On my way from Iguazu Falls to Paraguay, I stopped in Argentine border town of Posadas, across the river from Encarnacion, Paraguay, to go to the Paraguayan consul there and to catch a bus to the nearby Jesuit ruins in San Ignacio. I found in Posadas, however, a great city, off the beaten track, of about 300k inhabitants with a great university nightlife. There I met a group of foreigners who were there doing volunteer work at an underfunded wildlife shelter outside of town. They invited me to come see it, and it was clear that although it seemed to be doing allright now, in the near past before their organization had started sending its volunteers the place was in disrepair. It was managed by ex-poachers and staffed by rangers, who were technically part of the
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