Paraguay delays

I should be on the bus right now to Paraguay and almost crossing over the border, but it seems that the border is closed today due to a drug bust, funy that... drugs in South America? So, there´s excess time now for internet and burning photos and videos to cd. Last night was basically trying to find a cash machine, one of the hardest things to do in Latin America is find an ATM that will accept your card and be working and full of cash. This was the case in Rio, Parati and here in Foz, where after asking a couple of people (which is generally not the best thing to do as they sometimes like to follow you) we found a good place that would take our cards, and just in time. Unfortunately I used a HSBC bank in Rio which I´ve just discovered, had a credit card scam operating in the machines and people have had their accounts cleaned out, but after checking mine last night, as is well... for now. Otherwise, it´s cruising around town where you follow your nose and it usually gets you home, and you see a few funny things along the way. Down the street from where I´m staying, there´s a little local bar, which is essentially a few peices of chipboard stapled together to resemble walls and a roof, with a big board hanging up with BAR scribbled on it, in someones backyard with a few picnic benches dug into the ground, and that´s it, they sit there and drink all night and watch the passers by. They do things a little different here, where you can drink on the street or in the supermarket if you want, and no one will bust you, but you can just buy the cop a beer and he´ll sit and chat with you, like the Argentinian border guard yesterday. Irasema, How´s uni going for you now? Are you finding it hard to get back into the swing of things and slow down on all that partying? Sonja will be lost without you. Miguel, get better mate and get back out there to woo the ladies with the smooth latin moves, as you say, being a little different from the locals isn´t such a bad thing :-) Agnes, hope life gets less dreary by the time I hit London in late September, what´s plans till then? Mike, how´s those reports going, they´re kinda takin a while mate. Hope all at DET are doign well. Take it easy Adam