I must say that I have been pleasantly surprised! It won't be long before people discover that there is another place they should visit in South America.

​@@oldaloneandfarfromhomeSouth America is only Paraguay, the rest of the countries are from Central America.

@heatherstephenson43... ¡ Realmente cierto, P A R A G U A Y exuda H I S T O R I A por cada uno de sus poros o " Letras " Su capital Asunción ( Primera Ciudad/ Cabildo y Municipio del Río de la Plata) Donde surgieron los primeros criollos y mestizos etc. de la región, que junto a Carios Guaraníes, por propia voluntad partieron desde allí , siendo gran mayoría los artífices de la Conquista y civilización del Río de la Plata ( Fundando "70" ciudades y pueblos por toda la región ) Siendo los primeros mancebos de la tierra con derechos o propietarios con Títulos de solares en Buenos Aires ( Hombres y primera mujer: Ana Díaz ) al igual que otras fundaciones . Españoles la llamaron " Madre de Ciudades " o " Amparo y Reparo de la Conquista " Recibe otras tantas denominaciones : " Capital mundial de la Amistad " Reconocida por las NN.UU. debido a la iniciativa del Dr. paraguayo Artemio Bracho en instituír el día mundial de la Amistad. También la llaman " Ciudad Verde de Hispanoamérica " Por exhibir vegetación abundante

Awesome! It felt a little like I was discovering something new, when I visited, since there weren't that many other tourists around!

It was my pleasure! You have a beautiful and interesting country!

That is very nice of you to say! I have a great time shooting, writing and editing these videos. I appreciate you watching and for leaving such a wonderful comment!

Very kind of you to say! It won't be long before many more people discover the beauty and appeal of visiting Paraguay and Asunción. I appreciate you leaving such a wonderful comment.

I certainly have found all of that to be the case! Paraguay has been a wonderful surprise for me!

Thank you so much! I was pleasantly surprised at Paraguay. It is definitely a place that anyone visiting South America should consider! I am just a bit older than you are and despite the name of the channel, I really don't feel old!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome Yes Richard having a full head of hair certainly helps looking younger and feeling great. I’m in the same boat. Great head of hair and most people don’t believe that I’m 62. I remember Paraguay from being there almost 30 years ago and what a difference. Mostly good but some not so good. Being born and raised in the NYC area all the congestion is not for me anymore. That made me move about an hour and a half north of NYC to a rural quiet area. I caught the Saint Augustine video and wish I saw it sooner because we stayed there for 10 days in March 2023. Had a great time there and it’s most likely to be a yearly visit. Yes the lower part of Florida is not for us anymore. Is a video of Italy coming soon? Would be great. I noticed the videos from Greece but haven’t had time to watch yet but I will. Through DNA testing two years ago I found out that I’m 25 % Greek. Never knew about that one but very proud to tell everyone I’m a quarter Greek. I am subscribed and will definitely be watching.

Thank you so much! I don't show much more than Asunción in my videos. In the next one (out Sunday) I do discuss and try some of the traditional foods of Paraguay. I've moved on to Bolivia at this point, but I am regretting my decision not to go to Iguazu Falls. It looks incredible!

I am so glad that you like it!

Thank you so much! I will absolutely visit well-known areas, but I truly enjoy going places that haven't been discovered by the masses. I appreciate you watching and your kind words!

Buenos aires😂😂

So nice of you to say! There are a lot of cool places in Asunción. I'm finding that just about everywhere that I visit, there are unique and interesting things to see!

So awesome to hear that from you! I am honored to serve in the role!

There is a lot of great stuff here and very few other tourists to share it with! Paraguay will be discovered someday. Thank you for watching and thanks for the travel wishes!

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You are so welcome! It was my pleasure.

Thank you! I would love to use music from artists in each of the countries I visit, but I cannot do that without securing the rights to use those songs. The service that I use (and pay for) is one of the best, but it is limited in what music is available from each country.

I tried something similar to pira caldo at Bolsi. I thought it was quite good!

I am so glad that you are liking them! Thank you for watching and for leaving a comment!

That is so nice to hear! Thank you for all of the kind words. I'm looking forward to visiting Brazil one day!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome you will be very welcome, come to see my city Rio de Janeiro, you will love it.

Thank you for the recommendation. I wish I had gotten a chance to go to that park. The same with venturing out away from Asuncion. Also, I should have given Mbeju another go. I suspected that I didn't have a good representation of the item. I will just have to return to Paraguay one day to make up for all the things that I missed!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome you've got different versions of Mbeju these days, 4 cheese, blue cheese, with ham, olives, tomatoes... A world to enjoy! Thanks for the lovely video, my wife and I really enjoyed it. She's from Paraguay, and we spend 2 months a year here. The rest of the year we're in Dubai.

You are quite welcome! I enjoyed my time in Paraguay.

