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Now buy something, you cheap bastard!

Posted on 2. October 2011 by jaae

“Sit down, have some tea.” We sat down and immediately felt trapped. We had just wanted to know what those strange white stony-things were. Now we knew. They were alum stones, which can be used as deodorant or for shaving-cuts. … Continue reading →

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Melmoth and Me

Posted on 24. September 2009 by jaae

Through the first half of my Christmas travels Melmoth the Wanderer was a faithful companion. I had started with Maturin’s novel shortly before I left Limerick and had read it while waiting at the side of the road for my … Continue reading →

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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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Foreign Haircut

Posted on 17. August 2009 by jaae

A room somewhere in Paraguay. An old man between 60 and 70, is sitting in on a bench left to the entrance. A single table-mirror-stool-combination in the right corner is the only sign that this room actually serves a purpose. … 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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