Paradise with Serpents: Travels in the Lost World of ParaguayRobert Carver, journalist and author of the acclaimed Among the Mountains', searches for high adventure and intense experiences as he follows the trail of a family mystery . |
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Page 87
... Ibiza who had hitched right round South America , including Stroessner's Paraguay in the 1970s , had advised me laconically , ' It's very easy to get offed in Paraguay - paranoiaguay , as we used to call it . ' How right he turned out ...
... Ibiza who had hitched right round South America , including Stroessner's Paraguay in the 1970s , had advised me laconically , ' It's very easy to get offed in Paraguay - paranoiaguay , as we used to call it . ' How right he turned out ...
Page 329
... Ibiza were here quebracho , he told me . It was comfortably furnished with modern white fabrics , deep arm- chairs and long elegant sofas . There were ample bookcases , a good music system and Moroccan and Turkish carpets . ' What do ...
... Ibiza were here quebracho , he told me . It was comfortably furnished with modern white fabrics , deep arm- chairs and long elegant sofas . There were ample bookcases , a good music system and Moroccan and Turkish carpets . ' What do ...
Page 330
... Ibiza and our old friends there . Did he really miss it , I asked , or was this all enough ? I was genuinely curious to know . - ' I do and I don't . I miss the social life - there's none out here , really , though occasionally a few ...
... Ibiza and our old friends there . Did he really miss it , I asked , or was this all enough ? I was genuinely curious to know . - ' I do and I don't . I miss the social life - there's none out here , really , though occasionally a few ...
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