Visiting San Blas in Piribebuy became an adventure

Visiting San Blas in Piribebuy became an adventure

Yesterday I decided to visit the chapel of San Blas in Piribebuy. I had only been there once before. That was during festival time over fifteen years ago. Accordingly I had only a vague idea where it was. It was also well overdue a visit. In Piribebuy the chapel of...
Here in Paraguay I have become quite an expert at DIY

Here in Paraguay I have become quite an expert at DIY

Before I came to Paraguay no one would ever have thought to describe me as good at DIY. In fact anything beyond the most basic would not have been attempted by me. Quite simply I have always approached manual tasks on a need to know basis. In England there was little...
Many years ago when I first travelled to Paraguay

Many years ago when I first travelled to Paraguay

It is now almost 20 years since I arrived in Paraguay for the first time. Then I had left behind a job working in a bank in England. Ahead lay a teaching project in the Paraguayan countryside. The year was 2002. By then much of the back office work in the bank had...
Before I came to Paraguay England was my home

Before I came to Paraguay England was my home

Paraguay has been my home now for nearly twenty years. Before that England was where I call home. More precisely the town of Dunstable. There I grew up, went to school and then to work. Dunstable is an average sized market town in Southern England. It is located in...
My first trip to Asuncion for a long time

My first trip to Asuncion for a long time

It had been quite a while since I last visited Asuncion. 18 months or more. The last time I was there was upon my return from England after my last visit. A few months after that Covid arrived and restrictions were put in place. Even through those have on the whole...
Flying from England to Paraguay

Flying from England to Paraguay

The flight from England to Paraguay is something I have taken numerous times over the years. And equally often in the opposite direction. These were of course all pre COVID and so everything mentioned in this article refers to pre pandemic times. It may be a little...