Bajo El Mango | Paraguay Life

With the heavy rains that hit Paraguay in recent months, it has been difficult to find a dry enough weekend to escape the city. The other week we got luck though and had a beautiful yet extremely hot day to go on a small escapade to San Bernardino, Paraguay’s ‘Miami beach’, on a lake. We […]Read Post ›

Bajo el Mango is back! The last few months of living in Paraguay have been such a great learning experience. Many of my preconceptions about how things do and/or should work have been challenged as I tried to make sense of what is up and what is down in Paraguay. But what I’ve learned is […]Read Post ›

“Chipa, chipa, chipa!!” I hear them shouting as they walk by with their delicious and freshly baked Paraguayan bread. The chiperas with their blue and white uniforms walk up and down the street carrying their chipa baskets on their heads. It’s such a classic image here in Paraguay. And oh how I love chipa!! It […]Read Post ›

The Presidential Palace in Asuncion is one of the most striking and beautifully maintained buildings in the city. Tucked away in a side street is a cute little cafe with a terrace overlooking the Palace. What we thought would be a quiet breakfast turned out to be quite a show. There was an impeccably arranged […]Read Post ›

Last weekend I was able to discover the rich diversity and culture that exists inside the landlocked country that is Paraguay. Tourism is growing rapidly and the Government seems to be investing more and more in promoting all that Paraguay has to offer. I even came across some familiar cultures… I went with my Paraguayan […]Read Post ›

The other night, after being out of the country for about a month, I was sitting quietly watching a movie in our Paraguayan home… When suddenly I heard something tapping on the rooftrop accompanied by a strangely familiar and haunting noise. It sounded like howling dogs, or possibly a wolf? Confused, I proceeded to open the […]Read Post ›

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw them sitting up high in a tree – two of them – basking in the sunset. My husband and I were taking a leisurely evening walk around our Asuncion neighborhood, when suddenly we heard a very strange, yet familiar-sounding loud noise. We started looking up in the trees […]Read Post ›

Gate 14, it’s always gate 14, the flight to Asuncion from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International airport. Even before arriving I gathered some impressions as I sat waiting to board for my new adventure. ‘Asi nomas… ‘, I hear as I try to guess who will be on my flight. It’s easy to spot Paraguayans even […]Read Post ›