Across the River Paraná from Posadas in Argentina is the Paraguayan city of Encarnación.  Nearby the ruins of 2 of the 8 Jesuit missions established in Paraguay, Trinidad del Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue, are both deserving of their Unesco World Heritage status.

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Paraguay is a small poor country surrounded by Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina.  Guaraní, the language of the original inhabitants is still spoken along with Spanish.  Chipa sellers are everywhere, even on the buses.  We devoured many of these dense, odd shaped rolls, made from manioc flour, eggs and cheese, kept warm in a cloth covered basket. 

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The capital, Ascunción has seen better days.  Colonia Nueva Australia, southeast of Ascunción, was founded in 1893 by a group of Australians led by William Lane as the world´s first communist settlement. We didn´t get there.
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