Entries Tagged ‘Polo’:
filed in Argentina on May.25, 2010
Since coming back from Argentina I honestly haven’t been able to stop going on about my time there, my friends are sick of hearing about it! I miss everybody, the polo… Hmmm. Must say the Spanglish efforts are improving, I can now vaguely converse with a taxi driver, understand half a menu and name every [...]
Tags: Argentina, Druids lodge, Polo
filed in Argentina on Mar.05, 2010
Ahhh I just wrote you a whole message and ran out time on the internet cafe computer just as I was about to send… SO here goes the rewrite, why do I never buy enough time?! But WOW, check us out wasn’t working for hours on the minimum wage all those months worth it? Argentina [...]
Tags: Champagne, Polo, Sailing, swimming, Uruguay, Wine
filed in Argentina on Mar.01, 2010
Sorry I’m going to have to cut this short so I have time to email everybody else I don’t have long as were having a party tonight for the full moon and it’s such a mission to get any access to Internet! You cannot possibly imagine, I’ve been tearing my hair out over it… Please [...]
Tags: full moon party, Horse, love, Polo, Riding
filed in Argentina on Feb.28, 2010
Just a quick note (will hopefully write at length when i can find better internet) to say I’M FINE, alive and generally fabulous! Argentina is absolutely wonderful – the house/casa is a lovely little place in the rural ‘pampas’ about an hour and a half south of Buenos Airies; I am sharing a room with [...]
Tags: Argentina, Gaucho, lash manager, mate, Mini Cooper, nicknames, pampas, Polo, shetland pony, swimming
filed in Argentina, South America on Aug.06, 2009
News just in from Diego in Argentina: The Polo team (Matt, Sophie, Grace, Hattie, Jen and Georgie) have had a great first week in the Pampas and have totally settled into life at La Asuncion. They’ve had a couple of polo lessons, some schooling of young horses (planned to develop their riding skills), lessons on [...]
Tags: Agricultural Show, animal conservation, Argentina, Horses, Polo, Rural life
filed in Argentina, South America on Aug.04, 2009
The Summer Polo team are looking at home in the Pampas already having just spent their first weekend at LA 54, the horse-breeding estancia 2 hours South of Buenos Aires that will be their home for the next 6 weeks. Jen, Grace, Hattie, Matt, Georgie and Soph are the first team of Polo Leapers we’ve [...]
Tags: Argentina, Horses, Polo
filed in Argentina on Mar.04, 2009
Hola! Just wanted to let you all know what a fantastic time was had in Argentina when I went to visit the Leap team last week at the polo Estancia where they are spending the next 6-10 weeks. The girls were on top form as we learnt the ropes at the polo stables, practiced our [...]
Tags: Argentina, Equine, Gap Year, Gaucho, Horses, Polo, Riding, South America, Volunteer