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The wind and me

Because this is not exactly tourist time here in Paraguay, I had the ruins to myself, which may have added an extra eerieness, a sense that this history was still alive.
Jesuit Ruins at Trinidad

December 23rd 2006
A break from the pouring rain was all I wanted for Christmas...And today I was granted a few hours of sunshine with puffy clouds and blue skies, the best backdrop for the immense ruins that stretch over a hilltop in Trinidad, Paraguay. Even as the storm clouds came rolling back in, they served to just increase the dramatic nature of the scene, and leave me enough time to wave down a bus from the r ... read more
South America » Paraguay » Encarnacion

Paraguayan Flag 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
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