General Info

[HappyGoLucky]

I found a very cool list that someone posted online and I wanted to share it.

Britania Pub

Is a pub in downtown,,, english style …. rock and pop music …. a lot off beer and other drinks …. is a nice place to go to drink and chat, and listen good musci
www.britania-pub.com.py

Pirata Bar
is a Night Club, a dance club …here we call that a "Discoteca" …. very nice place, the decoration is about "Piratas"… about Ships and boats …… the music is Electronica, dance,, and some of Latin music … and a few of rock also
Is in the dowb town… 2 block from the "Palacio de Lopes"
www.piratabar.com.py

Coyote - Night and Fun
This is the most "Fashion" Night club ,,, very High Level ….. it is in "Barrio Villa Morra" …. near the shoping del sol and shoping mariscal lopez… the biguest shopings cenetre from asuncion. …. Electronic music, dance, and Latin music too.
www.coyote.com.py

Caracol Club
Anothee great Disco !!… it is in the outsides of asuncion,,, some far away from dowtown …. is a most Traditional Night Club from paraguay,,,, more than 30 years ….. is the same style of Coyote …. dance and electronic musica and latin too ……. two years ago , DJ Benny Benassi were there…last year Global Deejays…. an this year DJ Robbie Rivera…. nad next october 12… DJ Tiesto is coming
www.caracol.com.py

GLAM (very cool but for younger people)
This Disco is very near to Coyote,, in Barrio Villa Morra,, veeeery nice and High Level …. this Disco is the younger brotehr of Caracol…the same owners …. and the same kind of music
www.glam.com.py

EL SANTO
This disco is 2 blocks from the Shoping mariscal Lopez,, in Villa Morra, in a complex called MANZANA T where you will also find great restaurants like Sol Azteca (mexican cousine), Il Mangiare 2 and few others.

Paseo Carmelitas
This is a shoping center with 6 pubs inside… the pubs ar Camastro, ( I love the food at camastro, they have great desserts), Sky,, El Bar,, and Kilkeny…… this one, Kilkeny is a Irish pub,,, very nice place,, yeterday .
The others pubs are very nice also …. alternative music, some of electronic, ambient music, chill out,,, rock and pop.

Galeria Colonial
This is two block from Paseo carmelitas… is a group of 5 pubs …. the first one is the best,, called DEJAVU ,,, a great place warm up before go dancing …… there also is the "Il mangiare".. an italian restaurant, they make great Pizzas there!!

If you visit some of these places leave your comments!!

[Kicks Fet]

Im about to make a trip to Paraguay in a month. I have not looked over the board that much yet but am about to. Before I did that I wanted to know some questions. Is it easy to meet regular girls?? (discotechas, parks, ect) I speak spanish. I have been to every country in central america and how does paraguay compare?? Are there good strip clubs/***** houses in Paraguay??? What cities are recommended for a good time. Thanks all the help. Also are the women very beautiful?? I have never really met one before. What do most look like?? Thanks

Hi Illini333,

For the regular girls it's depend of you, your ability to catch a girl, but for me I see it easier than in Europe. Strip club I don't know so much, there is Playboy in the center but it's pathetic, I don't know if Karim strip club is still open, but it's not bette than playboy, maybe Le bacan, there is live show but I never been there. For ***** houses it's other things, there is a lot and you will find beautiful girl for very low prices. If you want to go out of Asuncion, for visit it's good but for girl action not so much. In Cuidad del Este you can cross the border to Brazil where there is lot much to do.

[Illini333]

Im about to make a trip to Paraguay in a month. I have not looked over the board that much yet but am about to. Before I did that I wanted to know some questions. Is it easy to meet regular girls?? (discotechas, parks, ect) I speak spanish. I have been to every country in central america and how does paraguay compare?? Are there good strip clubs/***** houses in Paraguay??? What cities are recommended for a good time. Thanks all the help. Also are the women very beautiful?? I have never really met one before. What do most look like?? Thanks

[Illini333]

Im about to make a trip to Paraguay in a month. I have not looked over the board that much yet but am about to. Before I did that I wanted to know some questions. Is it easy to meet regular girls?? (discotechas, parks, ect) I speak spanish. I have been to every country in central america and how does paraguay compare?? Are there good strip clubs/***** houses in Paraguay??? What cities are recommended for a good time. Thanks all the help.

