Welcome to my Paraguayan world
Welcome to Simons Paraguay. This is where I keep all my tales of life in Paraguay. Through articles in the journal you will be able to discover the many aspects of Paraguay. Be it the land, the culture, the wildlife, the history, the people or anything else relating in some way to the country. Then additionally in the gallery, a collection of photographs from around the land.
And of course items about my life here. How I came to be in Paraguay and what it is like to live here.
Please do read on. I hope you enjoy my tales.
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A few of the many items awaiting discovery in the journal
Teaching in Paraguay
Once I had arrived in Paraguay I could get to grips with what I had come here to do, teaching children English. From the capital once everyone had caught their breaths we relocated 80km into the interior where the project was to be set up. The chosen location was the...
How I came to Paraguay
Relocating from England to Paraguay is probably neither the most common nor obvious way of moving abroad so it would help if I explained a little of how it came about. Back in the later part of the last century there I was filling the days working in an English bank....
Seven monsters of Guarani mythology
Central to the legends and mythology of the Guarani people are the severn monsters that were bought into being shortly after the creation of the first people. The tale of how they came to be is as follows. One of the first people had a daughter called Kerana. She was...
The Guarani Creation Myth
Paraguay is a country rich in mythology and folklore. Much of this dates to a time long before the arrival of the Spanish. A time when the Guarani were one of a number of indigenous groups living across the land that was to become Paraguay. The Guarani in common with...
Land I bought for my home in Paraguay
As outlined in other posts I first came to Paraguay in 2002. Back then I came to teach English to children. That I did on a voluntary project in the countryside outside the town of Piribebuy. Doing that was very enjoyable thing to do, and very rewarding. I left to...
