Oct
27
We had a huge tropical storm with hints of a hurricane over the weekend down here in Asunción. According to the Weather Service, the eye of the storm passed through the city on Saturday at around 7:30 pm with 95 MPH winds. An hour later and when the power service came back up I went outside and found this big ol’ tree ripped from its roots.
May
22
This is the new 2008 Gs. 50.000 bill. The new design features the face and work of Agustín Pío Barrios “Mangoré”, one of the greatest guitar player and composer the world has seen.
Jan
11
Yesterday was one of THE hottest days of this 2007/2008 Summer here in Asuncion. So, armed with my Digital Camera and sporting my Indiana Jones uniform, I decided to walk 2 blocks from my office and take a photo of the digital thermometer on the corner of Lillo and San Martin Ave.
At 4PM the thermometer was showing 46 degrees Celsius, which equals 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Although 1 degree below The 2007 Hottest Day registered in October, it still felt like I was being slowly boiled.
UPDATE: Big picture after the jump.
UPDATE II: After last Thursday’s 115 F, Friday brought a huge rain storm. It poured 5 inches in less than 2 hours. In Asuncion, that can only mean one thing: cars floating everywhere.
