Paraguay from every angle
Life, culture, landscapes. All that is Paraguay, and my life herePiribebuy, touristic Paraguayan country town
Sitting in the hills about 80km from Asunción is the small town of Piribebuy. The town was founded in 1640 and has as it center piece on a grassy plaza a fine old church dating from the foundation of the town. Surrounding the plaza there still remain several...
Asunción, the capital of the nation
Sitting on the east bank of the Rio Paraguay stands Asunción, the capital of Paraguay and by far it's largest city. The city was founded in 1537 when a more peaceful unriver sight was saught following native attacks on the recently founded Buenos Aires. Travelling...
Moving to Paraguay from England
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...
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....
A little of the history of Paraguay
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...
A bit of geography as to where Paraguay is
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...
Paraguay, and where is that?
Paraguay, and where is that? A question I have been asked numerous times over the years. Firstly and most importantly it is somewhere very much off the well travelled tourist trails. Not somewhere sought too often in the reference material on display in travel shops....