30mi. N of Coronel Suárez.
Showing posts with label south america. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south america. Show all posts
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
117 - Kwakoegroa, Surinam
50mi. S of Paramaribo. I'm pretty sure I transcribed it right, but Google turns up nothing. There's a Kwakoe festival in Amsterdam, celebrating Dutch-Surinamese culture, though.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
120 - Cerro de Pasco, Peru
In the Andes NE of Lima. Here's a great tidbit from the wikipage of the Peruvian soccer team Deportivo Wanka:
The team aroused controversy in 2004 when it moved its base to Cerro de Pasco, the highest city in the world and almost certainly the world's highest venue for professional football, at an altitude of 4,380 m (13,973 ft) above sea level, well above the point where altitude sickness becomes a problem. Its opponents criticised the move as an attempt to stave off relegation [to a lower league] by playing in conditions that no other team could tolerate, including hail, rain, near-freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen from the high altitude. The club was relegated that season anyway.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
119 - Bello, Colombia
Just N of Medellín.
Here's my quick sketch of the Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Hatoviejo, an oldish looking church in Bello.
Here's my quick sketch of the Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Hatoviejo, an oldish looking church in Bello.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
118 - Aguaray Guazú, Paraguay
River flowing SW into the Rio Jejuí Guazú, itself an eastern tributary of the Paraguay.
117 - Zanderij, Suriname
30mi. S of Paramaribo. The name comes from a deposit of white quartize and sand that stretches across the Guianas (of which, of course, Suriname is the Dutch variety).
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