Destination: Peru
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By carlaag | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
'Look! Look at the black girl!' yelled the old Peruvian lady at her friends, sitting in the front of the local market. They all stood up quickly to have a closer look. Some of them were pushing each other, laughing, jumping. There was no doubt. They had ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By emmawarford | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
I’m all for an unstructured, plan-as-you-go trip to the Peruvian Amazon, but in the the suffocating midday humidity of Iquitos, along with a swarm of approximately 20 taxi drivers offering their services, both of which have surrounded us on our first ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By stories_of_sophie | Views [318] | Scholarship Entry
The taxi lurched to a stop and our driver blared the horn. All around, the same sounds multiplied and echoed off the walls of the city that my father and I had been exploring through the memories of his childhood. This was Lima, the capital city of Peru.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By lejos | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
It sprawled out; a mosaic of pastures, eucalyptus forests, and ancient terraces. It was draped from every surrounding peak like avocado shag carpeting in the 1970’s. It was the tie-dye of mantis, celadon, and absinthe donned by the Jolly Green Giant at ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kelphe | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
Picture in your mind the home in which you live. See each room with your belongings. Know that at any moment you can go to the kitchen and eat, or head to the bathroom for a hot shower. Now forget plaster and painted walls, forget carpet or timber floors.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By eo-ire-itum | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
Travel means more than just be on the way. It is about discovering, dreaming, exploring, meeting, making progress. Yes, progress in many ways like self development, communication, trust, what you take and leave from people and different places. Not far ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By live-love-learn | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
I had less than a year, working for this NGO, when I was assigned a trip to Peru. My father's family is Peruvian, and none of us had never been there. That’s why, I decided, to take my dad on this adventure with me. Not only to meet his family, but to ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By temporarilyspeechless | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I tried chicken heart kebabs off a street cart, I was on a short volunteer trip with Mission Peru and Inca Link to Trujillo, Peru. Most of the trip involved the construction of an orphanage, Pasitos de Fe. An intern working at the orphanage, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By bethpratt | Views [237] | Scholarship Entry
In Iquitos the rain falls like grenades, drop after stinging drop. No mercy until it is quite finished. And the speed, from a kind of lynching sunshine to the barrage of thunder and raindrops - breathtaking! So although the wooden planks we stand on ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hannahonthemap | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
I’ll never forget the day I stepped outside that airport. What am I doing? Why am I in this country I barely know anything about? Why am I alone? Will I make friends? It was my first solo trip, the first time I had ever been anywhere by myself without ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By luludoubleyou | Views [391] | Scholarship Entry
I hold my hand out behind me and the lady in the yellow sweater reaches out to cradle it. Her touch sends a wave of warmth through my body and as she holds me tighter, I can feel the rough calluses on her palms. Everyone is crouched down in the aisle ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [604]
This morning I was scheduled to go on the first part of the Sacred Inca Trail tour. I was collected early at my hostela by someone I would come to call Braces Guide # 1, she took me to my coach for the Inca Trail trip. We stopped on the way out ... Read more >
Wed, 14 May 2014 | By squirrelgirl26 | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
The air is ripe with anticipation as I ease through the crowd. I claim my seat along the marked concrete slab, folding myself inwards to occupy as little room as possible. Year round, this plaza lies empty and unused---save for today. Sport enthusiasts ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By glindys-luciano | Views [264] | Scholarship Entry
It was hot and my skin continued to soak in the sun as my friends and I were waiting for a cab outside of Lima international airport. We cannot believe that we saw Machu Picchu and visited Cuzco city—this was all very surreal to us. The cab driver finally ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By rlishman | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry
When I first glimpsed the Pacific Ocean it was glistening steely white under a strong afternoon sun. I was a dusty, dishevelled young backpacker who paused only briefly to appreciate my arrival, at a coastline that, until then signified the furthest I ... Read more >
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