Why would you cycle Paraguay? It’s usually not the first country you think of when choosing a destination to visit in South America. Quite on the contrary, it’s probably one of the last with Suriname and The Guianas. There are neither…
Apart from the present customs and cultural diversity, I have by now discovered quite a bit about Paraguayan history, including its bloody dictatorship. For example, did you know that 70% of the Paraguayan adult male population were killed in the…
You know those brief moments in a different culture where you go: “say whaaaat?!”. The small little details which just make you wonder… Take sweet avocado for example. Brazilians and Paraguayans (and many other Latin Americans) mash avocado up and mix it with milk, lime…
The department of Canindeyú, Paraguay, is a mysterious place. On the one hand, it has an infamous reputation as the hotspot for drug trafficking and illegal merchandise in whole South America, on the other it seems like the most peaceful place on…
Yesterday I was invited to give a radio interview for ABC Cardinal 730AM in Asunción, Paraguay. This was due to the Honorary Consulate of Finland in Paraguay, Carlos Schauman, who was happy about finally having a Finn in town to…
I’ve been thinking a lot about what could be interesting to read for people who are not cycling with me. I keep meeting people every single day, but how to share all this? How to turn this experience into something…
Loretta Henderson is a woman who started the Women On Wheels (WOW) community for and about solo female cyclists many years ago. She has been cycling around the world for quite a while now, and FINALLY she has written an ebook about 100…
A while ago I posted an article about my meeting with German blogger, Jens Lüdecke. On the same day, on the ferry from Stockholm to Turku, I met an amazing woman named Diana Bancale. She’s an Italian blogger (they were…
