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Archive for October, 2007

• Recetas de Comidas Tipicas del Paraguay- Paraguay Typical food recipes

  Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

  La gastronomía del Paraguay tiene elementos comunes a toda América como ser el uso del maíz, la mandioca, el maní y las legumbres, pero además la herencia de los recursos naturales y de la cultura de los Guaraníes y la amalgama con la cultura europea nos dan una gastronomía diferente al resto de América y […]

• Paraguayan Women

  Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

  Owner of grace, immense beauty and a huge sense of sacrifice. Paraguayan women have their own peculiarities they complain too little and bear too much.
  They raise their men in a society where men rule, they educate their daughter to serve their brother and later on in adult life to serve their men.
  After the war 70% […]

• Nostalgic

  Sunday, October 28th, 2007

  This time of the year again…wow, another year is passing by so fast…and I’m here and probably and most likely not going home for Xmas again…how sad is that? not being able to be with my family for Xmas again, and not even for my birthday =(. oh, well…I won’t miss the extremely hot Xmas […]

• Muna’s Store on Amazon

  Thursday, October 25th, 2007

  After gathering interesting items from Paraguay I’ve decided to open this little store where I constantly will add more items related to Paraguay, interesting things, music, specially books that I will recommend thru this site. This site is hosted on Amazon.com and I handpicked by me specially for our blog.
  I found some very interesting downloadable […]

• From Brazil to Paraguay

  Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

  Source: abc.com.py
  This sounds pretty interesting, I just found this news on abc.com.py.
  Starting spring of 08 this interesting tourist package will be available in Brazil for 10 days with up to 4 days extension to Paraguay or Argentina, depending on the tourist preferences. The trip would start in Foz do Iguazu (where the water falls are) […]

• Learn Spanish in 3 steps.

  Friday, October 12th, 2007

  Step 1 - KNOW THE PERSONS - Read yesterday’s Post to learn how to conjugate the verbs.
  Yo - I
  Tu - You
  El - He
  Nosotros - We
  Vosotros or Ustedes in South America - You Plural
  Ellos- They
  KEY WORDS Goes into the step 1. Key words are: Donde? Where?, Cuando? When?, Por que? why? Que? What? Para que? […]

• Learn Spanish with me =)

  Friday, October 12th, 2007

  I always said that the best way to get around Paraguay is to learn a bit Spanish before your trip, or during it or after it (if you want to get back). People there don’t speak English, they will try to understand you, just in case I created this system so you can learn the […]

• Paraguayan Mate cocido recipe.

  Thursday, October 11th, 2007

  Cocido is one of my favorite drinks in the whole world, cocido con leche (with milk) is even better…you can try a similar version to the Paraguayan Cocido at Tully’s the name is Latte Mate or order the bagged version online (which is pretty good)
  But for those of you that want the real cocido […]

• Paraguayan Travel Agency Information

  Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

  For trips to Paraguay I think the best solution is to contact directly with Paraguayan Operators in the US (otherwise it can be very pricey) here is another great find I’m going to share with you, This agency is in NY and it’s a Paraguayan flight specialist, run by Paraguayans, Phone: 718 721 3398 and […]

• Iguazu Falls

  Sunday, October 7th, 2007

  This is not Paraguay but very very close, these falls are in Foz do Iguazu and called Iguazu Falls (Argentina and Brazil) that is on the border with Ciudad del Este. (Paraguay)
  These videos are awesome, and millions of people visit every year the Iguazu falls that are one of the biggest and most beautiful falls […]