New member/guidance

Paraguay IS off the beaten path!

@dustinjason I know a girl who opened a school for teaching English. She has a steady income.

I also know a woman who came recently and advertised that she could teach children English. She quickly found a group of willing students. Paraguayans understand the value of English as an international means of communication and are getting more involved in the learning process.

It costs $350/month to rent a good house.

My story concerns a town in the south of Paraguay, Hohenau.

Sincerely, Helena.

@Helena Mores

Thank you, Helena.

May I ask if you know specifically how the woman you mentioned marketed herself as an English teacher? Was it on a specific website or online platform? Or, was it more of a word-of-mouth type of advertising?

I'm going to look up the city you mentioned.

This is good information - thank you!

You've given me a reason to learn more.

Jason

@dustinjason I can only speak for the experience I had in Hohenau. There are a lot of German migrants in this city. In Germany, everyone learns English in school. But when migrants come to Paraguay, it turns out that there are many who speak Spanish and German, but few who can teach English, but all German families understand how important English is in life. So it was enough for this woman to say that she could teach children English, and the parents went to her on their own. She is not an English teacher, she just knows it well. This information spread from one person to another. The town is not very big (600 German families and 13,000 Paraguayans - the whole population of the town), everyone knows each other.

We wanted to give our children to her as well, but our children don't know Spanish very well. But once they learn Spanish, the next language to learn is certainly English.

@Helena Mores thank you!

hello forum members,

We are looking forward to move to Paraguay in the coming years, while, we plan to visit this country in this summer (or called 'winter' in Paraguay). May I ask a vague question that which towns are suitable for living in a quiet life style, but not far from major cities ? Your any guidance and advices are sincerely appreciated. Thanks

Rob

@RobTao Hello Rob!

For myself, I can recommend the German colony of Hohenau. I live here myself, I like it. There are a lot of Europeans here and you feel at home, but you have a freedom that you didn't have in your home country.

And I've heard a lot of good things about the city of San Bernardino. It's not far from Asuncion. The town where the largest and most expensive villas in Paraguay are. But I have not been there.

I lived in Villarica, Caaguazú, Idepedencia, the German colony of Neufeld (now Rheinland), but I did not like these places for some reasons. There's nothing wrong with them, but I just didn't like them.

A nice family recently came to our guest house and lived there: they born a baby in Mexico recently. The man and his mother are from France, the girl is from Ukraine and they lived in Germany for a while. They stayed with us in Hohenau for a few days and left. So a month later they sent a question - do I know a broker who would help them buy a house in Hohenau (no, i dont know brokers, dont ask me. We build houses someself))). But it's very nice that they also saw that our town is very nice.

So I recommend those two places.

@Helena Mores I'm planing to come to paraguay in a month to look for farm land to do bees farming. Do you know which area best and any reputable realtor?

@Sesonchusis Bees are fine everywhere in Paraguay. There are many flowering plants and trees all year round. Honey is produced all year round. The cost of 1 kg of honey $4.15. It is well bought. There are not many honey producers. A lot of honey is imported into Paraguay from Argentina. There are no traditional bee diseases that are found in other regions.There is a problem with ants. They ravage the hives. But with proper care this can be avoided.

If everywhere is good for bees, I recommend the Itapua region for housing. Hohenau, for example. In '20, 20 families came from the USA. You can communicate with them. If you have the desire.

@Sesonchusis I don't know a real estate broker. I recommend coming, renting a place and looking around.