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Catching a Moment - On a sunny day at Tintern Abbey

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By soulsurfer | Views [312] | Scholarship Entry

Sun gleamed off the metal as I stepped out from the old Vectra and shut the door behind me. I looked around for the little green box which said ‘Pay and display’. I spotted it at a distance. A gentleman was fiddling with it. The cathedral of Tintern ... Read more >

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Photos: Haven Holiday Park, April 2013

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By drewandted | Photo Gallery


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Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Pub Talk

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By cid_achdran | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

The pub we were sitting in was unremarkable for Scotland: low-ceiling, cramped tables, dark wood-paneled walls, crowded, loud. My friends and I huddled around a high bar table, sipping pints and bantering as humanities graduate students do. Our cohort ... Read more >

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Catching a Moment - LIVING WITH REINDEER

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By youngy | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry

The Scottish Highlands can be rugged, tough and wild. It can also be overwhelmingly beautiful and peaceful. The mountains, picturesque lochs and undulating countryside is the perfect setting for the postcard you have been looking for to send home to the ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Next stop, Home.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By undergroundsurfer | Views [1277] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

The train pulls onto the platform whilst a dishevelled, agitated and belligerent me pushes my way to the front of the rush hour scramble. I have mastered the art of ‘sway-dominance’ – the ability to refrain from touching anything or anyone in the sardine ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Being Found

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By clareblois | Views [128] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry

‘Come, don’t be afraid’ he said. He carried a machete which glinted in the patchy sunlight. Dusk was beginning to fall like thick dust and I could no longer see the blue ocean to regain the overgrown path that followed it. I was lost. I was a little ... Read more >

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1 Week to go!!!

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By katrina_curtis89 | Views [274]

Well I officially have 1 week until I leave for Thailand. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone. I've finished work and went to my last football game last night, thanks for a brilliant 3 - 0 boys!! ITFC!!! I've got my flights booked and my ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - Alone in the Dark

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By rob39 | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe stands on undulating ground, walking distance from the Brandenburg Gate and the old Reich Chancellery. Nearly 3000 concrete slabs of differing height in a grid, under a darkening Berlin sky. They’re not supposed ... Read more >

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Photos: Beginnings!

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By benedictjdoran | Photo Gallery

Just a few pictures of me so everyone can get to know me that little bit better!
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Tears in my eyes, lots of goodbyes

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By rutha90 | Views [401]

Less than two weeks to go now!! Flights, insurance, jags, course completed and passed, visa received, have left work, leaving drinks and have packed my room and moved back to mums! The last few weeks have been crazy busy but now it's time to relax ... Read more >

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Catching a Moment - The river in a storm

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By slg_7 | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry

As the rain picks up there is a flash from a single, large, white thunderbolt separating the air space. I move my earrings and any other metal from visibility into my pockets. The rain pelts hitting the water harder challenging the immense sound of nature, ... Read more >

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Catching a Moment - Learning My Real Home is on the Road

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | By happylittlewanderer | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

Walking down Broad Street I can feel the shops on either side of me; they’re huddled together, eyeballs screwed tightly and they’re praying to the God of stores, 'please not me, please not me'. But it seems that their prayers are going unanswered because ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Human Nature

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | By alleysun | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry

The first thing that hit me was the air. I cocked my head curiously, trying to decipher the scent. It was… nothing. No prawns and vinegar like the city I'd just come from, or exhaust and tobacco like home. I felt my rib cage growing; lungs expanding as ... Read more >

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Understanding a Culture through Food - Celebration of the Haggis

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 | By missiontraveler | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry

My first night in Edinburgh: the dinner and show at the restaurant included the celebration of the haggis. The haggis, specially prepared on a platter, was piped in by bagpipes. Then, the man presiding over the haggis ceremony recited the poem by Robert ... Read more >

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Overview!

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 | By cwhistler | Views [309]

Just a quick overview of what I will be getting up to!  I am starting off my trip in Cochabamba, Bolivia for 10 weeks where I will be volunteering as a Physio as part of a project organised by Projects Abroad Pro. I will be working in a special ... Read more >

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