Roaming South America

Lambaré, Paraguay

June 26, 2023

Lambaré, Paraguay, has a population of about 186,000. The city was founded in 1768. It is a part of the greater Asunción metropolitan area. When you leave one and enter the other, you don't even notice any difference. It's the same with the city of Fernando de la Mora, as well.

The Lambaré is the same as the Asunción climate, if interested read the blog for Asunción.

So, my impressions: Lambaré is the same as Asunción - dirty and not at all pretty. I spent only one afternoon here and didn't like it. I thought about doing a second night in a different part of the city but changed my mind, it's just not worth it. When I arrived in town it was already late afternoon so I had only a couple of hours of daylight, so I have less than 20 photos. In fact, I didn't like this place so much I'm not going to waste my time writing anything more about it. Tomorrow I'll leave for a pueblo.

My goal is to find a new place to live. So to reach that goal, I am traveling most of South America, visiting the countries of Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and Chile, passing through Argentina, visiting Paraguay, passing through a bit of Brazil, and finally visiting Uruguay. I have a list of towns, about 70 that meet these qualifications: Cities with average day temperatures of 22-28° C (72-83° F) and night temps of 14° C (57° F) and higher; and a population between 28,000-300,000. I analyzed climate and population data of around 700 towns in the countries mentioned above and then pulled out the ones that meet the previously mentioned criteria, which leaves about 70. My preference leans towards towns of less than 100,000 people.  And, now that I have visited more than 30 towns/cities, I've decided I will probably want an inland town. I love the beach and walking in the warm water, but getting sunburned is just too easy, even on a cloudy day. At least here in Ecuador. I've also decided that any town with more than 100,000 population will be too big. I've decided that any small town/city (less than around 80,000 population) that meets the temp specifications and has a supermarket and ATM is one worth considering to live in.

My goal is to visit the towns and discover which one calls out to me - "Chip, Chip, make your new home here, this is your new home town". That hasn't happened yet, but the towns listed below are very close to giving me that feeling. At any rate, I am not visiting tourist attractions or archeological sites, etc, those will have to wait for another trip through South America.

At this point in my journey, I had ten towns on my Top 10 list, but I narrowed it down to four:

• Tingo Maria, Perú
• Moyobamba, Perú
• Catamayo, Ecuador
• Puyo, Ecuador

During my travels in Ecuador I visited 32 towns/cities. In Perú, I visited 26 towns/cities; in Chile, only five towns; and in Argentina, I visited 15 towns. In Uruguay, I visited five towns, and in Brazil, three. So far, I have visited 20 cities in Paraguay.

Next up: Tabatí, Paraguay.