Ended up going down to the coast and having a massive feed in a restaurant looking out over the river, having met with the new voluntarias (3 girls, Kristen from Florida, and two Irish girls, Finula and...ummm, I forgot). 35 Pesos each, under 6 quid each for yummy meal, wine, dessert.
Strolling it off, we stopped to gaze at Paraguay on the other side. We´ve been told by pretty much everyone who lives here that Paraguay is dull dull dull, but we fancy going over just to get the stamp in my passport. It´s just over a bridge, a day trip.
I took a pic on x12 zoom, and when I zoomed in again I could virtually look into someone´s house! That´s one *fine* camera, the Canon Ixus.
This is Paraguay from the Argentinian coast. Looks appealing, no?
Everyone says just go to this market on the Posadas coast, derogatorily called ´Paraguay in a Box´, where apparently you can find anything worth seeing without crossing the border. We went: a load of maté cups, bad underwear, worse shoes and all sorts of tat you would never want. Might give Paraguay a miss after all.
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Oh. And I´m afraid to say, Winnie died in the night. Kirsten was upset, but relieved the little one wasn´t suffering any more. Apparently it´s really hard to rear them in captivity and this is the 4th one they´ve had die on them. RIP Pooh bear :(
R.I.P. Winnie the Bear. May-June 2008.
1 comment:
oh noooo! poor lickle pooh bear :-(
you'll be pleased to know that its 27 degrees and sunny sunny sunny in London, chucked down when i was holidaying in spain and now im back in the office its glorious! not gloating about your rain coz im stuck in doors even though its lovely outside! PK xx
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