Vacations In Paraguay

Before leaving Argentina, some of my friends who have traveled around the world already gave me some recommendations about where to go when I visit Paraguay and one of them was "El Castillo del Peñon" which is located at Paraguay River 40 minutes away from the city.

The lake is not the cleanest one that I've ever seen in my life because is surrounded by improvised constructions of metal sheets as well as wood but the view is awesome.

To get to the castle which is literally in the middle of the lake you will find many boats on the shore and of course as it is in the whole of Latin America, you have to negotiate the best price and be careful to pay what is fair.

The regular amount that you will pay for a round trip is 50,000 to 60,000 Guaranies which is more or less US$7 to US$8.50.

this is one of the most important places to visit in my opinion because of the beauty of the view as well as the small trip on the boat which makes you feel excited.

walking around the city in Asuncion was the most cultural experience I've had, and the first place I visited after leaving all the stuff into the hostel was "La plaza de la Libertad" where I could find the main cathedral of the city as well as the artisan market where I could purchase a Ñandutí which is a very traditional dress from Paraguay and also a dream Catcher which has become part of my way of dressing.

After that, I went to the viewpoint  called Loma san Jeronimo, which is a very peculiar place because all the houses are very colorful and I felt like I was in a "comuna" in Medellin since the hallways are very small and sometimes just one person fits on them.

I could say that what I enjoyed the most in this place were the stairs because of the design of miniature houses along the entire staircase its absolutely amazing, based on the fact that they're made out of ceramic.

I got up early in the morning to travel from Asuncion to San Bernardino which is located 1 hour and a half away from the city which in my opinion is very very close based on the fact that I'm from Buenos Aires and all the distances are not less than 3 or 4 hours so my plan was a round trip, but we never know what life has destined for us because when I got there I wanted to make a picnic to feel the nature as well as a little bit of fresh air because if you want to, you can buy some food in the area since you will find a lot of street food places or you can also cook at home and take it there to eat sitting by the lake and drink some "Tereré" which I can say that I felt very excited when people told me that it was made with "Mate" Herbs because in Argentina we Drink a lot of Mate but this one is quite different because Mate in Argentina is a Hot drink but in Paraguay is a Cold Drink that you can add lemons, or medical herbs if you prefer.

nevertheless, it's very similar 'cause is the perfect reason to get together with people that you don't know and have a nice conversation, which is something that happened to me with some guys over there.

After a few hours, they invited me to their home since they were going to have a party in the house of one of them where I could taste one of the most famous beers in the country if I'm not mistaking which is "Pilsen"