We have a brand new key ring for Poki’s keys. Wee Guillermo, Gustavo and Patricia’s 7 year old son, presented me with it. ‘I Love Paraguay’ and a big red heart in the middle. It will be a permanent reminder of the pleasure of meeting the family last night. Guillermo…
It was overcast, when pulling the curtains back, this morning. It turned into heavy rain by lunchtime. We have been trying to get a handle on Paraguyan life and structure. There is clearly something here that is attractive to dissidents, or those wanting to escape rigid political structures. You would…
Our first night sleeping in Poki for some time now. It’s brilliant, but still, at only! 25 degC, too hot for comfort. Waking at 5am to see what progress the storm approaching the east coast of Australia is making. My son Steven, lives in Lismore, Northern New South Wales, and…
It’s going to be another scorching day. No hurry to leave the hotel so we enjoy a hearty breakfast and are leave the hotel by 10am. Border crossing. The border with Paraguay is reached in 10min. It’s chaos. Half of Brasil is crossing to do their shopping. There are very…
Another early start. Up at 6am for a 7am pick up from the hotel. We are going to spend most of the day visiting “The Falls”. On queue the van arrives and we are two of thirteen, but a family of five Paraguayans, three children and two adults were eventually…
Well, that’s an interesting name for a hotel, Hotel Bender, but not a bar in sight. ..:) Priding ourselves for being on the road at 9.15am this morning, turned out to be a nightmare, as 25min later, looking for a drink from my water bottle, realised it, Jen’s bottle and…
Having set the alarm for 6am and hoping it would go off, but waking at 5.58am, anyway. Yes, it did go off. Our backpacks had been packed last night, with a change of clothes, towels, insect repellent, water, and cameras. As Jen mentioned in yesterday’s writing, we are going to…
One of many advantages of staying in hotels, is that we can get on the road earlier in the day. It was by 8.15am today. Unfortunately, it also means missing out on our daily intake of porridge oats as accommodation here in Brasil, includes breakfast. Mostly, those breakfsts are good,…
I think I can uncomfortably say, that was the most difficult night we have experienced – period! It was 32deg C and 82% humidity when we went to bed last night. By 5am it was 27degC and still 80% humidity. Neither of us slept much at all. The weather forecast…
For us, a marathon effort on the road, today. Everything aligned for us. Being in a hotel, and having a good night’s sleep, meant we were on the road by 8.30am and with little habitation along the way, made for largely uninterrupted travel. Uninterrupted, that is apart from speed cameras…