I realized that it was Barro and not Barrio in time for my final video from Paraguay. I got it right when I mentioned it there! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

I certainly found the culinary experiences available in Asunción to be amazing! Thank you for adding to the discussion!

I appreciate that! I was pleasantly surprised by Asunción.

Thank you for the kind words. I try to show places as they are. If I like something, I will offer up my opinion.

I believe you will have a really good time!

I'm so glad I could bring attention to a place that doesn't get that much!

Point taken. I certainly appreciate the history lesson! Thank you for watching!

I learned about the circus and the rescue of the tigers, after I produced the video. It did make me feel a little better about their present situation.

I understand why you would want to keep it that way!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome yeah, I've been living here 2 years.

Subsequent to releasing the video, I heard that the tigers were rescued from the circus. It does make me feel better, but I would still prefer to see them living in better conditions. Thank you for adding to the conversation!

I figured that out only after the video was published. I did change it in a subsequent video.

Thank you so much for providing that information to me! I always thought it was a bit quiet on the waterfront there. I appreciate you watching!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome No problem! All port activity is now in a neighboring city of Mariano Roque Alonso which would be considered the greater Asunción area, like San Lorenzo, Lambaré, etc. Glad you liked our city and hope you had a good time. All Paraguay is very laid back and chill. The zoo part was very sad indeed, let's hope things change.

That is quite a compliment! Thank you very much!

If the place is a rescue and the animals have plenty of space and lots of enrichment, I can totally get behind the facility. If it exists just to exhibit animals, that is sad.

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome I am from Paraguay and I kind of agree that zoos are sad places for animals. This zoo is better now than in the past but the animals even though well taken care of still live in cages like in most zoos.

It was noted many Germans immigrated to Asicion Paraguay especially nazis

I heard some Guarani, but I didn't know that Portuguese was widely spoken in some areas. I was also aware of a large German population in the country. There were very few, as you say, English speakers. I am fine with that and I make do, as best I can. Thank you for taking the time to comment on my video!

Btw, if you come back don't skip the "parque de la salud". It is the nicest park here. Safe travels

Ha! I've always been able to eat just about anything, in any combination! Thank you for the comment and the laugh!

I looked online to see if they had been rescued from somewhere, but couldn't find any mention of that. It does make me feel a little better about them being there. Still wish the conditions were better. Thank you for the information!

No matter how "nice" the zoo is, I feel sorry for the animals.

I didn't feel uncomfortable in either of those parks. I wish I had gone to the other that you mentioned!

Thank you for the clarification. I was going off of what I was told by several tour guides. I should have done a little more research for myself.

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome Yes because Is a shame for argentinians also uruguayans their countries were formed by the division of Paraguayan's province to create "El virreynato del rio de la Plata" after this the allied to brazilians because as them they debt to U.K so they made the war to end up with Paraguay and start a new version of the history, Argentina didn't end with us but they still use their fake version about our own history to try to clean up all those war crimes they commited then

Wrong, he actually did. Even if there was a "secret plan" they didn't have a real reason to invade Paraguay until Lopez atacked Corrientes

@@vladimirnovik. You're wrong, Corrientes really was part of attacked by Brazilians too, Corrientes, Uruguay and Buenos Aires where part of Paraguayan's province even after spanish time, Corrientes and Uruguay, by this reason Uruguay after its own independence of Spanish Paraguayan's province Uruguay was Paraguay allied, Argentina left Brazilians invade Uruguay and Corrientes, Paraguay got the pact of Help in war case to Uruguay, Argentina didn't leave Paraguayan's troops pass by Argentinian territory, So they made the tramp to Paraguay with Brazil to have excuse to attack and destroy Paraguay even from the History, Argentina didn't won the war at all, because Paraguay is here but they fake the history to erase Paraguay name because they know they appeared destroying and dividing its own country "Provincia del Paraguay" and created after failed states as Argentina and Bolivia, And remember "EL MATE ES PARAGUAYO"

@@vladimirnovik. BETTER YOU MAYBE CAN START TRAINING TO WORK HARD, BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING HISTORY AND OTHER INTELECTUALL WORKS ARE TOO MUCH FOR YOU AND YOU WON'T HAVE FUTURE ON IT

Me hubiera encantado tocar solo música paraguaya, con mis videos de allá. Desafortunadamente, no tengo derecho a usar esa música. Tengo que reproducir lo que mi servicio de música tiene disponible.

querido? esa palabra no es usada en Paraguay.

Iré a vivir alli

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ya preparo mis maletas para allí lo amé

Being there for such a short time, I did not encounter any instances of corruption. I certainly did experience the beautiful places and the fantastic people!

@@oldaloneandfarfromhome yeah, you have to work, live, eat and have a family here to notice, certainly a tourist could never spot that unless is outrageous like Venezuela.