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Mazamari, Perú
July 27, 2023
Mazamari, Perú, has a population of about 45,000. This is my second visit to Mazamari because I like it enough to visit twice and put it on my top 10 list of potential new home towns.
I wrote about Mazamari here in my blog dated February 18, 2023, so you can read the complete story there. This time I am revisiting and seeing a bit more of the town. I have now met two people here that speak at least some English, though barely conversational. Back in February during my visit there was one afternoon rain shower, and now in my first two days here there has been rain showers both afternoons. They are typically short and often heavy. I hiked to the top of the antenna hill with a friend and her daughter, the hill is at the edge of town. I took a few pics of the city, they're in the photo album.
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Paucarpata, Perú
July 19, 2023
Villa de Santa Cruz de Paucarpata (Paucarpata), Perú, has a population of about 132,000. Paucarpata is the direct neighboring city to Arequipa. The two make up one large metropolitan area with a population of about 200,000.
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Ilo, Perú
July 17, 2023
Ilo, Perú, has a population of about 67,000. Ilo is a coastal town but not a beach town, as you can see in the photos in the photo album, there is no actual beach here. There are a couple gravel/rock 'beaches' and north of town is the area called Pacocha, which does have a beach.
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Arica, Chile and journey update
July 15, 2023
Arica, Chile. First, my final opinion about Calama, after my second visit to the town - I still am not enamored with the town, mostly because of the desert - it is very polluted with trash all around the city, and the dust that hangs in the air. You can't see it when you're in the city, but from outside the city you sure can see it. One visit to the Atacama Desert is enough, two was more than enough.
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San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
July 10, 2023
San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina.
In wrapping up my visit to Paraguay, and working my way north through the towns of Yby Yaú and Concepción, I visited Filadelfia, a mostly Mennonite town. Taking the bus from Filadelfia should have been no more than 5 - 5 1/2 hours, so I figured. Boy, was I wrong.
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