Travel quotes

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Asuncion

When to go to Asuncion ( Paraguay ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	9	22	35	12	43	140	8
february	9	22	34	11	43	130	6
march	8	21	33	9	41	109	6
april	8	18	29	6	40	133	6
may	7	14	25	1	36	116	7
june	6	12	22	-2	37	69	6
july	6	12	23	-3	39	56	5
august	7	14	25	0	38	38	4
september	7	16	28	3	41	79	7
october	8	17	30	3	41	140	8
november	9	18	32	7	42	140	8
december	10	21	34	8	43	158	7

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 9 hours of average sunlight in Asuncion and the overall temperature will vary between 8 and 43 (Celcius) in this area of Paraguay. Usually you shouldn't see more than 8 rainy days wich is representative of this part of America.

What to do in Asuncion : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Paraguayan capital, Asuncion is also the cultural and industrial center of the country.

It has about 600,000 inhabitants, but the town as a whole reaches over two million people.

Ancient city in South America, it has some interesting sites, relics of its past history: the museum Godoi, the Encarnación church, the Church of La Trinidad, the Presidential Palace, the National Pantheon, the Cathedral, the anthropological museum of Dr. Andres Barbero, the Indian Museum, Botanical Gardens, not to mention President Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway Station where you can discover ancient steam trains still operating. The Post itself represents an outdated place that leaves no one indifferent.

The atmosphere of the city is imbued with a certain nostalgia found along the river of old buildings in pastel shades and corbelled windows typical. You can also stroll around comfortably inside the city at the mercy of narrow cobbled streets, past the houses protected by iron railings, and shaded squares. The whole gives off a certain charm, although one can not describe the city of attraction itself.