Paraguay

Asunción: My half million

Friendly.Expressive.Empty Asunción is a strange kind of capital, but then Paraguay is a strange sort of country. Arriving in after a comfortable six hour coach journey where I managed to snatch the top floor front seat on the coach, something akin to getting the front seats on the DLR. To make another London comparison, walking […]

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Encarnación: Banished from the land!

Paraguay

Driven.Derelict.Deranged I’d read some accounts of crossing the border into Paraguay as a little on the sketchy side from previous travellers’ accounts. With the city of Cuidad Del Este forming the gateway into the vast jungles of Paraguay. Known for its discounted goods, it’s a well established haven for Brazilian shoppers doing the equivalent of

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