{"id":3747,"date":"2022-09-14T22:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T01:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2022-09-14T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T01:15:09","slug":"chaco-and-formosa-2022-day-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/3747","title":{"rendered":"Chaco and Formosa 2022 Day 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date<\/strong><\/em>: Wednesday 14 September 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trajectory<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 Loreto – Ituzaingo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance covered:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0120 km (with diversions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spent morning in Loreto, firstly visiting the Jesuit museum, containing valuable pieces rescued by families fleeing persecution and two previous incarnations of Loreto. Many valuable pieces are still kept in family homes but some are on display in the museum`:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And certainly worth a look at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This crown of thorns particularly caught my eye:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then on to Horacio Matarrasso\u2019s new ecolodge project just outside Loreto, coming on very nicely. He\u2019s decided to name the central lake (seen here filling slowly) \u2018`Lake Appleton\u2019, after our mutual friend Tim Appleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here I shot my bird of the day, a green-winged saltator, in the feeding area. I\u2019m not a fan of birds on feeders, but it was a lifer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From there to the new \u2018portal\u2019 San Antonio on the other side of Loreto, in search of the black-and-white monjita, a bird that has eluded me for many years. Despite the efforts of local guide Ariel it continued to do so, so I cut my losses and drove on to Ituzaing\u00f3 where Alejandra Boloqui had arranged accommodation for me at \u2018Casa Bonita\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found the plaque at top right of the door fascinating: it seems like a multi-use\u00a0\u00a0facility for\u00a0the elderly, a hotel for adults and a nursery for infants all rolled into one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whatever, it looks very comfortable, even if the wifi is not very wonderful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow I take a launch to Apip\u00e9 Island. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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