Saturday, January 12, 2013

Trip to Encarnacion!

The red paintbrush shows where we visited i live in Asuncion . Sorry i used a paint brush I could not figure out how to draw a line...


One of the events I had planned for me and my father to do was go visit another city called Encarnacion. One of the main reasons I went was to just see my friend Alex and also I knew there was a beach however I was surprised by how much more that Paraguay hotspot had to offer. After the dragging seven hour bus ride to that city for a huge fee of 60,000 Guarani (about $14). We arrived the first day and simply were lazy, ate saw the city and what it had to offer. Day two we got moving. We went to the Jesuit ruins. The ruins were a really cool place to go and taught me some of the history on Paraguay. The ruins are where the Jesuits came years and years ago to teach the Paraguayans about the message of god and also bring different types of crops and ways to grow foods to the indigenous people. It was only recently considered a place of history so the place is not in ideal condition.
Some of the ruins.

Some of the ruins


This is me and my friend Alex, he is also AFS from Ohio, he was out tour guide for the duration of out Encarnacion travels.

Also, while in Encarnacion we decided to do a quick trip to Argentina considering it is only across the bridge. We caught a bus and headed over, it took over 45 minutes considering Argentina is semi strict in who enters their country. However, on the other side of the bridge people were speeding along at 80MPH because Paraguay does not genuinely care about who enters their country. A majority of people on the bus were Argentineans because they go for the day to shop in Paraguay because items are cheaper here and they head back during the night, which is why it was so busy. Also, for Paraguay and Argentina they have an agreement that in order to enter each other’s country it is not required to have a passport if you are Argentinean or Paraguayan you simply show a form of identification that proves you are from that country; I personally think that is really cool. Once we arrived we walked the city for a little while. We were in the city called Posadas. Though it is considered a small city in Argentina I felt like it was New York compared to Paraguay. There were people exercising, less buses, clean streets, some of the simple things I simply do not see in Paraguay. We went into a supermarket and saw ice cream being sold in the kilo and me and my friend were shocked that they sold ice cream in the store because they do not in Paraguay. We both were imagining what it is going to be like once we go home to the USA. After walking for a little we went to the river’s edge and realized that Argentina got screwed with the view of Paraguay.


This is Paraguays view of Argentina, so pretty!
This is Argentinas view of Paraguay... Sorry Argentina.

After are evening stroll we headed to grab some dinner.

Our great dinner choice!

Me and Alex ordering because my fathers spanish is useless haha and my favorite waiter!

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