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Comparing Tucson, AZ, Encarnación, Paraguay, and Barranquilla, Colombia
February 25, 2025
A chat with ChatGPT
You said:
When looking at the globe on Google Earth and comparing the locations of Tucson, AZ (approx. 32 degnorth) and Encarnaction, Paraguay (approx. 27 deg south) - It's interesting comparing the climates. I've lived in bothcities and it seems Tucson is actually a more mild year-round on average climate than Encarnacion.
ChatGPT said:
That is an interesting observation! Looking purely at latitude, Tucson and Encarnación are insomewhat similar positions relative to their respective hemispheres. However, their climates are shaped by vastlydifferent factors. Comparing Climates: Tucson vs. Encarnación
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Encarnación, Paraguay Expatriat Community
January 27, 2025
Here in Encarnación there is an expat group meetup twice a month. I'm surprised by the number of expats in this small city. Many of those expatriates (expats) come from Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian World Congress, there are supposedly 40,000 Ukrainians living in Paraguay. Ukrainians first came from Argentina, just across the Paraná River from Encarnacón, in the 1920s due to the economic problems at that time. They started arriving in Argentina in the late 19th century.
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Encarnación, Paraguay
December 14, 2024
After a quite stormy afternoon and evening in Paraguarí, I arrived in Encarnación in the afternoon on the 11th.
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Paraguarí, Paraguay
December 12, 2024
Paraguarí, Paraguay, with a population around 23,000, was founded in 1775. Paraguarí is called "Cradle of National Independence", since in the Cerro Mba'e fight, of January 19, 1811, the Paraguayan army defeated the Spanish army from Buenos Aires. That win lead to the independence of Paraguay. In the early-to-mid 17th century the Jesuits were expelled from Paraguay by order of the King of Spain, then soon after, the town of Paraguarí was founded.
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Asunción, Paraguay
December 10, 2024
Asunción, Paraguay, my second visit to this city, the capital of Paraguay. I wrote quite a lot about Asunción in May 2023 after my first visit, so this time I the blog for Asunción will be shorter. First, it's raining. On and off all day, each day, so my chances of exploring more of the city have been quite limited. Also, the charger thing for my laptop computer died so I had to spend a good chunk of one morning looking for a laptop service shop that had a replacement charger. Then, I spent more time walking around looking for a loundry service. So those two tasks ate up half of my first day here. The remainder of the day was a washout due to the constand drizzly rain.
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