Destination: USA

An Entirely Different America

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By wanderer26 | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry

The drive from Phoenix to Tuba City, Arizona may only last a few short hours, yet it feels as if you are traveling back in time. Well-groomed lawns and manicured golf courses transform into barren deserts and trailer homes. America may be known as one ... Read more >

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Jumps, finalmente...

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By fernandoyuki | Views [257]

Segundo dia de viagem. Primeiro dia na Califa. Primeiro dia de jumps, claro. Acordamos cedo, bem cedo mesmo… Então, bora subir no avião. Primeiro, uma lenha para tirar a adrenalina de uma nova área: salto de barriga, formamos ... Read more >

Listen, Learn, Get Stronger

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By ourselves | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry

Life has a strange way of surprising us with stories we never expect. My story started when I was approved for a scholarship that allowed me to spend five glorious weeks in USA with people of different cultures. Hereinafter and throughout ... Read more >

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The Passing Storm

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By annaparsonsadvetnurer | Views [379] | Scholarship Entry

Hail slams against the tent fly draped hastily around our bodies. With as much speed as our numb fingers can muster we unroll our camp mattresses and place them between our heads and the pelting ice. Fork lighting illuminates a grey sky, followed swiftly ... Read more >

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Photos: USA 2012

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By brendasantiago | Photo Gallery

Game Over, Here's a New Life

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By thoughtsareink | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry

This is a story beyond a basic traveling experience, this story means more than just a temporary event, yet it implies traveling, airports, 12 hours on a plane, and the landing on a new ground. This is the story of: I'll never forget the day that I left ... Read more >

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The Hunt Begins

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By piecefinder | Views [326] | Scholarship Entry

I dream of salty winds, sand snapping at my face. I dream of skin so caked with dirt a 3-minute shower seems luxurious. Jungle buzz, foreign words and unknown smells all litter my dreams. Whistles, clicking of tongues, buses splashing through puddles.... Read more >

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Becoming a Nomad

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By hallietraveljournal | Views [264] | Scholarship Entry

Looking back through my memory to unravel how I got here, to this moment, is a daunting task. From the day I became determined to change my life and climb out of the dreary rut I was stuck in, to the instant I read about the World Nomads scholarship, ... Read more >

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Photos: India bound

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By livepeace | Photo Gallery

Dia da viagem (AEEEEEEEEE!!!!!)

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By fernandoyuki | Views [291]

Noite da viagem (finalmente): trabalho infinito imprimir o cartão de embarque… Nem o pessoal da AA conseguia se entender no totem. Código de embarque que não funcionava, leitor de código de barras que (olha que impressionante) ... Read more >

I tasted love in deli coffee

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By yumna | Views [127] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

I write this in my parents’ kitchen in a Johannesburg suburb, sipping on a foolish attempt to replicate the bittersweet dichotomy that is a New York deli coffee. I’ve tried the most unsophisticated of ingredients - from instant coffee that requires at ... Read more >

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The First time I fell in Love.

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By doroty | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the first time I fell in love. Not of a boy, that would be a cheesy and a predictable story. I'm talking about the first time I fell in love of life. I'm from Panama and no! Panama is not a jungle and there is more than the "Panama Canal".... Read more >

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I was born here

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By katlynnrose | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry

I was born and raised in a tourism town. Las Vegas, NV never had anything to offer a child except how to dream. My dream is to travel the world in hopes of finding who I am and what I can offer this world.

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The Dust in My Throat

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By theworldismyposter | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry

I woke up, the dust pressed against the insides of my throat and eyes. I rolled over on my air mattress and felt the ground beneath me with every breath. The sounds reverberated through the floor of the tent and into my thoughts. I unzipped my tent and ... Read more >

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Identity

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By identity | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry

...This is not really a travel but more a life journey. I thought I knew who I was until I touched the US soil. I arrived in Miami in July, 2012. It was hot and sticky day and the smell of the streets reminded me of Kourou. Although everything was new:... Read more >

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