La Mision Asuncion

... in the area, Seamus recounted how he’d come across 8 himself……I was also met with similar blank response when trying to explain that a) what a 'scrab’ was and b) that it was an actual real word. I must say it was a wee gem of a night, truth be told.

We left for the border after breakfast, stopping off at a duty free mall but it was fierce dear to be honest. We were at the brazilian border for 2 and ½ hours getting quizzed about our ...

... if he took offense to being kicked in the head! Don“t put buffer in you buffer here! We booked on the deluxe bus and after some difficulty explained to the driver that we needed to stop at the border to get our passports stamped. Well, the bus was very spacious and the bus did stop at the border - we were going to make it! We secured our belongings to the bus and settled in for the night. It was literally only 10 minutes into the drive when we ...

... super market we were followed by children hoping you'd buy them food; if you pulled out a bottle of drink in the street people would approach you asking for it; there seemed to be police everywhere, as much to stop people bathing in the fountains as for safety it seems. But the city is charming and with such incredibly good weather we weren't complaining. We followed up the days success with dinner in town and using our now highly refined map reading skills we ...

... I realize none of the channels will be covering the game: ESPN - Classic Boxing Matches, ESPN Plus - Asian Poker Tour, and Fox Sports - Soccer Highlights! Okay, this f---in sucks! The game of the year and I'm going to be staring at my computer screen for 4 hours looking at written play by play updates! At least the Gators won and my parents recorded the game for me so I can watch it at a future date. Anyways I am out of here and off to Iguazu Falls.

... on the bus, and when we stepped off the bus it was really hot and noticeabley humid, border formalities were pretty speedy, we only had to stop for about 1 hour or so,before we were back on the bus again for the ride into Asuncion. When we arrived at the bus station, we had to find a cash machine to get some Paraguayan money, the currency is the Guarani and it is at 7200 to the pound, so very easy to remember then, in the guidebook it says the rate is 10000 to the ...

... in about 50 minutes. The rest of the day was spent getting Rob a haircut and a new tshirt and then contacting HSBC for an update on the theft. Turns out that it was in Mendoza (the city in Argentina where our sunglasses were stolen) that the crime occured. We only used the internet once there in an internet cafe (I can“t remember the name of it but it was opposite McDonalds, really big and new, all the computers had flat screens ...

A day in the life of a new nurse living in Paraguay. Up at 6:55 to the sound of dogs barking and chickens crowing. The missions chickens live about 20 ft from the back of my house. They can be rather obnoxious some mornings or in the middle of the afternoon or the middle of the night. Breakfast and then devotions at 7:30 with the students and staff. After that I help out in the kitchen, I have become an expert mandoica peeler. The down side of that is that I often find out what we are ...

... sich dann auch irgendwie in mein** Unt**kunft, mit d** ich mich ab** wohl bald anfreunden w**de. Die Leute sind auf jeden Fall nett. Ich wohne hi** in einem Haus mit and**en Praktikanten (Christian aus Deutschland, Ben aus England und zwei Spani**innen). Es lohnt wohl zwar kaum, sich gross mit denen anzufreunden, weil die alle bald gehen w**den, ab** hilfreich ist es allemal. Die schlechte Nachricht: Ich v**stehe ...

... place. (The Srta had instructed the bus driver!) I was met at the Pension by a very nice elderly lady, and I was give a huge bedroom by myself, again. Two double beds in the room, and a nice fan. I found a mezanine in a grocery store that serves food; they weigh the food and sell it by the gram. And sell nice cold beer; the room with the tables has a TV, always tuned to soccer games. Me and the muchachos ...

It's June! Can you believe a whole month went by without an update from Paraguay? I know you are excited...so here goes! Last school fundraiser: Party in the cancha til 1 AM Why? We needed money for flags so that my school could be in the parade this past Saturday The party was a success, for the first time since my school has been opened they ...