Welcome to Our Blog About Our Life, Travels & Living in Paraguay!
We’re a Family of Four from Australia & NZ who went on a Journey to Find a New Place to Call Home…
In October 2022 we left our home in New Zealand to embark on a journey to find a new place to live. Sadly our ‘slice of paradise’ was changing and it wasn’t for the better!
We no longer felt like we could pursue our lifestyle dreams in NZ. Our first stop was Guatemala, from there we travelled down through Central America. We now have decided to settle in Paraguay, South America.
This blog is a journal of our travels & adventures. We have learnt a lot along the way, and we want to share our ‘on the ground experiences’. Maybe you are on a similar journey? If so read on…..
Living in Paraguay
Life has been interesting in the last year or so, to say the least! We are thinking that, finally, we may be able to stop and take a breath now that we are getting settled in Paraguay. This blog is a result of that pause. It’s important to us that we pass on the information & experiences we have gathered along the way to help others that may be on the same journey.
It’s a challenge moving to a continent where your native language isn’t generally spoken. It automatically puts you on the back foot. Couple that with a lack of up-to-date online information, people that just want your money and expat forums that don’t always provide the ‘pro’s & con’s’ beyond how beautiful the scenery is.
Check out our blog posts below for useful info & tips about life in Paraguay. We also have lots of information on our RESOURCES page as well.
Our Latest Posts
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…
Moving To a New Country As a Family. A Huge Challenge!
When I talk about ‘family’ I am talking about couples or parents with children. Families come in various forms; the challenges that beset families per se are also common among friends…
Relocating to Paraguay? Important Things to Consider.
We try to provide an insight into what life looks like for us here in Paraguay. We hope to shed light on how we came to choose Paraguay in the first…
Expat, Digital Nomad, Refugee, Migrant…Who Are You?
I recently had a conversation with an American expat living in Nicaragua that led to some personal revelations about the issue of what we (Brenda and I) identify as. Just to…
Moving to a New Country? 6 Tips to Keep Your Sanity
In these crazy times just keeping your head straight can be a challenge; however, moving to another country can take those challenges to another level. Here are 6 tips to help…
Live in a Shared Expat Community or Go It Alone?
Several months ago, when we decided that Nicaragua was not where we were going to settle, we did some research and Paraguay popped up as a possible option. Paraguay actually came…
Upcoming Changes to the Paraguay Residency and Cedula Process…
The Process is Being Streamlined Our experience with Paraguay Immigration was administratively manual. Lot’s of forms and old school fingerprints with ink. However in coming months the process is changing. For…
Many Ways to Learn a Language. No Excuses Anymore!
Learning another language is a big step in successfully transitioning to another country. There are many ways to learn a language! Arriving in Guatemala in October 2022 was a culture shock…
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