Day 2 in Asunción, Paraguay

 After finishing the sights in downtown Asunción on the first day, I started outreaching other sites using the city bus system by buying at a supermarket a bus pass (25000 PYG, $3.5) charged with values (2300 PYG for non-AC bus, 3400 PYG for AC bus, regardless the f distance).  USD : PYG is roughly 1:7000. It is very easy to take buses here: entering the destination in Google map, following the navigation instructions, and turning off the cellular data once the booking s is moving to conserve data (Google already loaded enough data to the destination). 

Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Corporate office in Asunción is popular among Tauwanese backpackers, so I texted a few contacts in the morning before heading out, in the hope to get into the Embassy to get at least a cup and f coffee. My social cycle turned back zealously such that I met the ambassador, swung by a Taiwanese EV delegation meeting, and had lunch with the Commerical Director at Restaurante Su (most famous Korean restaurant in Asunción. The commercial director was so kindly to share with me Taiwanese snacks to eat during my 20-hr bus ride into Bolivia on the next day. 

I then walked 550 meter to the best art museum in Asunción: Museo del Barro. This museum began as a private circulating collection and seven years later acquired a permanent location. It includes three separate divisions, a pottery museum, an indigenous art museum and a contemporary art collection. 

The next stop took 30 min bus ride to the most beautiful graveyard in Asunción: Cementerio de la Recoleta. It was overcast and the graveyard looked spooky such that I dared to walked only on the main alleys and finished in half an hour. My last stop was the main bus terminal to buy the long distance bus to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. There were two main companies running the route at the same price so I picked the one took credit card (cost 5% more fee, total $75). It would be a bumpy ride so I prepared motion sickness medication. The bus company asked for my Tauwanese passport which carries the Bolivian visa yet I forgot to bring. Fortunately, they accepted the scanned copy in my smart phone to issue the ticket.