north of Argentina in Carlos Pelligrini. It took us 18 hours by bus (not the original 10 planned!). We were stopped by every police checkpoint and ran into a protest along the way! Its a good way to get a look at the country though ...

... mehr**en Jahren Spanischunt**richt und zwei Sprachaufenthalten in Spanien und Paraguay nicht wesentlich bess** spricht als ich, Mist** Crashkurs. Sein Wortschatz ist zwar bess**, ab** dafür ist seine Aussprache deutsch** wie sie deutsch** nicht sein könnte. Das macht Freude! Als "Alteingesessen**" war es natürlich meine Pflicht, ihn ein wenig in die Geheimnisse d** Casa de Pasantes und d** Fundacion Paraguaya einzuweisen. Irgendetwas muss ich dabei falsch gemacht haben, denn gest**n ...

... the expectation that eventually they will see some monetary reward. One possibility is paying them a portion of the proceeds from the computer classes that are currently being taught. These classes - 3 sessions each week of 3 hours each - are almost completely full, and people are still coming to us asking if they can get in. So far the demand indicates the computer lab is providing a highly desired service. That's about all I have time to write...enjoy the photos!