[Johan007]

At Lexton:

I agree PY banks are ladrones. When I was there at EVERY bank they charge me 25. 000 G for a withdrawl! Thats about (at that time when I was there in sept/oct 2008) 4, 30 euros! Besides that many banks in Holland or germany charge you 2 euros for a withdrawl in any non-EU bank. So that adds up to 6, 30 euros for each withdrawl! (=8 usd! )

In Germany you have the DKB (Deutsche Kredit Bank) and they offer FREE cash withdrawls all over the world. Offcourse I had to pay the 25. 000 G. With their VISA Card. BUT when I wrote a complaint to them by email they refunded every time ihad to pay the 25. 000 G. ! I don't know if you cvan open an account at DKB. Maybe it's worth while ane mail to them?

http://dkb.d/ As I see it only availeble in German?

Normaly getting cash at an ATM with a VISA card is rather costly. So I don't know if there are banks in the US or Canada that offer FREE worldwide withdrawls? The pain is that the 25. 000 G is being charged by the PY banks. ! So keep that in mind.

Indeed I agree the PY banks are outrageous thieves and their rates are ridiculously high.

If you want to live in PY and want to open a bankaccount they even assk more things from you then the Visa office of Migraciones!

Johan

[Lexton]

If you come to Paraguay, bring lots of cash so you won't have to use the ATM machines. Paraguay banks earn the highest profit percentage of any banks in the world. They are outright thieves. They generally pay < 1% for deposits and charge from 27% to 50% for loans. For all of you pure capitalism proponents, you should love Paraguay. The government does nothing to help the citizens, and generally leads the stealing.

The banks have decreased the amount that can be withdrawn with a single transaction to $US200 with a $US5 ATM fee, or G1,000,000(about $200 currently) with a G25,000 fee. That is effectively 2.5%. This started about January 6.

How bad can this get? If you come to Paraguay with a Wells Feego card(and B of A and Chase are similar), the charges can be like this to extract $200 or G1,000,000:

Issuing bank: Foreign ATM Fee)------------$5.00
Issuing bank: Foreign Transaction Fee 3%--$6.00
Visa/MC Network 1% Currency Conversion---$2.00
Operating Bank ATM Usage Fee-------------$5.00

Total to Extract $200---------------------- $18.00 or 9%

They say you are permitted to have either 4 or 5 transactions per day(I forget which), up to the card limit at the issuing bank.

[Johan007]

Is it safe to visit Paraguay on your own? Can you walk around freely at night with little or no worries? How is it compared to other countries?

It all depends on WERE you want to go.

I walked many times alone through Asuncion at night and NEVER felt unsafe. (leave the Rolex at home. Though and no flashy expensive cell phones)

There are not too many areas were you shouldn't go. Asuncion is very laid back and I never was bothered by streethussler or the likes. Except maybe if you look too gringo-like and walk down town at daylight. Just say "no gracias"if somebody wants to sell you something and they'll walk on.

In the malls there is plenty of securtity so no worries. Bathrooms are all clean.

If you go out in the country side make sure you bring insekt repellant and condoms. (bring a role of toilet paper couldn'; t hurt either LOL)Never ever drink the tapwater. Unless you want to spend the next 3-4 days on the can. Also watch out with eating food from streetjoints.

Look out when taking a bus in Asuncion. They drive like hell and only stop for a short moment if you want to get off. After 20. 00 I wouldn't take any buis but grab a cab instead. Intercity busses are OK and cheap. From the Busterminal in Asuncion you can go to almost everywere in all of PY and beyond.

