by Simon | Oct 19, 2020 | Nature
A sure sign of the arrival of Spring in Paraguay is the reappearance of the swallows. These small birds vanish from the skies as winter arrives. Migrating north to where the chills of winter never reach. The common swallows seen throughout Paraguay are Blue and White...
by Simon | Oct 15, 2020 | Biography
The journey from Paraguay to England is a long one. Sometimes it goes smoothly. Sometimes it is a bit of an adventure. It is now almost exactly one year since I last travelled to England. That last flight was a little complicated. As always when I fly I travelled into...
by Simon | Oct 13, 2020 | Nature
Winter is always the dry season in Paraguay. However this year the winter has been far drier than normal. The annual drought has been much longer than that of previous years. Winter in Paraguay runs with much variation from year to year from June to August. During...
by Simon | Oct 11, 2020 | Biography
Paraguay has always been a place where the unwanted was simply burnt. Household rubbish or grasslands. This every year causes problems as fires set to clear land for agriculture burn out of control. It has long been seen that the cheapest and quickest way to clear...
by Simon | Oct 8, 2020 | History
Long before I had ever thought of travelling to Paraguay I was fascinated by an unusual grave stone in Dunstable cemetery. It just seemed so out of place in an English country graveyard. I always wondered what the story behind it was. The memorial is that of Eliza...
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