{"id":847,"date":"2025-02-21T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=847"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:50:37","slug":"filadelfia-asuncion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/02\/21\/filadelfia-asuncion\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia to Asuncion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am heading from Philadelphia to Asuncion in Paraguay, the final destination of my half-year journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a journey of about 460km from red to yellow on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc9abef17bc&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc9abef17bc\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" 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