We had to be ready and packed somewhere between 09:00 and 10:00 to catch a bus to the town of Pedro Juan Caballero and the border to Brazil. I can only talk about myself – while I was able to have breakfast and also to get my stuff done in time, I still did not feel too well. And the following bus ride did not make it better; we ended up on an old bus without air conditioning, the temperature was way above 35 degrees (yes, Celsius), the bus ride itself took just 8 hours (including a stop at some dodgy restaurant). However the landscape passing by was rather interesting, a pity our visit to Paraguay had been pretty limited to Asuncion…
After our arrival in PJC we had to get our exit stamp for Paraguay – and an entry stamp for Brazil. With the border being open we first had to visit the Paraguaian immigration office – to then transfer to the Brazilian police at the other side of town to get into Brazil – in total we needed more than one hours.
After the border formalities we got a transfer from Ponta Pora to Bonita – another 5 hours in a van (don’t forget the 8 hours on the bus before…), where we arrived around 01:30. In between we had a stop for dinner at around 23:30 – everyone was tired, most of us not open for heavy food (or heavy conversations) – I personally would have preferred a bed at this point in time… At least the food was good (maybe not for David, who got forgotten and ended up with a doggy bag…).
