Paraguay - fives

In the dodgiest looking official market and shops you look at what they sell, ask for it at counter number one and take a closer look - there are two or three people to help you do this. Attempt to pay for it (me & Clare were buying matching macs for the falls tomorrow), are directed to a desk five feet opposite desk number one, offer to pay one of the two people waiting to help, hand over the items, they put them in bags and hand us a receipt each while refusing to take our money. They point at a third desk a few feet to their left. We take the goods to the third desk forming a small queue. Money is taken and we can walk out. Apparently that is how many shops work here. This country will never be a leader in economy; each stop took 5 minutes.

Becoming twins, Clare and me bought identical speakers for our ipods at another shop. Catherina negotiated the prices pretty damn well. The shop had two pairs of speakers remaining; one dark blue, one bright pink. I gave Clare the option to choose which colour she wanted even though I wanted the blue one. She chose blue. I took my bright pink speakers back to the hostel. They lasted for a 5 minute song and konked out. Clare´s speakers happily worked up until we left eachother two weeks later and probably still are...

We saw a damn. An amazing idea and genius thinking that pulled off but it´s pretty damn ugly. It is one of the seven man-made wonders of the world.

Imagine all you can eat pizza. Please someone, move this most amazing idea from Paraguay to London. Immediately after you choose the ayce option pizzas are dished out. Just point at a slice and they hand it over. Carla realised she had no idea what the waiters looked like because she was so busy gauping at food and pointing cave man style. I´m sure the odd ¨Ugg¨ came out of our mouth s when pointing at food. You had to point quick or you might miss it. Automatic instinct jumped in and I grabbed the white chocolate and strawberry covered pizza. Being full to bursting point, we still fit in ice cream, again ayce in many flavours! As we were walking away from the restaurant, 5 minutes after we arrived, Carla made another acknowledgement that it took us longer to walk to our table than to scoff all of our pizza down (averaging 6-7 slices per girl plus ice cream and beer).