Destination: USA

Stunned by the birds of Colombia

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [136]

Well, sometimes not stunned, read on ...   Cor I'm hungry, it's been ages since I had breakfast, and this inner city life in Medellin is all go go go. Wait a minute ... woo hoo, no freaking way he just dropped THAT!? Come to Papa you ... Read more >

Photos: SCIENCE!

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By soulenfish | Photo Gallery

America Along the Gulf

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By brettarnold | Views [606] | Scholarship Entry

I want to travel from the bottom point of Texas, all along the coast of the US until I can't go any further in Key West, Florida, at the end of the Overseas Highway. There are many big and popular cities along the gulf, but there are also many that never ... Read more >

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Black Rock City

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By streetcirkus | Views [637] | Scholarship Entry

For one week out of the year, Black Rock City is the third largest city in the state of Nevada with about 65,000 temporary inhabitants known as “Burners”. Burners from around the world come together to share a common and primal experience in Black Rock ... Read more >

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A Character in Chi-town

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By tim_milner_nz | Views [454] | Scholarship Entry

Barely glancing at the incredible blend of historical and new architecture that made up the beautiful city that was Chicago and was being coated in the first snow of the season, my brother and I were rushing to catch the Chicago Trolley and Double Decker ... Read more >

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The Precarious Certainty of Breakdown

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By neverending | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry

We drove for hours through the desert. We witnessed inconceivable landscapes – not the breathtaking ones, not the cathartic ones. Through the dirty, nearly opaque window, barren vastness was passing us by. It was not an everlasting beauty, no – it was ... Read more >

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US & I

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By usa | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry

I am writing about a love story between a young journalist (Fabio) and a brilliant student (Matilde), who has gone to study cinema in LA straight after they met in Barcelona. That day they did not know anything about each other and after sex they decided ... Read more >

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I May Have Been Wrong

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By rgridley | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry

All that glitters is not gold, and all experience is not my own. I am the proud adoptive father of Zob, a nine year old Pekingese-pit bull mix. He is stout, he is stubborn, he is fearless, and his adventurous spirit can only be contained by his age ... Read more >

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False Diamond Love

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By wanderlele | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry

Life, you know, is a constant search. We are looking for love, happiness, the right job, money. In short, we look for the gold. Actually. even when we think we have found it, we believe it is silver. But why? The other day, for example, I cried all day ... Read more >

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Bullheaded

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By tzivia_halperin | Views [99] | Scholarship Entry

My lungs are on strike. Overwork them enough and they’ll decide that breathing is optional. My legs are starting to check out on me too, quivering and quaking like Jell-O in the breeze. If Google Maps were to snap a photo of me, it’d capture a little ... Read more >

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Hot Springs of Big Sur

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By scottanthony | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry

We stood atop a long shrouded driveway at 1am. A group of relative strangers all gathered, all brought by obscure travel clippings or words of promise from those who had been here before. The sea of stars above paired with the faint rumblings of water ... Read more >

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The American Dream Crêpe

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By francescalynn | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

A cheerful dandelion yellow splashes walls adorned with a collection of antique French tin signs. A unique selection of plates hand-crafted into wall clocks align the top ceiling overhang, complemented by several aged wooden coffee grinders and gravy ... Read more >

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Bozeman, Montana

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By reidontheroad | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry

Buzzman? Boeman? Buseman? Before I journeyed to the West, I heard it all. Not only was I moving to Montana (a state that most know nothing about), but I had also chosen to ‘settle’ in a podunk town with a name that conjures up scenes from Deliverance ... Read more >

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Orlando Brewing Company

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By rizmarkie | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry

Any GPS will get you there. The name of the brewery is painted clearly on the outside of the building in a dusty warehouse district in sunny Florida. It was in Central Florida's original microbrewery that my passion for craft beer continued to flourish.... Read more >

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No kale or quinoa today

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By magnolia | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry

"Why are those truffula trees crying, mama?" Feeling somewhat amused but mostly ashamed my kids don't know my childhood home, I answer "Those aren't truffula trees and they aren't crying. Those massive trees are mossy oaks and it's a sign we're getting ... Read more >

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