Tag Archives: Concepción

Week 5: A River, a Boat and a Thousand Stories

Posted on 19. August 2009 by jaae

Looking for the tourist-information-office Concepción that Lonely Planet promised us (but apparently doesn’t exist) we found something better. In front of a restaurant, under a sign ‘Tourist-Information’ we met Dirk-Peter, a German who came to Paraguay twenty years ago, married … Continue reading →

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Week 5: On the Slow Road

Posted on 14. August 2009 by jaae

I’m on a boat. Somewhere between Asunción and Concepción on the Rio Paraguay. The sun is shining, but the wind is cooling enough not to let me sweat. I’m lying in the nose of the Cacique II, a small boat … Continue reading →

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Week 5: A Magical Night

Posted on 14. August 2009 by jaae

A tiny step for humanity, but what a leap for me! I, Jakob Arnim-Ellissen, on the 8th of August 2009 managed to sleep. In a bus. A Bolivian bus. A Bolivian bus on an unpaved road. Truly amazing. But I … Continue reading →

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