webair: Parava isn't that bad. Their domain management site is at:
http://www.10-domains.com/
They caught me Reporter.com a couple of years ago, back when they were catching domains through NicGenie, instead of partnering with Pool, and the domain management was straightforward.
What's really bad is when you catch a name through a Korean or Japanese registrar, and there's not a single English page on their site.
That was fun.