Vicster - Vicky Carliell

So... finished uni, saved some money, and now I'm off on more or less a year's travel. The plan is 4 1/2months in Argentina working on a ranch (as a cowgirl!), back home for christmas, then off to China end of feb for 6months teaching english followed by a little backpacking, ending in Thailand.

I've finished the first half and had an amazing time, and am now back in England catching up with friends and getting organised for China. Little bit scared about this second bit - mainly cos I have to teach (eek!) but also cos once I finally come home I've got to actually find a proper job - booo!

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By Vicster
October 4th 2006

Las Cataratas del Iguazu South America » Argentina » Misiones » Puerto Iguazú

Iguazu Falls

My second weekend off i ventured up to the north-eastern tip of Argentina to visit the Iguazu Falls. They might not technically be the tallest or the most powerful waterfalls in the world (Niagra and Victoria take those honours), but my god they're spectacular. One of my favourite places in Argentina. I'd seen them in photos and stuff, but still the first sight of them in real life completely knocks you for six. The constant roar of the water, and their immense power and size, and surreal jungle-paradise look of them, amazed me everytime I saw them. I spent my weekend [View Full Entry]

By Vicster
September 23rd 2006

Reserva Provincial Ibera South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Carlos Pellegrini

Ibera - a wetlands wildlife wilderness

My first time off after 3 weeks working at the ranch - my god it was a hard slog - Anne and I spent the weekend at Ibera Provincial Reserve. Well technically we were staying at the tiny town of Carlos Pellegrini (population 500 or so) but the town is right next to the reserve. The reserve is very new - only 25 years old i think - so the alligators are all young and not too big (because there were a huge amount of poachers hunting them before) and the place is quite quiet. The other reason for the lack [View Full Entry]

Rachel, Kate and Faye with our gaucho guide

By Vicster
September 4th 2006

Vicky the Gaucho South America » Argentina » Corrientes » Mercedes

life on the ranch
On my way back from retuning one of the mares to their field.

I´ve finally started my life as a cowgirl! I arrived at the Haras Monday afternoon (the date of this entry, tho I am in fact writing this somewhat later) and after a quick welcome got stuck straight into work... The first few weeks at the ranch weren´t so great. I quickly realised I wouldn´t be learning as much as I´d hoped, both in terms of improving my Spanish (cos i mainly work with the other volunteers, who all speak English), and in terms of all the exciting horse stuff (like horse-whispering, and breeding, and competitions) that they promised me in the [View Full Entry]

Anne, my room mate...with two of her patients

By Vicster
September 3rd 2006

Estudiañdo en Córdoba South America » Argentina » Córdoba

Trekking in Casa Bamba
My second weekend in Córdoba. (Be prepared for lots more photos of the beautiful countryside!)

I´ve spent the last 2 weeks studying Spanish in Cordoba (in between partying, exploring the sierras and stuffing my face in wonderfully cheap restaurants!). It´s been eerily like being back at highschool - i set my alarm for 7 (and get up half an hour later) miss the bus I need to take and arrive at school slightly late for my 9 o´clock start. (Only everyone works to 'Argentinean time' over here, which is like Vicky time only half an hour later!...last friday our lessons started 40mins late cos all the teachers were trying to tune in the telly to watch [View Full Entry]

By Vicster
August 20th 2006

Buenos Aires baby! South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

La Casa Rosada
Remember the film Evita? This is the presidential offices and it´s from these balconies that Eva and Juan Peron conducted their rallies. Just my luck they were doing repair work on it when I was ther... [more]

The plane touched down in BA thursday morning, 16 hours after leaving the sniffer dogs and scary policemen with big black guns at Heathrow. Trust me to fly on the day people were planning on blowing up all the planes from london! Still I made it to Argentina without incident, nicely full after 3 (surprisingly tasty) British Airways meals. And I'm proud to say my backpack weighed just 14.6kg! Go me and my light packing! The first thing I noticed about Argentina was how similar the landscape looked to Britain, with all the grass and trees we drove through from the [View Full Entry]

By Vicster
August 3rd 2006

Saying goodbye Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Swansea

Housing Options leaving do
Friday 30th June, Chris, Karen, Sian, Chevonne, Cat, Emma, Jon and me at the Cross Keys

Four years in Swansea…quite a large chunk of my life! Needless to say leaving it all was quite sad. For a ‘pretty shity city’ i've had some rather excellent times. So goodbye Mary Williams and JCs and Time, and Jitsu and Discovery, and the beach and the park and the bbqs and the housecrawls. (but I’m sure I’ll be back to visit). Anyhoo I celebrated my leaving in the conventional fashion: gathering together my friends, and getting drunk with them all! Friday 30th June was my Housing Options Leaving do. We went for a few drinks and curly fries down Wind [View Full Entry]

By Vicster
August 2nd 2006

The Beginning (a very good place to start) Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey

This is a trip I’ve been planning for quite some time. I’ve had this vague notion of going travelling since I was in 6th Form, but I didn’t start to think about it properly till I graduated from Uni last summer. Since then the saving and planning has taken far longer than I anticipated, and I’ve changed my mind about where I want to go and what I want to do a million times. But it’s (mostly) decided now, and this is my itinerary as it stands… 16th August 06 - 22nd December 06: Argentina *2 week Spanish course in Cordoba [View Full Entry]

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