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... theatre, which looks quite modern, The Casa of the Independence, this is where the Indepenence charted was signed and is a bit of a museum, and finally the Hall of Heroes. This is their version of the Cenotaph with the tomb of an unknown warrior at the centre and the tombs of famous national figures all around, the whole lot guarded by two ceremonial soldiers. This walk was OK, but there was not anything outstanding to see and the town was very smelly ...

... the train had gone an hour earlier. Imprevisible Paraguay... :)<br><br>Another memorable moment was when we went around the markets. A whole district of the city is a gigantic open air bazaar, you can find anything there as long as you know where to find it. :) It's very funny walking around all of that, bargaining here and there just for fun, and to discover weird stuff! There are tons of fruits and vegetables everywhere, and at some point we stumbled upon tiny pineapples, the ...

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... arriver au terminal de bus, et là un bon chaos pour trouver un bus pour aller à Asunción! Le bus était bien sale, bien lent, bien chaud sous le soleil du milieu du jour, et pour faire 300km nous avons mis 8h. Et à nouveau des petits vendeurs montaient dans le bus pour proposer de la nourriture et des boissons. C'était drôle de revenir là-dedans, c'était comme retrouver une vieille connaissance un peu casse-noisette de temps à autre, mais avec laquelle on a bien rigolé. :)<br><br ...

... it all. I guess the big news is that I've been into Asuncion twice. There is very little free time to explore or really to leave our village, so anything like that is exciting. Just coming in here to town is a special treat since I wasn't expecting to get out of class early today. The first time I went in on Sunday, our only free day, with another trainee, but it was pretty much a bust. We arrived at the Mercado 4 at about 12 as it was closing. The ...

... about 6 or 7 cows, and lots of chickens, ducks, and turkeys. They also have a small field near the house where they raise simple crops like pineapple, sugar cane, oranges, mangoes, manioc, etc. I spent last night just around the house and seeing the area. My host brother Osmar gave me several tours. Also, last night there were lots of family members around. Last week, my host father´s father died. It is the tradition that the entire family gets together each ...

... in fact, almost equally, Spanish in culture, American in agriculture. Occasionally you can even see a real live gaucho, like a European dandy compared to his US counterpart, but they look cool. I vaguely remember a river passing under us, so that must have been the Parana' but I couldn't swear to it. Bumps in the road become minor collisions in my semi-lucid dreams, but at least the Burmese didn't attack. That's only happens when I take sleeping pills.

So I'm really tired again from a full day of driving around (courtesy of the super amazing and friendly Klaus from couchsurfing) with Klaus and Igel and Paola (German couple). We ...

... next years edition of the guiness book of world records. Here is the link to the music page of NPR where you can read a little about our music teacher, and local corner store owner Mr. Benitez. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor y.php?storyId=93570364&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1 105 Also I found a video from Frontline related to Paraguayan harp music. Not by us. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stori es/paraguay604/video_index.html

The gods of weather paved the way for a safe return to my hostel last night. I had finished a pretty good dinner, set against a decent lightning show in the surrounding sky and the ominous looking gangs of kids were beginning to gather when the skies opened and I was able to leg it home through the torrential rain as the boys dispersed. Ha ha. The return to my room unfortunately confirmed that the cockroach I had seen earlier was not alone, and I think I found mum, dad and a few members ...