Concepcion Cathedral

Concepción and Laguna Blanca

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June 10th 2010
Travelling from Filadelfia to Concepción, the bus passed through the great Chaco wilderness, with not one town between the two cities. The road was surrounded by bush, as well as large cattle ranches and small wooden huts where the workers live. As the landscape is very flat, with not that many trees, you can actually see quite a bit from the bus - I managed to see numerous types of large birds ... read more

South America » Paraguay

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In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70), Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory. It stagnated economically for the next half century. In the Chaco War of 1932-35, large, economically important areas were ... ... read more