by Simon | Apr 12, 2024 | Biography
I live a good life out in the Paraguayan countryside. I do though like however to take the occasional trip into Asuncion. In Asuncion I can do a little sightseeing around the city or visit one of the modern shopping malls. Visiting anything even vaguely resembling a...
by Simon | Sep 22, 2023 | Biography
This week is one that has been dominated by ongoing attempts to fix a problem with my motorbike. A repair that has dragged out over several days. It all began one afternoon at the beginning of the week when the speedometer stopped working. The needle swung back to...
by Simon | Apr 14, 2023 | Biography
I live out in the Paraguayan countryside. It is a good place to live but from time to time I do like to see something different. For me that generally means seeing a bit of city life. Being just 80 km away Asuncion is easy for me to reach. The trip inevitably involves...
by Simon | Dec 27, 2022 | Biography
This year as I do almost every year I spent my Christmas in Paraguay. In the countryside outside Piribebuy with my local friends. And as always it was an enjoyable time. Christmas here in Paraguay is in many ways different to that in northern latitudes. The scenery...
by Simon | Dec 2, 2022 | Biography
Almost every day my cooking at home is done with firewood. The exceptions being rainy days. On those days when all the firewood is wet a small electric oven makes a useful subsitute. Cooking with firewood is by the nature of the fuel a potentially messier business...
by Simon | Sep 23, 2022 | Biography
During my years in Paraguay the communications systems have seen many changes. From almost nothing when I first came here to now entering the digital age. They now are far better than I could ever had imagined they would be when I first arrived. Back in 2002 I arrived...
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