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Nils giving advice before leaving for Posadas.
Entering the national airliner. |
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Nice plane. And OK inside. |
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Off to a nice lunch at
a local restaurant. After lunch, a visit to
Selecta tea plantation. |
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Founded in 1950 by
x-Germans. It was lovely laid out. |
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Big fur trees.
Trees that they made tea of. |
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Original rubbish
containers. Nice flower settings. |
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Jorunn and Martin
during a briefing. The main production hall. |
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Nice trees.
Finished product. |
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Production details.
More finished produce. |
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Favorite drink of the
Paraguayans, cold tea. Local workers in a very
nice, serene setting. |
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Rat poising.
Bird with too much rat poison? |
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Production hall.
The farewell sermon. |
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Selecta is sending its produce worldwide.
The various tea products of Selecta. You can see m ore
here.
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Then off to the ruins
of to the Jesuit mission town of
Trinidad. Seen here is the local guide, Emanuel. These missions are a
reminder of the Jesuits' Christianization of the Río de la Plata basin in
the 17th and 18th centuries, with the accompanying social and economic
initiatives. Emanuel with his Norwegian
counterpart, Nils.
Martin and the others are listening in. |
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Martin and Iria
listening to the guide. One of the arches
remaining. |
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Overview of the ruins.
It is a lot of them. |
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Landscape.
Ruins. |
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Martin having a rest.
More ruins. |
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See through ruins.
Martin in the background. Another see-through
ruin. |
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Part of the structure.
Building details. |
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Impressive.
The christening fountain reconstructed. Smashed by looters a couple of
hundred years ago.
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Another view of the
fountain. Jorunn and some info about the site. |
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Tall bamboos tree with
nest. Martin and rocks. |
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Hole in the wall.
Nice green lawn. |
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Rocks found.
Martin and rocks. |
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Dengue fever is a treat
in Paraguay. We took the train across the border
to Paraguay. |
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Waiting for transport
looking towards Paraguay. Looking back at
Argentine. |
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After Posadas, we went to the
border to Paraguay.
It was a train that crossed the border river. |
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In the middle of the river between
the two countries. Jorunn, Nils and a female
thief that stole Jorunn's cell phone. |
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Martin on the train
crossing into Paraguay. Locomotive graveyard. |
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Old tracks.
Lone, abandoned good wagon. |
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End stop at the Paraguayan side.
Embarking on the Paraguayan side. |
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Off to our hotel, a very nice one.
And new one.
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Very tasty interior, brand new.
Excellent bar. |
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Hotel view. Nice,
shiny hall for functions. |
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Pool that Martin never
manage to use. Jorunn with icy beer. |
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Martin with icy beer. |
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