A number of business that closed in the old town have remained that way, although a number did take the opportunity to relocate to more modern premises.

Those were the little boats you saw. They travel out of the bay and then a short distance upstream along the Rio Paraguay before landing at Chaco’i. The landing spot is just a dusty transport link with a carpark and a couple of basic stores. Not wishing to get stranded there (I didn’t know what the turn around time between boats was) I did not wander of go exploring .

Margaret Hebblethwaite mentions Chaco’i across the river with the Manguruyu restaurant. With COVID happening during my trip, wonder if things were shut down? The big Pirate Bar down the street from the hotel had closed, for example.

Yes do, it’s a commuter service really, but well worth doing for a chance to get out on the river and to see Asuncion from the water