Pictures from Travel-Stained Life
We are a Midwestern-American couple who decided to take a chance at a life less ordinary and travel round the world for a bit. We quit our jobs, bid farewell to our homeland, and are on a journey to meet new people and see extraordinary things. Welcome to our page!Things we learned: Currency: Guarani (4800 Guaranis=$1 USD) Cities Visited: Asuncion, Encarnacion, Ciudad del Este In order to enter this country, you will be required to pay a $45 (one entry only) visa fee and provide a bunch of paperwork beforehand. Think seriously about what you are doing before you decide to go there. You [...]
To date on this trip we have crossed four land borders during our time in South America. Some proved lengthy, others expensive, but they all proved relatively easy. No bribes, no harassment, and plenty of friendly border security guards to go around. However, our most difficult on paper was to be the Ciudad del Este, [...]
In Paraguay, it is nearly impossible to find a single person who isn’t carrying a thermos containing a little cup and metal straw. These robust, leather-covered liquid holders are everywhere and my curiosity to know what was inside them and why everyone had one was getting to me. So when we arrived to Encarnacion and [...]
Alison, the niece of a former Des Moines co-worker, and her boyfriend, Will, met us during our stay in Asuncion, Paraguay. She had spent the past three years living and teaching in Asuncion and had given us tons of advice on Paraguay and neighboring South American countries in the weeks prior to our meeting. She [...]