Saturday, June 20, 2009

To Paraguay

This was our first view of Paraguay as we crossed the border from Foz do Iguacu in Brazil, across a wide river over a high bridge by foot into the hectic Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este.

The difference was immediately apparent. It felt closer to Bolivia than Brazil or Argentina. The military dictatorship only ended relatively recently and the country is still very rural. Everyone seemed very friendly and as soon as we got out of the big, messy trading city of Ciudad del Este things started to look a lot prettier.

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