Although Trinidad is a UNESCO site, there is no one on the site, so we can really appreciate the place!
The Jesuits created these cities in the XVIII century to teach the Indians some of the European values and skills. They were really sucessfull and had got so much power that the Spaniards expulsed them from the Country and burned their buildings.
That's David in the altar and Caro in the Cript...
From Trinidad we took another bus to the site of Jesus. We had to wait 1 hour for the bus, which wasn't really a "new" one.
We were very hungry and when we saw this sign we were very tempted : "Here there's creamy icecream"...
The site of Jesús is about the same size, but the main cathedral was partially restored, so one can get more impression of how it really was.
We then went to the village next door. This is were we saw the most bizarre "plaza de Armas" in the whole continent....
We had a nice lunch in the only restaurant of the village, where the people were listening to Vallenato (typical music from Colombia) in the middle of nowhere!
Here, a lot of the notes are really disgusting and look more like toilet paper... Make sure you wash you hands before lunch!
After heading back to Encarnación, we crossed the border again to Argentina to the town of Posadas, just accross a bridge. From there, we enjoyed a nice dinner with great views on Paraguay. Note that the lady seating on the bench has a thermo bottle. Everybody here goes out with his thermo filled with cold "mate" that they drink litteraly without stopping (even in buses)!
In the hotel, we had the most experimental hot shower system, which is basically a water boiler you first fill with water, and then open a small tap.... Just like preparing tea!
As the place is quite full of mosquitoes, we used some old habits from Ghana!
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