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Thoughts on Asunción, Paraguay

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83 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 07:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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cjo_dev ◴[25 Jun 25 11:42 UTC] No.44376135[source]▶
The river? Contaminated since they don't have sewer system. The best place to go according to locals? The mall. Want to go anywhere else in Paraguay? It'll take you ages due to a lack of infrastructure.
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1. bartread ◴[25 Jun 25 12:51 UTC] No.44376724[source]▶
They have (or had) bus services somewhat similar to Greyhound in the US. A friend and I took a trip to the Iguacu falls from Asuncion (more than 20 years ago, granted), which was an overnight bus trip with a brief stop in Ciudad del Este. It was reasonably comfortable as these things go. In a car it would be quicker but still probably 5 - 6 hours even though it's not much more than 200 miles because, as you've pointed out, the roads aren't amazing.

The railway had closed down only a few years before I visited but, at that time, there was little hope of it reopening. I've no idea what's happened since.