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The Lopez Palace in Asuncion as seen from the Paraguay River6 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Strolling alongside the Paraguay river during our 5 mile walk. It was nearly 100F and Helen was getting heatstroke.6 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Monument to Paraguay's independence from Spain. It was the first of the Spanish colonies in South America to declare independence11 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Strolling alongside the Paraguay river during our 5 mile walk. 9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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The Asuncion Cathedral7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Walking through downtown Asuncion; Our first view of the Paraguay River8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station5 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Inside the old central railroad station7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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outside the old central railroad station8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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outside the old central railroad station7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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walking towards downtown Asuncion from our hotel8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Helen in front of our rental car parked at our hotel8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Helen in front of our rental car parked at our hotel looking at the tire that was indicating low pressure (it was not low, bad sensor)5 viewsMar 20, 2025
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our rental car9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Leaving Panama City airport for Asuncion, Paraguay6 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: an old sugar cana plantation building constructed on stilts to protect against floods7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: this domed patio was used to dry coffee leaves7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: The former manager's house on this old plantation5 viewsMar 20, 2025
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The plantations were land grants in the 17 and 1800's given as strips of land several hundred meters wide and 5km deep. As shown in this photo, they were protected by dikes to keep back the river's flood waters9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Complex of old plantation buildings. This particular plantation has been resurrected as a tourist destination including a small hotel which has been established in an old wooden plantation building5 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Complex of old plantation buildings. This particular plantation has been resurrected as a tourist destination including a small hotel which has been established in an old wooden plantation building7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Souvenir shop at old plantation7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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The pier at the old plantation with young Dutch female tourist in our tour group9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: The restaurant that we ate lunch at during our river tour day10 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: This other plantation has been given a new life as a beef producing ranch. Was formerly a sugar plantation like most of the plantations here originally9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: Helen walking along the defensive bank of the star-shaped Fort Niew Amsterdam8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: monument to East Asian (Indian) immigrants inside Fort Niew Amsterdam5 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: monument to Indonesian immigrants inside Fort Niew Amsterdam. The artist chose to honor their flip-flop footwear. These immigrants were all imported to work on the sugar plantations after slavery was abolished around 18609 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam13 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam10 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam7 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam11 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam. We reached this fort by a river trip on a small boat that departed Paramaribo8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam. We reached this fort by a river trip on a small boat that departed Paramaribo8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: inside Fort Niew Amsterdam. 13 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: Fort Niew Amsterdam. 11 viewsMar 20, 2025
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star-shaped defensive wall of Fort Niew Amsterdam. There would have been a wooden pallisade on top of this berm as part of the defensive works3 viewsMar 20, 2025
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River dolphins9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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River dolphins8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: boarding our river tour boat in Paramaribo11 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Suriname: memorial to big plane crash at Paramaribo airport on June 7, 1989, killing 176 passengers8 viewsSurinam Airways Flight 764 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname on a Surinam Airways DC-8-62. On Wednesday 7 June 1989, the flight crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij, killing 176 of the 187 on board. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in Suriname's historyMar 20, 2025
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Hindu temple in Paramaribo9 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Jewish synagogue in Paramaribo12 viewsMar 20, 2025
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Jewish synagogue in Paramaribo shown with adjacent Islamic mosque8 viewsMar 20, 2025
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