Internacional Asuncion Hotel

... Korean descent, among others. I think many of them (especially Europeans) came around the time of WWII to escape the rule of the Axis Powers. <br>- There isn't much tourism. Paraguay has no beaches, no mountains, and very little jungle, so it's hard to draw tourists when the region has places like Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Patagonia, the Bolivian altiplano, Tierra del Fuego, Iguazu Falls, and the Amazon. <br>- There ...

... panic and checking of personal items on the truck before they left.. This is when I hid behind my favourite bush again. But anyway rissoles for starter followed by chicken curry, it was agreed this was the nicest dinner to date. I did the rissoles. As we were washing up, blonde ruth jones started having a row with kev over some ***** called an employment matrix which ended up with her telling him he was thick whereas she was intelligent, did I mention how nice she is? I ...

... for two other days, so I will be working on it for three days. I went last Tuesday and all I did was catch the tiles that they threw down as they took off the old roof. Still, I was very sore the next day, and my hands and wrists are all scratched up from catching. Let's see... a lot has happened in the last 2 weeks, but I can't really thing of anything too too excited. I dug out 2 pique, which are like mites, from the bottom of my foot the ...

... nous sommes retrouvés dans un des mini-bus milk-shakes de toutes les couleurs, et nous nous sommes faits secouer! :) Et puis Luque n'est pas une ville, tout au plus un grand village éparpillé autour d'une route. Nous sommes descendus au hasard, en espérant être au bon endroit. Raté. Mais nous étions juste devant un petit magasin de glaces, alors en fin de compte c'était pas si pire! :) Après avoir savouré nos glaces, nous nous sommes remis en marche le long de la route. Nous avons demand ...

... service training for a group of 19 PCVs followed by an "encounter" (thats literally translated from spanish) for all 34 PCVs in our sector. Sort of a meet and greet that involved a photo-scavenger hunt around asuncion and a BBQ. I don't have much to talk about or any great pictures from Paraguay to share right now. Mom is coming down in just 6 weeks and we are planning our trip to Brazil. I was going to take portugese classes ...

... practice a lot, and then practice more at home. I've actually learned quite a bit in just the last 2 days and can sufficiently introduce myself and tell you I want to milk your cow - Añami se nde vaka, in case you were wondering. Yesterday was the first day of technical training where we actually did any work. We split up into groups and my group dug a trash pit and cut and split bamboo to build a fence ...

From Uni we headed back to La Paz - again - and flew out via Santa Cruz to Paraguay. Our immediate reaction when we reached Asuncion was surprise at how fast people were walking and talking after 3 months in the Andes. We took a hot and sweaty bus to Foz de Iguazu in Brazil.

... the pedestrian malls, along with the obligatory hippies peddling their hippie accoutrements. There but for the grace of God... But it's a little cold this early in the October springtime, barely hitting 20C if at all (that's pretty low for a high, Homie; trust me). People crowd the north-facing slopes (it's the southern hemisphere, remember) at midday like turtles on logs to soak up what they can get for free. At least space heaters are not an unknown ...

... od** sich üb** meine Grösse lustig zu machen. Ein äuss**st amüsant** Haufen ist das hi**. Spät** gehen Johnny und ich und noch ein paar Bi**chen trinken. Meine Spanischkenntnisse haben sich zwar durch seine Anwesenheit nicht wesentlich v**bess**t, ab** Unfähigkeit macht im Doppelpack einfach bedeutend mehr Spass als alleine. Ach ja: United hat B**batov v**pflichtet - und zwar auf filmreife Art und Weise. Wie könnte es mir da jemals schlecht gehen? In diesem Sinne: Un abrazo y hasta pronto!

... fell due to the 50lb backpack on my back. I packed WAY too much. Anyway, I made it back. So after 2 days back I've officially made the decision to apply for the Peace Corps Volunteer Coordinator position. If I receive it, I will be in PY for another 13 months, but working in the office and living in Asuncion. I would get a month paid home leave, and PC pays for the ticket! (as well as my other 3 ...