Winter Park Townhomes Asuncion

... try to make a few bucks by washing car windshields at intersections, helping you parallel park your car, or pan-handling. Here in Paraguay, there are droves of people who try to make their living like this. At a major intersection, there might be two people selling apples, two selling oranges, one selling instant lotto tickets, one selling candy, one selling Paraguayan biscuits called chipa, a team of kids (under 10 years old) washing ...

... my friend).<br><br>I slept covertly in my new room that night, I say sleep but the ear plugs and the howling dogs did little to block out the noise coming from yer sober one in my original room next door. Today is a free day cos the weather was ***** (it would turn out to be the least ***** one of the 3 ironically) so we sat around drinking coffee before cadging a lift into town to go and see this big dam. We had to first watch this movie (read propaganda) before getting ...

... stopped at the Brazilian border crossing and accused of being illegal immigrants! Little did we know that you have to beg bus drivers in this continient to stop at border crossings in order to recieve your passport stamp! Insane! This is because locals do not require stamps, only us travelling folk. After a very scary discussion using our very poor Spanish skills we somehow were allowed back into Argentina without ...

... en loques, pieds nus, sales et sentant mauvais, c'est la norme pour toutes ces populations oubliés... De nos jours s'y rajoute l'influence minable des US, alors ils adoptent des styles pseudo-gangsta et attitudes de gang. C'est beau la civilisation...<br><br>Notre hôtel lors de notre premier passage à Asunción était vraiment miteux, alors nous ne voulions pas y retourner. Se posait donc le problème d'où dormir, et en fin de compte j'ai décidé de nous offrir un petit peu de luxe ...

... Corps in Paraguay.) In short, I had lunch with the mayor and my Host father inside alone. I tried to help out on the field but we have class Saturdays so couldn't really. Saturday night I went to a quince años (yes, in Mexico the party is called a quincañera, but here it is just quince años) for a neighbor. That was nice, and the food was excellent, probably the best food I have had in Paraguay. They killed a pig for the occasion, and the ribs were excellent ...

I guess I didn't realize that I hadn't written in 4 months... sorry about that. Life is great. I love living in Asuncion and love my apartment. I have a great roommate and we are getting along really well. It's nice to be living with someone instead of alone. I know there were a few people who wanted to see picture of my fabulous apartment. I did even better and took a video of it to share with you (It should be uploaded with ...

... map project at the jail...finished our grant for a new classroom at my school (keep your fingers crossed for us)...finished my English class with my youth...now it's vacation time and on to summer projects. Mainly summer camps and I'll start up my English class again after the holidays. Then the new group of volunteers will be arriving (the ones that will replace my group)...and then I'll be heading back to the states! Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! :)

... by Bonairenses. The tradition of smoking is very much alive and well, thank you, with a passion and a vengeance. People don't just smoke, they SMOKE, complete with nasty butts flicked to the floor as is the custom in the mother country of old, a world with many bars, and I don't mean cell-phone signals. Oh sure, they put up signs and cordon off sections, but you know how that works. They put up 'wi-fi' signs everywhere too, in cafes especially ...

Ich habe das Gefühl, ich bin schon ewig hi**. Kein Wund**, denn ich sehe ja auch imm** mehr od** we***** das Gleiche. Trotzdem geht es mir blendend. Gest**n ist ein neu** deutsch** Praktikant, Johnny, angekommen und als ob es nicht b**eits **freulich genug wäre, dass ich nun endlich wied** flüssige Gespräche üb** and**e Themen als Essen und Wett** führen kann, ist sein Spanisch auch noch grottenschlecht. Ich will nicht schadenfreudig sein, ab** es ist doch aufbauend zu wissen, dass jemand ...

... turned over his computer lab keys to the newly selected computer lab directors, Mirian and Meny. Over the next few months Adam will be training them in computer lab administration, as well as more advanced computer use. They will take over for him gradually and will be fully in charge after we leave in December. We are currently trying to come up with a plan for compensating them financially for their work - as of now they are doing it voluntarily, though probably ...