Paraguay Road Trip Day 7

October 17

On Wednesday we went to Argentina side of the Iguazu Falls.

Trail Map:

Bright Orange Trail = Superior Circuit

Blue Trail = Inferior Circuit

Brown Trail = San Martin Island

Pink Trail = The Devil`s Throat Circuit

White Dotted Trail = The Train Route

 

 

Superior Circuit view

Superior Circuit view

Inferior Circuit view

Inferior Circuit view




Inferior Circuit view

Inferior Circuit view

Inferior Circiut view

My Family

Me and my siblings

The Devil`s Throat

The Devil`s Throat



Me and my sister

We used a boat to cross the river to get on to the island.

We drove home the next day.






Paraguay Road Trip Day 6

October 16
On Wednesday we took a tour of the Itaipu Dam. The Itaipu Dam was the largest power plant in the world, until China built a larger one in 2008.



This is where the water would have come out it their was a flood.

 After the tour we went shopping in Ciudad del Este. From there we drove through Brazil to go back into Argentina.

We were only in Brazil for about 15 minutes but, this is proof that I touched a tree in Brazil.



We stayed at the Hotel Cataratas for the night.

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Paraguay Road Trip Day 5

October 15

After we left the Klassens in the afternoon, we toured the Sommerfeld Colony.

We stayed at Hotel Germania.
 



We got ice cream at Lactolanda. Lactolanda processes 500,000 Liters of milk a day.

Paraguy Road Trip Day 3 & 4

On Friday, October 12, 2012, late in the evening, we arrived in the Rio Verde Colony. We stayed until Monday afternoon.



The Rio Verde Colony has lots of Old Colony Mennonites.

We stayed at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Klassen. (my mom's sister's inlaws)
 





We got our van tuned at the Klassens auto shop.

  

The EMMC church we attended. (Note: Ignore the random guy in the photo.) 



We played lots of volley ball with the youth.
 

Preeco, their parrot makes moter sounds when he rides on a bike.



Paraguay Road Trip Day 2

          October 12

On Friday, the second day of our trip, we drove to Clorinda, Formosa, Argentina.

We filled out information for our visas in Clorinda.

When we arrived at the border, they would not let us bring our van through.
 

After we had lost all hope of crossing the border, we crossed with the help of Benjamin Franklin. Then we had some good food at this restaurant.

 

Paraguay Road Trip Day 1

  October 11, 2012
 On Thursday my family started our road trip to Paraguay.  It was a miracle that we left on Thursday, because the people working on the papers for our van said they would only be ready on Friday.

 

Our van

 

Route

 

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Our Hotel in Resistencia



 

Paraguay Road Trip Plans

Paraguay Road Trip Plans

This is a plan I made for our trip to Paraguay. Because paper work for our van won`t be ready, the plans will change. The gas and food stops are not included in the driving time.

Total: 2,911 km – about 36 hours

Thursday: Rosario - Formosa (Total: 889 km – about 10 hours 7 mins)

On Thursday we are going to drive to Formosa and stay in a hotel.

Friday: Formosa - Santa Rosa del Aguaray (Total: 391 km – about 5 hours 8 mins)
On Friday we are going to drive to Santa Rosa del Aguaray and drive a little further to a Mennonite colony. In the Mennonite colony we are visiting the Klassen family.
On Saturday we are going to spend time with the Klassen family. We probably will shop too, because things are much cheaper there than in Argentina.

Sunday: Santa Rosa del Aguaray - Itaipu Dam (Total: 408 km – about 5 hours 36 mins)
On Sunday after church we are going to drive to the Itaipu Hydro Dam. It is the biggest dam in the world. We will site see their and stay around that area for two nights.
On Monday we will spend our day at the hydro dam site seeing.

Itaipu Dam (Second largest hydro dam, Shared by Paraguay and Brazil)

Tuesday: Itaipu Dam‎ - Iguazu Falls (Total: 44.1 km – about 1 hour 16 mins)
On Tuesday we will drive to the Iguaza falls and spend our day at the falls. We will spend the night in a near by city.


Iguazu Falls (Shared by Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina)

Iguazu Falls

Wednesday: Iguazu Falls - San Ignacio Mini (Total: 236 km – about 2 hours 46 mins)
Wednesday: San Ignacio Mini to Alvear (Total: 272 km – about 3 hours 7 mins)
On Wednesday we will drive to San Ignacio Mini and sight see for a little while, than drive to Alvear and stay the night.

San Ignacio Mini Ruins

San Ignacio Mini Ruins

 

Thursday: Alvear - Rosario ‎ (Total: 671 km – about 7 hours 45 mins)

On Thursday we finish our journey back to Rosario.

Map of trip to Paraguay route.

 

Football

Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Argentina. Some of the best football players come from Argentina, including Messi.  Argentina won the FIFA world cup twice and won the Olympic tournament in 2004 and 2008.
Each city has their own football team, some have two. Rosario has two teams Newell and Central. They also have a lot of younger leagues. Half of the city is Newell and the other half is Central. When you go down the street in the Newell part of the city all the hydro and stop sign poles are painted with the colors of the team, so is most of the graffiti. The same thing happens for Central.
Earl was given a Newell jacket. Those who cheer for Newell are sure to compliment him. Those who cheer for Central frown upon it.
Football games are very dangerous to go to, especially if you don't know the language. If you go to a game you must be prepared to be pushed and shoved around. If the wrong team wins big riots accure. Sometimes knives are included in these fights.



Argentina Football team

Newell logo




Central logo