Introducing Asunción
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It’s hard to get your head around Asunción. At heart she is beautiful, with a sprinkling of original colonial and beaux-arts buildings, international cuisine, shady plazas and friendly people. Her more-recent and modern demeanor boasts new, seemingly endless suburbs, ritzy shopping malls and smart nightclubs.
But her sophistication hides blemishes: the Río Paraguay backdrop and its shanty shacks, dengue fever–carrying mosquitoes, diesel-spewing buses, stark utilitarian architecture and oppressive heat and humidity.
Like a vain woman hiding her age but succumbing to middle-age spread, Asunción claims to have 1.2 million people, yet seems to hold many more – her sprawling suburbs have joined with neighboring towns. Despite her flaws, she’s well worth getting to know.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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good home base in Asuncion for Paraguay visit
by cookieman 28 August 2011
I'm going to be seeing Paraguay for a few weeks and passing through Asuncion several times. I'd like to have a really good place to stay:…
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RE: Where can you swim in/around Asuncion or CdE?
by roblepy 24 August 2011
6 hours Bus from Asuncion til Santa Rosa de Aguaraymi, 1 hour Bus til the gate of Laguna Blanca Farm, 3-4 km by feet. Thats what i call…
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Re: Nicaragua in one week - is it possible?
by vtdanielle 24 August 2011
Hi again! You're going to have a great time in the three places you've chosen! In Leon, my boyfriend and I stayed at both Hostel Sonat…
