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Encarnación, Paraguay Expatriat Community
January 27, 2025
Here in Encarnación there is an expat group meetup twice a month. I'm surprised by the number of expats in this small city. Many of those expatriates (expats) come from Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian World Congress, there are supposedly 40,000 Ukrainians living in Paraguay. Ukrainians first came from Argentina, just across the Paraná River from Encarnacón, in the 1920s due to the economic problems at that time. They started arriving in Argentina in the late 19th century.
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December 14, 2024
After a quite stormy afternoon and evening in Paraguarí, I arrived in Encarnación in the afternoon on the 11th.
Read MoreParaguarí, Paraguay
December 12, 2024
Paraguarí, Paraguay, with a population around 23,000, was founded in 1775. Paraguarí is called "Cradle of National Independence", since in the Cerro Mba'e fight, of January 19, 1811, the Paraguayan army defeated the Spanish army from Buenos Aires. That win lead to the independence of Paraguay. In the early-to-mid 17th century the Jesuits were expelled from Paraguay by order of the King of Spain, then soon after, the town of Paraguarí was founded.
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December 10, 2024
Asunción, Paraguay, my second visit to this city, the capital of Paraguay. I wrote quite a lot about Asunción in May 2023 after my first visit, so this time I the blog for Asunción will be shorter. First, it's raining. On and off all day, each day, so my chances of exploring more of the city have been quite limited. Also, the charger thing for my laptop computer died so I had to spend a good chunk of one morning looking for a laptop service shop that had a replacement charger. Then, I spent more time walking around looking for a loundry service. So those two tasks ate up half of my first day here. The remainder of the day was a washout due to the constand drizzly rain.
Read MoreFiladelfia, Paraguay
July 5, 2023
Filadelfia, Paraguay, has a population of about 20,000. Filadelfia is a relatively new town—it was founded in August of 1931. The town is considered to be one of the safest in Paraguay.
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I used to teach English as a foreign language in Barranquilla, Colombia. Now I'm retired and traveling throughout South America.
I'm from Kennewick, Washington, USA. In my previous life, as I call it, I was an IT guy, systems administrator, computer tech, as well as a shipping/receiving guy and also worked as a merchandising guy in a RV/Camping store.