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Saturday, February 18, 2006

"The Last Paradise"
La Gran Chiquitania, a beautiful site linked to by the Shrine of the Holy Whapping, is dedicated to promoting tourism to the "remote eastern plains of Bolivia's Santa Cruz Department." According to the site, "March 2006 marks the opening of the Lanzamiento Mundial de las Misiones Jesuitícas Chiquitos, when the Jesuit mission settlements will open to the world at large in all their glory." The site includes many fine examples of "mestizo-baroque" art.

I once heard from an Hispanist that all the women of this region resembled Raquel Welch.