{"id":1713,"date":"2025-05-22T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2025-05-22T23:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:16:10","slug":"asuncion-villahayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/05\/22\/asuncion-villahayes\/","title":{"rendered":"From Asuncion to Villa Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This time I will be traveling about 35km by motorcycle from Asuncion to Villa Hayes, the capital of Presidente Hayes Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is located just across the Paraguay River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc9b7d35fbe&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc9b7d35fbe\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821-1024x709.jpg?resize=1024%2C709&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821.jpg?resize=1024%2C709&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821.jpg?resize=768%2C532&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821.jpg?resize=1536%2C1064&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-2025-02-16-212821.jpg?w=1542&amp;ssl=1 1542w, https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8-2025-02-16-212821-1024x709.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5357\u7c73\u30d0\u30a4\u30af\u65c5\u3010\u30d1\u30e9\u30b0\u30a2\u30a4\u3011\u30a2\u30b9\u30f3\u30b7\u30aa\u30f3\u304b\u3089\u30d3\u30b8\u30e3\u30fb\u30a2\u30b8\u30a7\u30b9\u307e\u3067\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKbkvi5Yfwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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It is located just across the Paraguay River. I head north along Brazil Avenue, which is as crowded as ever. It gets very crowded here in the mornings and evenings. After about 10 minutes,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=1698","_jin_ogp_image_url":"","_jin_last_featured_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[6,16,7],"class_list":["post-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trip","category-paraguay-motorcycletrip","tag-6","tag-16","tag-7","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions\/2437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}