Paraguay
Folder: South America
Landlocked between Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, Paraguay is rarely visited by tourists. Asuncion, its capital was established in 1532 as Spain's gateway to the interior of South America long before Buenos Aires existed. It has a complex and secretive history...with crazy dictators, and strange groups of dissenting settlers in the 18 and 1900s coming to set up Utopian communities...including earl…
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Doubled
Brachychiton tree. Paraguay, Asuncion.
Paraguay. The Chaco.
Brachychiton (bottle) trees.
Paraguay: Norbert's giant anteater...Myrmecophaga tridactyla (endangered)
In the Paraguayan Chaco, Norbert, a Mennonite farmer, had a young, hand reared giant anteater at his ranch, and took us to meet it. It ate meat from my hand with its long, sticky tongue! The claws are evry dangerous.Their eyesight is poor, but sense of smell is keen. We had seen a huge wild one earlier in the day in the wilderness.
Paraguay: Norbert's giant anteater...Myrmecophaga tridactyla (endangered)
In the Paraguayan Chaco, Norbert, a Mennonite farmer, had a young, hand reared giant anteater at his ranch, and took us to meet it. It ate meat from my hand with its long, sticky tongue! Their eyesight is poor, but sense of smell is keen. We had seen a huge wild one earlier in the day in the wilderness.
Paraguay: Norbert's giant anteater...Myrmecophaga tridactyla (endangered)
In the Paraguayan Chaco, Norbert, a Mennonite farmer, had a young, hand reared giant anteater at his ranch, and took us to meet it. It ate meat from my hand with its long, sticky tongue! Their eyesight is poor, but sense of smell is keen. We had seen a huge wild one earlier in the day in the wilderness.
08 May 2010
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Guarani
Paraguay pilgrimage church. Our Lady of Caacupé.
Reduccion
Trinidad, Paraguay. Jesuit reduccion.
Guarani mission. UNESCO heritage site.
11 May 2010
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HFF
Orphaned giant anteater, handreared on his Paraguay ranch by a man we met up in the Northern Chaco. It licked my hand with its metre long sticky tongue!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Greetings from summer in Australia, and thanks a million for the visits!
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