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Ants! - Ciudad del Este

Ants!

Are those ants?

The acitvities at the Friendship Bridge are quite weird... and sad. You will see there people carrying heavy packages (they look like ants, actually!) from the Paraguayan to the Brazilian side; once they reach the Brazilian riverbank, they throw the package from the bridge to the riverbank, where other people pick it, and once again, like ants, keep on carrying it...

Las actividades en el Puente de la Amistad son bastante particulares... y tristes. Verán allí a gente cargando pesados bultos (parecen hormigas, verdaderamente) desde el lado paraguayo al brasileño: una vez que alcanzan la orilla brasileña, arrojan el bulto desde el puente hacia la orilla, en donde otras personas lo recogen, y otra vez, como hormigas, continúan cargándolo...

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What's he carrying? - Ciudad del Este

What's he carrying?

Use your head!

I saw a lot of people carrying heavy things on their back or over their heads... If you enlarge this picture, you will see what is this man carrying... and please, tell me what **** is it!!!

Vi a mucha gente cargando objetos pesados en su espalda o sobre su cabeza... Si agrandan esta foto, verán lo que está cargando este hombre... y por favor, díganme de qué **** se trata!!!

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Terere - Ciudad del Este

Terere

Terere

Terere is a typical beverage; it is like mate (that means, a container filled with "yerba mate", shred dried leaves of Illex paraguayensis where you put water and drink it with a thin tube), but in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, mate is drunk with hot water. The Paraguayan version is this terere, and the Paraguayan people drink it with cold water, where they put some herbs. It is a refreshing drink, and EVERYBODY has it everywhere...

Tereré es una bebida típica; es como el mate (esto es, un recipiente lleno con las hojas secas y desmenuzadas de Illex paraguayensis en donde se pone agua y se bebe con una bomilla), pero en Uruguay, Argentina y Brazil, el mate se toma con agua caliente. El tereré es la versión paraguaya, y los paraguayos la beben con agua fría, a la que le agregan hierbas. Es una bebida refrescante, y TODO EL MUNDO la bebe en todas partes...

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Money, money, money! - Ciudad del Este

Money, money, money!

How much...?

Ciudad del Este is in Paraguay, so the local currency is "Guarani", but you can use American dollars, Brazilian reais or Argentinian pesos as well... Each and every seller has a "currency converter" in his head!

Ciudad del Este se encuentra en Paraguay, por lo que la moneda local es el "guaraní", pero pueden usar dólares estadounidenses, reales brasileños o pesos argentinos, indistintamente... Todos y cada uno de los vendedores tiene un "convertidor de moneda" en la cabeza!

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