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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By winniemeetsworld | Views [82] | Scholarship Entry
I stumbled upon one of my greatest travel discoveries here in my own backyard. You have a week off from work. Where would you like to travel? Maybe you’d like to sink your toes into the sandy white beaches in Tahiti, immerse yourself in Mayan culture ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By karenmcclintock | Views [146] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Tucked away in a back corner of my New Mexico guidebook, past the obvious sites of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, was a small, but intriguing “blurb” on a place called White Sands National Monument. After some intense negotiation with my husband over whether ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By emrich | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
The USA has nothing to offer me. This was my mindset as an American teen that dreamed of traveling the world. I grew up in Massachusetts, just over the border from Rhode Island. My hometown is small. My high school, smaller. I would daydream about getting ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By itsmejessi | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
I love being from West Virginia. Even with an insatiable appetite for travel, I always come home and feel grateful for the rolling hills. Like John Denver sang, “country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.” Country roads have taken me many places ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By travelwithmom-and-val | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry
Mmmmm…..what IS it about the rumble of a Boeing 777 lurching down the runway that screams possibility to me? My heart pounds like a jackhammer. My skin tingles as if electrified. My ears ring as engines strain to depart the planet. As we race down the ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By staceyk25 | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
Garlic. Spice. Salt. The burning, acrid taste of ice on the tongue. I clutched the damp paper bag close to my chest. Grease trickled down my elbow as I tore chunks from the pizza slab, and crammed them into my mouth. I tiptoed up to a crowded park bench.... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mromeo | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
The night before was rough. Last night, I was almost dead. Beat down. Wasted. Dried up by the Colorado desert and the endless road. Lying in my tiny tent hallucinating about coyotes and snakes eating me. Yesterday, the eternal squeak of the wheel as ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lianagareeva | Views [114] | Scholarship Entry
I bit my lips nervously, hastily tied up my wind-tousled hair and rushed to the airport. The coolness of air conditioners never felt so pleasant, saving me from the scorching Los Angeles weather. I felt like a piece of bread when it dries after being ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By devinsee | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry
Cindy's Nail Salon on Rockville Pike, in the suburbs of Washington DC, was not at all where I expected to score the world's most luscious box of mangoes. I hadn't been in the market for produce, but sitting in the salon waiting for my nails to dry, I ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By di_myers | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
A gem is only special if it’s hidden. Finding something brilliant tucked away somewhere ordinary continues to fuel our excitement and curiosity to seek out these treasures. Glowing right in the heart of the wooded, Peninsula State Park of Door County, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By alexisalive | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By crystalk | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
"Not all those who wander are lost." In March 2015 after quitting my job I was in desperate need of a get away. How could I de-stress? Where could I go to get lost? The first thought that came to mind was a road trip to Georgia. I pulled over in Darien, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mariah1984444 | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
Myself and fifty-three other tourists were shuffled to the back part of the open property belongings to the Pueblo Indians of Taos. We were required to huddle silently and uncomfortably close together. In the background a very large Adobe building with ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kimberlygrace | Views [91] | Scholarship Entry
Our detour through the desert was the result of an ill-informed choice to visit San Diego on my mother’s airline employee flight benefits one July 4th weekend. My family of four found ourselves with no option save a flight out of Las Vegas the following ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By sand26r | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
How dangerous is the internet these days? With a few clicks you can buy yourself a ticket to wherever your little heart desires. My hearts desire was to travel to Florence in Oregon. I have recently read an article at the L.A times about the light house, ... Read more >
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