Thank you for the kind words.. I try to tell it like it is. Although I have been living a happy life here for almost 15 years, I know that is not for everyone, so I don't sugarcoat what life here is eally like.
Thank you very much for the compliment. I try to tell it like it is. Although I have been living a happy life here for almost 15 years, and have a bias towards the place, I don't sugarcoat what life here is like.
Great video! I made my first trip a couple months ago and I am working on my residency now… I’m a happily divorced gringo from Texas who was a Boy Scout. So I’ll be fine with my diesel Toyota land cruise and my dog and my tent. ❤
We've been living in Paraguay for the past 6 years. I keep hearing these horror stories about power outages and water cuts. We lived in various parts of Paraguay, and are yet to experience any of these horrors. Power outages and water cuts we've experienced were mostly due to work to upgrade networks. From what I have observed over the years we've been here, the Asuncion metro area is about the worst part of Paraguay to live in, yet expats are too scared to explore possibilities further out. In my opinion Caaguazu is probably the best option. As for the 'terrible heat', the house we live in close to Caacupe has 2 aircon units, which we never use as we're accustomed to the climate, coming from South Africa where temperatures are very similar.
I agree, but I don't get the fist fight reference. In the 2 years I've been living here I didn't feel the need for experience in that field. I've got guns and know things can escalate, but Paraguay doesn't seem to have more tendency to violence than first world countries.
Hi Mike, your advice is sound. I'm a Brit who is very familiar with the ferocious build up of summer heat in Córdoba and worse still Santa Fe, with added humidity. In the UK years ago, houses were often heated using a form of Central heating known as Storage Heating, these were basically wired breeze blocks, which heated up using nighttime surplus electricity from the national electricity grid, and released the heat during the day to heat house interiors. So the thermal capacity of concrete is well proven. As cavity walls double the materials costs of building housing, most Argentine/ Paraguayan and Brazilian houses are single skin walls that just got hot or cold depending on the outside temp and sun radiation. In December 22 through May 23, very hot summer indeed, because the cold water tank of my Santa Fe apartment was 100% exposed to the sun's radiation, we could not get cold water at all ever. We ran the cold faucet constantly to try to empty the tank of it's hot water, but the water never cooled down as the tank was constantly hot due to the sun. The internal walls of the apartment became so hot that I could not walk a straight line through heat exhaustion dizziness (I was 66 at the time). In such conditions it is essential to have effective a/c, or else your body gets no low temperature respite at night... this phenomenon is a killer of older, or obese people. The human body is not designed to thrive in temperatures approaching and exceeding 35°C/95°F. The real issue is why are Latin American buildings so bad at managing overheating? Answer: No money to build better. Cheap Electric to run cheap A/C, when the power is on! P.S. Nothing new about moaning, negative Europeans, the Brits are habitual whingers, but the champions by a long way are the French, for them continuous whingeing is a right of passage into adulthood! North Americans/ Australians I find are more exposed to climate extremes at home and thus much quicker to accept reality and adapt to it.
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Thanks for being so real with us and saying what nobody is saying
Thank you for the kind words.. I try to tell it like it is. Although I have been living a happy life here for almost 15 years, I know that is not for everyone, so I don't sugarcoat what life here is eally like.
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I enjoy your videos Mike. You seem like a real genuine guy.
Thank you very much for the compliment. I try to tell it like it is. Although I have been living a happy life here for almost 15 years, and have a bias towards the place, I don't sugarcoat what life here is like.
Great video! I made my first trip a couple months ago and I am working on my residency now… I’m a happily divorced gringo from Texas who was a Boy Scout. So I’ll be fine with my diesel Toyota land cruise and my dog and my tent. ❤
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.
We've been living in Paraguay for the past 6 years. I keep hearing these horror stories about power outages and water cuts. We lived in various parts of Paraguay, and are yet to experience any of these horrors. Power outages and water cuts we've experienced were mostly due to work to upgrade networks. From what I have observed over the years we've been here, the Asuncion metro area is about the worst part of Paraguay to live in, yet expats are too scared to explore possibilities further out. In my opinion Caaguazu is probably the best option. As for the 'terrible heat', the house we live in close to Caacupe has 2 aircon units, which we never use as we're accustomed to the climate, coming from South Africa where temperatures are very similar.
In what way is Caaguazu the best?
I agree, but I don't get the fist fight reference. In the 2 years I've been living here I didn't feel the need for experience in that field. I've got guns and know things can escalate, but Paraguay doesn't seem to have more tendency to violence than first world countries.
Do you have legal guns in paraguay?
@@igorjesus2121 You can, yes
Hi Mike, your advice is sound. I'm a Brit who is very familiar with the ferocious build up of summer heat in Córdoba and worse still Santa Fe, with added humidity.
In the UK years ago, houses were often heated using a form of Central heating known as Storage Heating, these were basically wired breeze blocks, which heated up using nighttime surplus electricity from the national electricity grid, and released the heat during the day to heat house interiors. So the thermal capacity of concrete is well proven.
As cavity walls double the materials costs of building housing, most Argentine/ Paraguayan and Brazilian houses are single skin walls that just got hot or cold depending on the outside temp and sun radiation.
In December 22 through May 23, very hot summer indeed, because the cold water tank of my Santa Fe apartment was 100% exposed to the sun's radiation, we could not get cold water at all ever. We ran the cold faucet constantly to try to empty the tank of it's hot water, but the water never cooled down as the tank was constantly hot due to the sun.
The internal walls of the apartment became so hot that I could not walk a straight line through heat exhaustion dizziness (I was 66 at the time).
In such conditions it is essential to have effective a/c, or else your body gets no low temperature respite at night... this phenomenon is a killer of older, or obese people.
The human body is not designed to thrive in temperatures approaching and exceeding 35°C/95°F.
The real issue is why are Latin American buildings so bad at managing overheating?
Answer: No money to build better. Cheap Electric to run cheap A/C, when the power is on!
P.S. Nothing new about moaning, negative Europeans, the Brits are habitual whingers, but the champions by a long way are the French, for them continuous whingeing is a right of passage into adulthood!
North Americans/ Australians I find are more exposed to climate extremes at home and thus much quicker to accept reality and adapt to it.
Than you Mike! been awhile.
Thank you for your post. I've been busy. Too many irons in the fire.
Blessings from Nature Island
We learn how to get off the grid here.
Due to monopolization and fraud, people in the USA and Europe will need to ease off the grid too