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Trinidad, a small village near to the Encarnacion city and few kilometers from the Argentinian border. It is know because of the Jesuit settlements which has been added to the list of world cultural heritage of the UNESCO. In total, there were seven Jesuit settlements in Paraguay, but the Trinidad is the most complete of them. The nearby Jesus (12km) is also very well preserved.... read more

The Brasilian part of the famous Iguazu falls in Parque Nacional do Iguacu. I was there on Sunday and there were plenty of people, maybe also because on Tuesday there was national holiday in Brasil and all the people left the cities. Nevertheless the view of the falls is spectacular, even if you don't come so close to the falls, but you get a good overview of the size of the falls. It is 275 falls (depending on the year period and the amount of water) from 40 to 80 meters height....... read more

Border city between Paraguay, Brasil (Foz do Iguazu) and Argentina (Puerto Iguazu) few kilemeters South . The city is a huge market, full of street sellers. The most present article are plastic pools, massivly bought by the Brasilians (don't ask me why). It is a necessity to pass through this city going to the Iguazu falls or to see the Itaipu dam, but in the city itself, there is nothing interesting to see ...... read more

The capital of Paraguay is full of contrasts, on one side you see fat vilas of rich people living in the center and around, with nice gardens, expensive cars, etc. and on the other side there are homeless people living next to the president palace at Rio Parana's shore every year beeing flooded. Also some parks and squares (ie. Plaza Urugaya) are occupied by homeless living just below a platic cover, cooking below the trees and washing their clothes in the streets slops. There are few nice colonial buildings in the center as well as the amazing presidents palace and the cathedral. El Panteon at the Plaza de Heroes also is a impressive construction. More in the photos...... read more

I planned a short visit to the botanical garden, one hour to look a bit on the plants, but I didn't expect how enormous it will be. Five kms legth and around two kms wide, so I spent the whole afternoon in a for European visitors unconventional botanical garden with many types of wild forest from the dry Chaco forest over the semidry forest amazonian rain forest. Everything is natural, as the climate conditions are great to keep this botanical garden. The forest is almost unmaintained, so inside you feel a bit wilderness (if you forget that few kms away is the biggest Bolivians city). I saw many animals, like different apes, huge turtles, etc. I went there just with sandals, expecting a Czech-type botanical garden, so I was surprised to step one meter aside of ... read more