Liminal stage life choices... and horse jobs abroad?

I think life has sufficiently quieted down after college so that now i'm starting to get the urge to do something awesome while I still can. I'm young, unmarried with no kids (and no plans ever) and as a bonus I have no student loans or debts to pay off. Now's the time I should be off doing awesome things. My boyfriend is going to grad school in England (he just got to perform Macbeth at the Globe) and I'm... sitting here in Arkansas working horses. Which I like, but..... I'm wanting to go do something crazy and amazing.

 A couple of years ago I got to go spend a little under two weeks in south India. It was my first experience outside of America (not counting Canada) and it was amazing,
although the horses... not so much. I saw a lot of skinny runty ponies- but I did see a Marwari horse.

It looked just like this one. No one else was as excited as me though.  The ears really are that pointy.

We got to 'volunteer' while we stayed in a bio-reserve.  I helped plant fruit trees for local farmers and build a dam. In reality the locals could do it much better and faster so it's more like they let us pretend to help. We got to take over an elementary school for a day and play with the kids. We also got to spend a few days and an elephant and animal sanctuary. I rode an elephant. It was terrifying. It got mad at the handler (which is fair because he hit it when it wouldn't stand still, and it totally went up on it's hind feet and trumpeted) and I realized  I don't like being on big animals without being in control!

I made a friend with an elephant I named one tusk. I was talking to him and petting him like a horse.

Also apparently elephants love watermelon. 

The sweetest tiny lady I ever met. All she wanted was to take a picture with me and then she gave me a hug! Still, you just don't run into lots of people like this in America. Language barrier didn't matter, personal introductions didn't matter and there was no awkwardness. 

All of those bags we filled with dirt and rocks that we dug up. All the Americans are dirty and sweaty and all the locals are still pristine in their nice button shirts and jeans. Don't know how they did it.

 Bathing elephants in the river was pretty sweet... although the floating elephant dung was less so. 

I also realized that monkeys are evil. A few of them threw coconuts through our roof so they could sneak in, grab our snack food, and then leave. Then they pelted us with the food they decided they didn't care for. 

Anyway, I got in car accident a few months back- someone hit me. My car had a moderate damage but his was totaled. Anyway, yesterday we got a  call from insurance saying something about me receiving money for injury, suffering and inconvenience (Hell yes on that part. This made me realize why people get mad at accidents, I never understood it before. This has been a non stop pain in the butt!)  So apparently I'm getting some money- although I'm not holding my breath until it happens. But even without out that money, I've been saving up and once I sell Blue and Moose I should have a pretty decent nest egg. It's nice not having college steal all my money.

So now I've been looking for cool places to work at- at first in the US and then abroad. In the US I think I'd like to work on a ranch or as a trail guide somewhere gorgeous. I'm thinking Montana or Colorado. I've been to both and would love to go back.

 There are also two trainers I'd love to apprentice with. Unfortunately neither takes on apprentices, also one is based in France and I was a dumbass and took Latin instead of French. Mark Rashid is based in Colorado, and Frederic Pignon is somewhere in France.

And the fact that he has gorgeous horses is only part of why I want to study with him. The other part is the amazing results he gets with no pain, no intimidation, and no gimmicks. 

I really enjoy his books- and his dvd series Finding the Try. You should check him out if you're interested in some common sense horsemanship told in amusing stories. 

So short of camping out on their respective door steps (and yes I have totally considered it.) I'm looking for something awesome. If I do get the insurance money, I'd also love to go work or volunteer abroad. I've found cool safari and trekking options in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Those would be awesome, so would Ireland and Spain.

 I admit I want this little place in Andalusia- in a scenic location, a small farm that also runs a trail riding operation. I don't think they're charging to volunteer and I'm even fine with not getting paid if they cover room and board. This is the link: http://www.workaway.info/5318335744bd-en.html
They want someone to be a trail guide and who doesn't mind working with difficult horses in a gentle way.

Tell me that's not gorgeous.  

The biggest thing would be keeping me from buying a Andalusian while I was there. Although if I could lease one..... Yeah, okay I know me. I would totally buy a horse and want to bring it back with me. Which is very expensive.  

The South Africa ones sound awesome, although they do charge for volunteering to fund their places. One of them involves trail riding on safari and helping with their wildlife conservation. It includes looking for poachers (yikes!) since they work a lot with rhinos. I did find one that is looking  for workers and doesn't seem to charge...

Anyway, now that I've rambled enough, what do you guys think? Where would be awesome to go? What places offer jobs for people abroad that don't cost an arm and a leg? Where would YOU love to go if you had the chance and nothing tying you down? And if you feel like it, why?