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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By stephane | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
I nearly missed my bus stop even though I was staring out the window. As I sat there, watching the vivacious, colourful flags and portraits of Her Royal Highness Queen Sirikit whirl by in a flutter, hung throughout the entire city in celebration of her ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By krslovicn | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
The breeze is kind at 8am, though I know it won’t stay like this for long. For a moment, I can taste the last of the dewy air before the morning sun sucks it dry. I’m wearing baggy harem pants and a singlet, and carry a shawl around my neck. I wish ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By pearlthepearl | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
"When are you coming back?" This I consider to be one of the sweetest words I've ever heard from a person I met during my trip to Bangkok, Thailand. This place is the first foreign country I've been to and now I can consider as my second home. The busy ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By kira_ann | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
Intense smells of fried fish, barbecued pork and durian cling to my sticky skin as I venture through an outdoor maze of tastebud utopia. Even at night, the air is thick with heat and engulfs everything within its' reach. The fire-like temperatures teamed ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By magicwhale | Views [156] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
- Pok-pok-pok! The jaunty street vendor encourages me to pound the shredded raw papaya and a handful of other exotics into a sweet-sour-spicy gorgeousness that is the Thai somtam salad by way of very enthusiastic onomatopoeia. I am vegan (fortunately, ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By greenwood19 | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
Cha-am station hums with the ardent and boisterous shouts of hundreds of market sellers, a soundtrack that is synonymous with many of Thailand’s busy city streets. Here, however, the venue is slightly different. I meander through the intricate maze of ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By marniebuchecker | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
They say the best things in life are sweet. Or at least they should. There’s a whole meal dedicated to the masses who suffer from sweet-tooth syndrome and glutton-itis. This is the phenomenon we call “dessert”. Standing under the shelter of a small ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By chronic_vacacionista | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry
Duped. Deceived. I was screaming all sorts of curses in my head while my calf muscles throbbed from the 309 step descent (and prior ascent) from Wat Doi Suthep. I was sweating profusely even with the cool, mountain breeze, stifling the panic that ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By cikaracak | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
I felt really sorry for yesterday Boston Marathon tragedy. I read the article about a persistent old man to reach the finish line although he was falling due to the bomb explosion. I just remembered my roommate when it comes to marathon. I wondered she ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By gsewake | Views [667]
Rewind to Thursday, 11 April 2013, one day before Lao Lunar New Year celebrations begin in Luang Prabang; we find some cheap tickets to Bangkok from Luang Prabang and jump on them. We leave on Monday.
Friday the 12th we celebrate our monthly anniversary ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By journeys_with_janine | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
She twist her care-free face to smile demurely at him, careful not to let the placid waves caress her above her shoulders as fear encroaches on the sides of her smile. Her ornate, gently laced blouse now damp from the azure waters and ever so slightly ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By keelythompson | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
The shocking heat from the day was starting to become bearable as I strolled through the city. I could finally find my breath as I took in the jumble of traditional wooden houses mixed with the more modern concrete buildings of the apartment blocks. Chiang ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By coldcanada | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
Some days I’ll find myself caught on the strings of memories and the form of my ideas becomes clearer, I can see an individual strand of experience holding together an idea of how life is, this memory being one such strand. It was a beautiful trip, ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By jznack | Views [616]
As a prairie dwelling native of the vast Canadian prairies, it feels odd to have become eerily familiar with a different kind of vastness. The endless oceans that once scared me, the same waters that I once upon a time would have found reasons not to ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By volunteeringsolutions | Views [287]
Thailand is one of the popular tourist destinations in Asia. This country is proud of its unique and rich culture, history, and tradition. It is a destination that offers a lot of amazing attractions to its visitors including its beautiful beaches, elephants ... Read more >
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