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January 28, 2024
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
☀️ 91 °F
Altitude: 63 m
Paraguay Estancia Esteche -25.264536, -57.72238925°15’52” S 57°43’21” W
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Day 17: Bussing to Paraguay
January 27, 2024 in Paraguay ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
We enjoyed our last day in Buenos Aires with some food stops and hiking around the city. We then hopped on a 19 hour bus ride to Paraguay!

They showed weird American movies from 2001, but they were in Spanish and we couldn’t follow. The seats were comfy though and we were able to sleep awhile!

Cafes:
20 de julio Comidas Colombianas
La Junta de 1810

Food:
Aborrajados
Jamón y Queso Tostado
Neapolitan pizza

Spots:
Paraguay and Argentinian Border

Hotel: Empresa Godoy Bus Service ;)Read more
Another day, another ham sandwich🤣🥰 [Patty]
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Day 2
Monday, January 29, 2024
⛅ 99 °F
Altitude: 123 m
Paraguay Villa Morra -25.290674, -57.57879625°17’26” S 57°34’44” W
Day 18/19: Villa Morra
January 29, 2024 in Paraguay ⋅ ⛅ 99 °F
First thing about Paraguay you need to know is that it’s really fucking hot here. 100 degree days every day.

Thus, we spend a lot of time eating and drinking inside. Day 18 we arrived, made it to our hotel which is super awesome and unique, and then got food at D´Alepo Cocina. Walked around the Villa Morra neighborhood and then hit the store for water and food for our room.

We decided Day 19 needed to be a break day to prepare for more physical activities in Bolivia so we spent the day resting in bed, watching Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen.

Hotel: Hotel Massion

Restaurant: D´Alepo Cocina

Food:
Croquetas de Asado a la Olla
Empanadas de Kosinata
Surubi en salsa (spotted catfish)

Spots:
Paraguay River
Villa MorraRead more
TravelerLoved Paraguay - you never forget how hot it was there. Different kinda hot, not enough ice in the world hot. People and the food was amazing though.
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Day 3
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 10:36 PM
🌙 84 °F
Altitude: 68 m
Paraguay Palacio Lopez -25.277307, -57.63724925°16’38” S 57°38’14” W
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Day 20: Downtown Asunción
January 30, 2024 in Paraguay ⋅ 🌙 84 °F
Wonderful day making new friends. At breakfast, we met an Australian/American couple who retired and now traveling for 7 years (Kathy and Vic).

We spent the day perusing downtown Asunción, but it was so hot we needed to hit the pool. We ran into Vic again and agreed to sharing wine and having a lovely dinner in Villa Morra and drinking more local beer.

(Please ignore artistic photo of sweet boi Kieran Perkins)

Restaurants:
Lido Bar
The Walking Beer
Villa Morra Park

Food:
Sopa Paraguaya
Vori Vori
Parrilla (more grilled meats)

Spots:
Costanera de Asunción
Palacio de los López
National Pantheon of Heroes
Loma San JerónimoRead more
Traveler Cornbread or a desert thing?
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Traveler Corn bread. The fun story is its called Sopa Paraguaya which translates to Paraguayan Soup. However, when it arrived, it clearly wasnt soup
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Day 4
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
☀️ 102 °F
Altitude: 144 m
Paraguay Terminal -25.325842, -57.59619125°19’33” S 57°35’46” W
Day 21: Car Trouble in Paraguay
January 31, 2024 in Paraguay ⋅ ☀️ 102 °F
We were doing really good on our budget in Paraguay until Mary decided to open her Uber drivers door into oncoming traffic on the way to the bus station for Brazil.

The drivers and police spoke zero English, but we Google translated that it was our fault and worked with the drivers to write the police report and go to repair shop to fix both cars which in total was $284 USD.

Dale, who was the one who hit the car door was amazing, understanding, and walked us through our first forced police bribe ($20).

Anyway, we stayed in Asunción one more night after the ordeal and enjoyed a nice meal at Bar Leo’s and watched an exciting fútbol game.

Here are pictures from the car accident and the hotel artwork since there is nothing of interest on this stressful day.

Restaurant: Bar Leo

Food:
Empanadas
Ravioles

Spots:
The Asunción Bus Terminal
The Car Repair Shop that belongs to Dales family 😬Read more
TravelerThinking of you!
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TravelerShades of Dublin - car stuff is inevitable!!!
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Day 5
Thursday, February 1, 2024
☀️ 95 °F
Altitude: 194 m
Brazil Foz do Iguaçu -25.536669, -54.58700425°32’12” S 54°35’13” W
Day 22: Bussing to Brazil
February 1, 2024 in Brazil ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F
We woke up at 6am again and made sure not to cause anymore car accidents to make our bus to Brazil.

It was 7 hour bus ride and we got to enjoy the countryside and a little (little) elevation in Paraguay. Crossing the border was rough because you needed wifi to register and it didn’t work for Mary’s phone. However, another couple struggled and we all ended up using Kieran phone to register.

We ended the day at an awesome Brazilian Steakhouse and the a tap house for some much needed beer!

Hotel: CLH
Restaurant: Churrascaria Premium
Tap house: Rock Falls

Food:
Amazing amazing Brazilian grilled meats!!!

Spots:
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Day 6
Friday, February 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM
🌙 81 °F
Altitude: 191 m
Brazil Foz do Iguaçu -25.692408, -54.43421625°41’33” S 54°26’3” W
Day 23 Part 1: Foz do Iguaçu Falls
February 2, 2024 in Brazil ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
Today was too amazing to only make one post.
We visited one of the Seven Wonders of the World:
Foz do Iguaçu!

The waterfalls were breathtaking and the hiking trail was set up so that the end of the trip was cherry on top.

Finally, the National Park is home to wild animals, including the Quati which are really just Brazilian trash pandas. We were lucky to see so many up close!

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Foz do Iguaçu National Park (Brazilian side)Read more
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Day 6
Friday, February 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM
🌙 82 °F
Altitude: 193 m
Paraguay Itaipu -25.407457, -54.58963525°24’27” S 54°35’23” W
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Day 23 Part 2: Birb Park / Itaipu Dam
February 2, 2024 in Paraguay ⋅ 🌙 82 °F
Next we visited the Parque das Aves which is a bird sanctuary for practically extinct birds in Brazil and some other colorful boys from the Atlantic Rain forest. They had one duck, a turtle, and many natural lizards running around.

Then we took a bus to the Itaipu Dam which produces the second most energy in the world, but is first in efficiency per flooding of the natural habitat. The dam is a shared diplomatic, business, and energy source for Brazil and Paraguay! It was really fucking cool.

Ended the night with some fabulous grilled chicken and wine in our hotel room.

Restaurant: Vitória Restaurante e Petiscaria

Food:
File de Frango

Spots:
Parque das Aves
Itaipu Binacional DamRead more
Traveler Cool thunderstorm anvil in the distance!
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TravelerDem good birbs
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Trip end
January 30, 2024