Feliz Navidad

Heading south for warm climates and Christmas presents ...

Where was this taken ...

Where is this chair ...

Starting fire for some steak and salmon:

Caught whitefish and calicos the first day.

My favorite room in all of Asuncion. Read about the Bataan death march and Hawking's book on the history of our planet.

A stressful holiday.

Nothing to do but look for treasures on the beach.

After this find I decided on an egg breakfast the following morning.

Some locals were catching young white seabass from the beach.

But I know what you guys really want to see. Eye candy.

OK, I'm not as good looking ... but the calico was nice.

Garropa.

The old man gets into one.



Taking a breather now for New Years Eve.

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Nice photos! Cigar man (Fidel Castro) and wheel chair is at El Palomar in Santo Tomas, verdad?

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Some locals were catching young white seabass from the beach.

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I spent a bit of time with "Chayo" as well. He seems to be a fine man. After the beach encounter I ran into him again at the tienda that sells fishing tackle, which he owns. It's a small town. You meet people over and over at different places.

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What a wonderful trip the two of you had. I'd say that side of the peninsula agrees with you. Thank you for posting. P>*)))>{

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Quote: Originally posted by Paulina   What a wonderful trip the two of you had. I'd say that side of the peninsula agrees with you. Thank you for posting. P>*)))>{ Both sides agree with me. I know you're enjoying your traditional new year's eve party at BOLA. Hope you decide to post them, Paulina.

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Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe   Quote: Originally posted by Paulina   What a wonderful trip the two of you had. I'd say that side of the peninsula agrees with you. Thank you for posting. P>*)))>{ Both sides agree with me. I know you're enjoying your traditional new year's eve party at BOLA. Hope you decide to post them, Paulina. Unfortunately this year we had had to opt out. I can't honestly remember the last time I spent NYE stateside and not in Bahia. I spent a fair portion of the evening looking back at the photos on my laptop, remembering the good times on the Diaz patio. As Dern said about ten minutes ago (before he started snoring), "next year..." I am really missing my Bahia tradition, family and friends. Happy New Year! P>*)))>{

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Happy New Year Igor from the tribe here in Asuncion! We were remembering last new years eve when the last 3 standing was me, Iflyfish and Alex! Please tell Alex we missed him on the dance floor last night. Oh yeah...our guests caught tuna yesterday at the 24!!!!! jigging for YT! How great is that eh!

Tim apologized profusely for stepping into the picture. I tried to convince him that he made this picture.

La abuela con su nieto.

Gift Exchange

When it was Izak's turn to choose Sirenita kept directing him to the jelly beans. But he would have none of that. Still she kept promoting the jelly beans. I thought to myself "What a wonderful mother, trying to get him to choose what he really wants".

Well Izak never did pick the beans but in a strange twist of fate Sirenita did. Turned out that she's the one with the sweet tooth.

I never seem to get tired of those salt flats.

Beach compositions ...

Looks like you had a very fun Christmas, Igor.

I especially like that beach/sand image- straight from the Sea Goddess your very own Christmas tree complete with decoration

Nena

Last picture.

It was early morning and time to leave. So I went to the bluff and took in the scene that had welcomed me every morning and shot this peaceful, full of hope image.