The world of equestrian travel seldom recognizes international borders, being content to urge its mounted adherents to ride where they will. Few people better symbolize this ancient philosophy of unrestricted freedom than Ana Beker. The only child of Lithuanians who had immigrated to Argentina, Beker grew up surrounded by horses on the vast, wind-swept pampas. Her earliest memories were centered around these four legged friends. She literally grew up in the saddle, ignoring the traditions of the male oriented society which said that a woman's place was by the hearth, not in the saddle....
The world of equestrian travel seldom recognizes international borders, being content to urge its mounted adherents to ride where they will. Few pe...
El viaje de Ana Beker comenzo el 1 de octubre de 1950 en Buenos Aires con los caballos Churrito y Principe y acabo el 6 de julio de 1954 cuando Ana Beker desmonto frente a la embajada argentina en Ottawa en compania de los caballos Chiquito y Furia, reemplazantes de los caballos iniciales, que fueron victimas de los rigores afrontados durante el largo viaje. En este largo recorrido de 25,000 km, Ana Beker atraveso Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico y de Texas volvio a partir rumbo a Nueva Orleans, Washington, Nueva York y...
El viaje de Ana Beker comenzo el 1 de octubre de 1950 en Buenos Aires con los caballos Churrito y Principe y acabo el 6 de julio de 1954 cuando Ana Be...