Keeley Brown Adventures

How things change. I have decided not to go back to Argentina, even though I loved it there, I was quite homesick and didn't want to go so far away, so quickly (I'd be out there now) for so long (about a year). I just want to go travelling again, back to Bolivia and up through Central America which is much cheaper to travel though, so hopefully that won't be in the too distant future (sorry nan!). I'd like to do some voluntary teaching whilst away as well so watch this space. So what to do in the interim to get some money together. I headed up to York for a bit but there was no work there at all, registered with 5 agencies and all I could get was 4 hours of being a catering ... read more

I can´t believe the date already!! This is probably my final entry whilst away, reality is starting to bite again. Anyway, enough of that, what´s been happening? It rained, rained, RAINED on my last day in Iguazu, and everywhere on the coast in Brazil was forecast rain and thunderstorms and there´s not much point going to a beautiful beach if it´s raining. So I bought another ticket and went to the only place that had sun, the Pantanal, said to have as many animals as the Amazon, and in fact I saw more animals on my first morning than I did in the Amazon. After a 16 hour bus ride into Brazil, and a 5 hour mini bus ride, we arrived at our camp where a hammock was to be my bed for the next 3 ... read more

Wow wow wow!!! I feel so lucky, I have seen so many amazing things on this trip and today have just come back from the Iguazu Falls. But first to recap since I spoke to you last, I´ve just uploaded the whale and glacier pictures so I´m hopefully going to get up to date whilst I´ve got access to a fairly decent computer. So I headed to Bariloche and that is one of the most beautiful places I have been to, I think I could have found my place...... It´s in the Lake District of Argentina, huge lakes surrounded by mountains and the town turns into a ski resort in the winter. There has been a huge volcano errupting somewhere in Chile since I´ve been travelling and the ash has been affecting flights and visibility for ... read more

So I´m really thinking about my lack of days but I´m still heading in the wrong direction, South instead of North, but such is life. This will be a short entry, but you´ll be pleased to know that you will mostly be viewing whales today :-) Wow - they came so close to the boat, mother and calves, they are so beautiful. I met Marisa on the boat, she has been travelling most of her life, and is now a Spanish and English teacher in Bariloche (she is 68 but looks amazing, it must be something in the water) and I am hopefully going to visit her for afternoon tea, she loves Earl Grey tea, and may be a useful contact for work, who knows..... After the wahles it was a short hop, skip and jump ... read more

Morning chicas and chicos!!! So what have I been up to? Amelia has left and I´ve moved into a cheaper hostel. The receptionist, Ramona, teaches German at the local international language school and I was told that she would be able to let me know what it´s like working and teaching here. Anyway, to cut a long story short, she called them up last Friday, I went for an interview that day, observed a class that night and I have an hour of teaching tonight and if they like me then I have a job starting next March!!! I´m finding it so hard to get back into the grammar, and teaching am about "would" but the teacher, Kit, is really nice, very laid back, she´s from Boston, been here about 18 months and heading home next ... read more