Comments on: Jesuits in Paraguay https://simonsparaguay.com/jesuits-in-paraguay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesuits-in-paraguay My guide to anything and everything about Paraguay Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Simon https://simonsparaguay.com/jesuits-in-paraguay/#comment-46 Sat, 08 Aug 2020 19:39:45 +0000 https://simonsparaguay.com/?p=616#comment-46 In reply to Sapo.

Thanks for the suggestions. Once the world returns to some sort of normality and I dare travel a bit further I’ll let know when I’m down that end of the country.

]]> By: Sapo https://simonsparaguay.com/jesuits-in-paraguay/#comment-45 Sat, 08 Aug 2020 19:27:02 +0000 https://simonsparaguay.com/?p=616#comment-45 In reply to Simon.

A couple other things to do in the area – in the nearby town of Ayolas you can rent a little boat and take it out fishing on the Parana river.
At San Cosme they have a small observatory set up in honor of the famous astronomer. You can learn about the Paraguayan night sky.
Let me know if you’re in the region!

]]> By: Simon https://simonsparaguay.com/jesuits-in-paraguay/#comment-43 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:42:41 +0000 https://simonsparaguay.com/?p=616#comment-43 In reply to Sapo.

I’ve been there two or three times and also always found them to be very relaxing places. And the lack of visitors makes taking good photos easy. Missed visiting the other site only because it looked a little more tricky to get to.

The dam is on the list of places to visit next time I’m down in that part of the country. I was in Encarnación years ago before the dam was finished. The lower town was half derelict, it’s a bit different now.

]]> By: Sapo https://simonsparaguay.com/jesuits-in-paraguay/#comment-42 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:48:22 +0000 https://simonsparaguay.com/?p=616#comment-42 Great post Simon.
The Jesuit ruins are the only major tourist attraction in the world that I have visited where you can be completely alone. Quite amazing. Living nearby, I go to one of them every now and then to relax and read. The ancient other-world feeling is striking.

I’d also recommend the ruins at San Damien y Cosme. There was a Jesuit back in the 1700s who was the number one authority in the world on astronomy of the entire Southern Hemisphere. You can see his writings. Unfortunately, they were out of copies of his book when I visited! Also nearby, is the huge hydroelectric day Yacyreta which you can visit, a nice little museum with flora and fauna of the region, and a zoo nearby.

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