2019-03-01 Business Traveller

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UPFRONT

MARCH 2019

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network of Flightradar

receivers picks up the

position of aircraft, using

their ADS-B (automatic

dependent surveillance-

broadcast) transponders.

Who’s behind it? It was

started in 2006 by Swedes

Mikael Robertsson and

Olov Lindberg, who wanted

to attract visitors to their

airline price comparison

website. They initially

installed ADS-B receivers

on the roofs of their homes

to track planes in the skies

above Stockholm.

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PARAGUAY

PARAGUAYANS ARE A HAPPY

LOT. According to Gallup’s

Positive Experience Index, people

from this landlocked South

American nation are privy to a

host of feel-good emotions.

So what do they have that the

rest of us don’t? After all, society

here is gravely unequal and

corruption is rife.

Many cite the Paraguayans’

incredibly laid-back attitude as the

key to their happiness. Others

believe it’s all down to an ability to

live for the moment rather than

worrying about the future.

Head out of the main city,

Asuncion (one of the cheapest

capitals on the planet), and there’s

much to raise a smile. In surface

area, Paraguay is just larger than

Japan. Bisected by the Rio

Paraguay, it’s split into the forested

eastern region, Paranena, and the

emptier marshy plains of the

Chaco in the west. A typical tour

of the country might take in the

waterfalls of Iguazu or Saltos del

Monday, the wetlands of Pantanal

and the Jesuit ruins of La Santisima

Trinidad de Parana. Whatever,

you’ll leave happier than you came.

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