South America 2007

Where is everybody? This is what real backpacking is all about...lovin it!

We crossed the border into Paraguay and hoped off the bus to get our passports stamped, turned around and the bus had gone without us, how rude! I stood up the whole way on the bus crushed next to some guy with a bad boy gun squashed up next to me. I gave up my seat to some other willing passenger, who do they think I am? The red Cross?

When we arrived at the bus station in Encarnacion I felt like an Alien that had just landed. Everyone was staring at us with friendly yet curious eyes. I went into a little shop to buy some water and the shop assistant asked me what I was doing in Paraguay, when I responded I was travelling around to check out the sites, he replied there´s nothing here to see, hmmm, interesting!

First day we headed to the jesuit ruins, we were the ONLY people there, strange bearing in mind this is one of the only attractions in Paraguay! Oh no, actually we werent there was one other person, it was Finn, someone I had met in Rio who said he was heading this direction!

I sat on the ruins and relaxed in the sun, lovely day. Nice to be away from every other traveller for a bit, especially after the mass tourism of Iguacu. The landscapes here are similar to England, really green and Paraguay so far has been so so chilled and the people I have spoken to so far are soooo laid back.

We headed to the second set of ruins in Jesus. On the way walking to the bus stop we saw a car for sale. Parguay is dirt cheap, but this car was 50P! I tried convincing the others to buy it, but they werent convinced. We arranged for the bus driver to come and pick us up at 5pm, have they not heard of bus timetables before? Oh well, we were the only passengers on the bus I guess...ºººº