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Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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After the wonders of Antarctica, it was time for a bit of R&R and I headed into the heart of Tierra del Fuego to stay at the wonderfully relaxing Estancia Rivadavia. A working ranch run by Myrna, the latest in the family who has held homestead for more than 60 years. My days were spent exploring the majestic landscape on horseback (an angle from which I was not perfectly comfortable) and discussing all sorts of things with the most attractive guide I can remember in any location, whilst watching the wild horses run back and forth But from a photographic point of view the definite highlight was on the ranch itself. As it is a working one, multiple gauchos work with the horses, training and exercising them, and amongst the techniques is one I had never seen, nor indeed ever heard of. As part of the process of persuading the horse to trust the rider they slowly convince it to roll onto its back and allow the trainer to sit on its chest. Simply amazing! Supposedly once the horse is in that position it becomes disoriented due to the fluid in the ears and it starts acting stoned, causing it to grin crazily. | ||
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