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Paraguay

8.9 km (5.5 miles) SSW of Establecimiento San Luis, Misiones, Paraguay
Approx. altitude: 94 m (308 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 27°N 123°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View to the South #3: View to the West #4: View to the North #5: View to the East #6: GPS reading #7: Ground Zero #8: The Confluence Hunters #9: Flower at the Confluence #10: Church in San Ignacio

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  27°S 57°W (visit #2)  

#1: The Confluence from 20 m distance

(visited by Rainer Mautz and Elionora)

04-Jan-2018 -- This is the 9th out of 11 reports reaching confluence points during our two-week trip through southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay. The story starts at 23°S 46°W and continues from 26°S 57°W. The itinerary and additional pictures can be found here.

Midday we reached the town of San Ignacio. After lunch, we drove 20 km southwards on a cobble stone road and another 1.5 km on a dirt road up to 500 m distance to the confluence point. From there we followed foot paths across varying pastures thereby bypassing a farmhouse, a little forest and finally we dropped down to a pasture where the confluence is located on.

The confluence was located right in the middle of a pasture with grazing cattle. The cows ignored our doing. Besides high grass and reeds there are some flowers growing at the confluence point.

On the way back, we encountered a hidden field where they grow marihuana. We continued our drive towards Encarnación as the southernmost place in Paraguay.

CP Visit Details:

  • Distance of car parking: 500 m
  • Time to reach the CP from the road: 15 minutes
  • Time at the CP: 2:50 PM
  • Measured height: 69 m
  • Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
  • Position accuracy: 2 m
  • Topography: flat
  • Vegetation: high grass, reeds, scattered blue flowers
  • Weather: sunny, 33° C (felt temperature)
  • Given Name: The Marihuana Confluence

The story continues at 27°S 56°W.


 All pictures
#1: The Confluence from 20 m distance
#2: View to the South
#3: View to the West
#4: View to the North
#5: View to the East
#6: GPS reading
#7: Ground Zero
#8: The Confluence Hunters
#9: Flower at the Confluence
#10: Church in San Ignacio
ALL: All pictures on one page