Category: Paraguay
Gifts for Host Families & Friends During your time in Paraguay, you will find that friendships with locals, long or short term, will greatly enrich your visit and help …
Jazzing Up Your Mate or Terere with Yuyos Paraguayans are firm believers in using medicinal plants on a regular basis to heal ailments and prevent illness. Nowhere is this …
Mate Caliente Regardless of the season most adult Paraguayans start off the day with a few rounds of mate caliente. While water is heated, a recipient known as a …
Paraguayan Websites Though Paraguay’s blogging community is still small, there are a handful of blogs worth following. Discovering Paraguay (www.discoveringparaguay.com) features posts on all aspects of Paraguayan culture, from …
Carmelitas/Shopping del Sol The upscale restaurants and shopping areas along Avenida Espana (the largest being Paseo Carmelitas) are a popular hangout for Asuncion’s elite. Further down Avenida Espana is …
Paraguayan Transportation City Buses City buses are the most common method of transportation in Asuncion with over fifty privately operated bus lines (lineas) streaming into the city from surrounding …
A City of Many Names Upon its founding in 1537, the city was officially named La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asuncion …
Paraguayan Taxis Taxis run by the meter with a base fare of Gs. 5,000. They can be hailed off the street, picked up at a taxi stand (throughout the …