Is It Easy to Get a Driver’s Licence in Paraguay?
At some point, once you have your residency sorted and have received your cedula (identity card) you will need to apply for a Paraguayan Drivers Licence. If you don’t have a…
How to Manage the Risk of Being Frozen Out of Your Bank Account
‘Houston, we have a problem.’…(we have been frozen out of our bank account!) On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was about 180,000 nautical miles from Earth when a malfunction caused what…
Want to Live in Paraguay? How to Apply for Residency…
When we left NZ over a year ago we fully intended to live in Guatemala. We soon realized that it wasn’t our place. So we hit the road and travelled to…
How Much Does Everyday Life Cost in Paraguay?
One of the things we wanted to understand when we arrived in Paraguay was the everyday cost of living. We noticed as we lived & travelled through Guatemala, El Salvador &…
Just Arrived in Paraguay and Finding Our Feet!
Well, we made it! We have just arrived in Paraguay, so now it’s all about finding our feet and sorting the basics like supermarkets, transport, money and phones. After our brief…
We Love You Nicaragua, But It Has to Be Goodbye…
We were so excited when we arrived in Nicaragua (after our epic journey from Guatemala). Granada was so beautiful. We were amazed by the architecture. The people were friendly. The beaches…
A Quick Trip to Cool & Colonial Leon!
When we left Guatemala to head to Nicaragua we fully intended to make beautiful colonial Leon our home base. It looked and sounded so cool! But the travel gods had other…
Food Resilience & Food Freedom
Food resilience and food freedom, is something we seriously assess when we are looking to live in a country long term. What does the country produce? Does it have a short…