Woke up on day three with sharp pain in my left foot – swollen up, bright red – no idea. Could barely walk. Iced it down, took some painkillers, hobbled my way a couple of blocks to the pharmacy, pharmacist looked at it, examined it for any possibility of a bite or something, we agreed… Read More Museum Day
One of the things I was warned about before coming was the combination of heat and humidity that I was going to encounter in Asunción. I was prepared, but the first two days were rather mild – Sunday was in the high 80s, but not particularly humid, and cooled into the mid-70s in the evening.… Read More The Heat
You might get the whole rest of the trip (so far) over the course of today. It’s a rainy day – though at this point more just sprinkling, and I’d planned it as a museum day – but, I can’t walk. Don’t know what I did, but woke up with what I’d guess is a… Read More The Official Buildings of Asunción
In preparation for this trip I talked with a lot of people about what I might do here. Now, the general expat response was that no one had any idea, but that it always sounded like something interesting to do, or, more interest from folk in things like eco-adventure tourism and/or the Jesuit Mission trail.… Read More Megalomaniac Boulevard
Several years ago my friend Rick and I were talking about taking a trip up to Paraguay, doing the whole Jesuit Mission trail, the Paraguayan side of Iguazu Falls, and visiting a couple of the cities, from Ciudad del Este to Asunción to Concepción. Well, Rick has moved back to the States and I only… Read More Assumption
Continuing on to the final Montevideo post, basically, from the far right edge of the red circle I cut straight down to the shoreline and then just walked the rambla, or boardwalk, pretty much to the eastern edge of what’s shown on the map – though it does continue east from there. The rambla is… Read More Montevideo in photos, VII
Winding down – my last full day in Montevideo. You remember that whole thing about not going to Asunción because of the heat and Montevideo having lower temps? Well, Tuesday wasn’t so cooperative, with temperatures spiking at 42°C (108°F). The morning didn’t start out that way as I headed south and east… …into the pink… Read More Montevideo in photos, VI
After quite the heavy lunch it was back to the apartment to collapse for a while and then get some work done. Mid-afternoon, headed out to the pretty little Museo Gurvich on the neighboring Plaza Matriz, free to visit on Tuesdays, just for your planning. Interesting stuff (no photos allowed, not surprisingly), reminds me a… Read More Montevideo in photos, V