And make sure you know some spanish. In the countryside many people speak Guarani. But they all understand spanish.

Johan

[Intellinational1]

Is it safe to visit Paraguay on your own? Can you walk around freely at night with little or no worries? How is it compared to other countries?

[Johan007]

my personal thoughts after a week asuncion is that they seem to be very shy and timid. i do speak decent spanish and i am not afraid to talk to any chica on the street or whateva.

paraguay is not to be compared with the open style of type of women you will find in the dr, colombia or brasil. so beware! and for the 45 th time. make sure you speak spanish! up till now i did not find any girl that speaks decent english. and if they do. well it's kindda sort like mickey mouse english. me hungry. can eat pizza? ok? shit like that. so don'çt expect a high class conversation here! unless ofcourse you meet the one odd translator or english teacher.

chicas walk arround everywere. in the malls you find you regurlar type of mini-golddigger (as i call them) which can be in for a treat. but you have to pay up for everything.

all in all most men here prefer hookers (and who can blame them!). as they are way cheaper in the long run then any normal regular woman here!

[deleted by admin]! btw most girls do look older. so don't worry. they older they get (above 35) they more nastier they are. and even if you pay all shit se. xo is not guaranteed.

[deleted by admin]. i am sick and tired of that " you gringo. you pay. and no get sexo thing". lol fuck that crap. who the fuck these women think i am? some stupid asshole or what?

if you go outside asuncion it's a whole other thing!

keep you guys posted. if any of you wanna meet up. just pm me or send me an email.

johan

editor's note: this report was edited to remove references to **** persons.

i am aware that the vast majority of references to **** girls are legitimate attempts to warn other fellow members about how easy it is to accidentally pickup an **** girls, the potential dangers of being caught with **** girls, etc. however, past discussions in the forum has repeatedly demonstrated that the subject simply cannot be discussed intelligently, in any form or for any reason, without being misinterpreted, and without starting flame wars.

please do not post references to **** persons in the forum. thanks!

[Looking For Eden]

Can't believe that this hasn't been reported yet, but have any of you checked out Leryn Franco, the drop dead gorgeous javelin thrower in the Olympics?

http://*******.com/5jjtlh

If all the Paraguayan women looked like her, I'm so there!

She finished 7th out of 8 place, but that still makes her the 7th best female javelin thrower in the world. Google her name for more pix, including near nudies.

It was reported today that she's dating tennis player Novak Djokavic and they met at the olympics.

[Gonzo]

Can't believe that this hasn't been reported yet, but have any of you checked out Leryn Franco, the drop dead gorgeous javelin thrower in the Olympics?

http://*******.com/5jjtlh

If all the Paraguayan women looked like her, I'm so there!

She finished 7th out of 8 place, but that still makes her the 7th best female javelin thrower in the world. Google her name for more pix, including near nudies.

[Agus]

Can anybody tell me if one can get a tourist visa upon entry to Paraguay upon arriving with a valid US passport?

NO. You have to get a visa prior to your arrival. You can get in the US, or in Buenos Aires if you are going there.

[Tijuana Brass]

To complete my answer to your question about visas, you will need all the documentation listed on the embassy's web site regardless of where you want to get your visa, actually at the border or before you leave the US.

[Tijuana Brass]

Can anybody tell me if one can get a tourist visa upon entry to Paraguay upon arriving with a valid US passport?

It is my understanding that Paraguay requires a visa for US citizens, but also for many other (but not all) countries.

Pictures and money and your original passport (which should be valid for at least another six months) and a few other items are required. The embassy's web page has the details.

I wish I could go soon. Enjoy your trip.

Since links may not be allowed here, run "Paraguay Embassy USA" through a search engine. Paraguay has an Embassy in Washington, DC, and a consular office in Los Angeles.

[LongMarch]

Can anybody tell me if one can get a tourist visa upon entry to Paraguay upon arriving with a valid US passport?