Pilar’s Attractions As we weren’t checking out, but staying another day, we had a leisurely buffet breakfast. Pilar seems quite a spread out place and we’re not in the centre, we decided to take Poki, not walk. Our first visit was to the Paraguay River. Lonely Planet talks about sandy…
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…
Hotel Cecilia As we use Booking.com a lot, we had apparently earned enough points for an upgraded room. It called itself a suite. I wouldn’t really go as far as to call it a suite, but it was large, with an alcove area containing the fridge, lots of wardrobe and…
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 was an overcast morning, when we emerged from our hotel room, so reasonably cool. We went to discover what delights breakfast in a Paraguayan hotel had to offer. Much the same as in Brazil, but with less cake. Only one variety, not three or four. There were no scrambled…
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…
After our long tour of yesterday, we wanted to have a more leisurely day today. We had decided we would go to the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River. Not rushing and having a leisurely breakfast, we would then drive ourselves to the dam and take a tour once there.…
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…
Hotel Bender Hotel Bender was run by a lovely older couple. As well as being a hotel, they ran a small mini type market next to the reception area. During breakfast we decided we should see what the had to offer. Dennis persuaded the wife to make us up a…
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…