by Simon | Jan 17, 2020 | Biography
By mid 2004 the teaching project had come to an end and after a bit of sightseeing around South America I headed back to England. There was not much of a plan as to what to do next other than not returning to the bank. Back in England it was good to catch up with all...
by Simon | Jan 16, 2020 | Biography
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...
by Simon | Jan 14, 2020 | Biography
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....
by Simon | Jan 13, 2020 | History
Rather than an indepth history lesson this will be for now a quick overview of the history of Paraguay. In Pre Columbian times Paraguay was in common with Brazil and other forested areas of South America thinly populated with by various indgenous groups living the...
by Simon | Jan 11, 2020 | History
Paraguay sits landlocked in the middle of South America. It is bordered on the east by Southern Brazil, on the north by Bolivia and on the south and west by Northern Argentina. Landlocked as it is there is no coast or direct access to the sea but its connection to the...
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