Destination: USA

Everything in Its Own Time

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By oyinlola | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry

I have never been one of those people who remembered events years after they had occurred. Yet I was very determined to make my New York trip a memorable one, even if it meant taking a lot of unsuccessful selfies, jotting down every single thing I did ... Read more >

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Balmy Street

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By eleonoradragotto | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry

If you choose to take a Muni (bus) to explore San Francisco, then you'll get a free talk with some locals. That's a rule that has never been neglected during my visit, and I'm sure it won't be during your stay either. One day I met this elegant Chinese ... Read more >

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Blue Blood

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By puzzles | Views [103] | Scholarship Entry

The oceans are like people. It is impossible to know everything about them and you may fall in love with them. A man launches his ships into the water, poisons the animals; in short, he behaves like a dishonorable guest in a place where he will never ... Read more >

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Reaching Midpoint Cafe on the Golden Eagle

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By georgelentzas | Views [100] | Scholarship Entry

I was on the road for 28 days already, pursuing my childhood dream: Hitchhiking Route 66,all the way, from Chicago to Los Angeles, when I got into a situation that no hitchhiker wants to be.Out of the blue,it seemed as if my well of rides ran dry. Three ... Read more >

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Long Beach, Washington

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By theajgilbert | Views [67] | Scholarship Entry

The search for the perfect beach day. A quick stab of the gas and I downshift to make it up the hill. The Miata’s engine buzzes as I accelerate. The wind rushing through our hair and the warmth of the sun beating down on us. It should be cooling off now, ... Read more >

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Freedom

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By eskimorapper | Views [103] | Scholarship Entry

‘In New York’, the lyrics of Alicia Key’s song kept floating through my head whenever I looked down on my list. The title ‘30’. My 30th birthday was upon me and I had just quit my job in Chicago, packed up my 3 year life and bought a ticket back to South ... Read more >

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Hitch-hiking Colombia 101

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [170] | Comments [2]

Turns out hitchhiking in Colombia is really easy - just stand on the side of a lonely stretch of highway and wave frantically at passing trucks. The third one stopped, after as many minutes. Nice. So at this point you are probably wondering why I ... Read more >

The Beat Quarter, San Francisco

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By joshcowls | Views [1432] | Scholarship Entry

San Francisco embraces newcomers like nowhere else on earth because everyone is a newcomer. First came missionary Spaniards looking to spread the Word. Then came the Gold Rushers in 1849. After another hundred years, the treasure seekers had given way ... Read more >

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Mama's Dream World

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By travelindetail | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry

“How did you end up here?” was the question that as a white young Ukrainian girl with an accent I heard a lot working at the front desk of a hotel in Jackson, MS. Fresh out of college and looking forward to accomplishing my American Dream, I accepted ... Read more >

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Magic City Wildlife

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By nodarse | Views [113] | Scholarship Entry

In Miami, one particular road slices across the city, its name transforming from Calle Ocho in the east to Tamiami Trail in the west. Same road, different identities. Most people have heard how wild it gets on the beaches, but if you want to experience ... Read more >

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Photos: Profile

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By meganabbott | Photo Gallery

Photos: Main

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By notjustdesert | Photo Gallery

Weapons Of The Wilderness

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By meganabbott | Views [97] | Scholarship Entry

Eight months after I’d arrived in Western Montana, I was given the unusual gift of a pocket knife. Steely grey and black, its weight in my palm sparked an inward debate. To the residents of the mountain town I had come to call home, it was undoubtedly ... Read more >

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Shells from the Revere

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By chevos1990 | Views [96] | Scholarship Entry

I grew up in a small town in the one living city in the western state of Idaho. Full of lush and swaying green vegetation which seemed to carry on continual conversations with the urban explosion that was sprouting up around it. I still feel a sense of ... Read more >

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The Sentinel of Shoshone Point

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By notjustdesert | Views [91] | Scholarship Entry

Sometimes the best experiences come from places identified by mile markers, not signs. At the Grand Canyon, in between milepost 244 and 245 on the East Rim Drive, there is an unassuming, unmarked dirt parking lot with a maximum capacity of about 6 cars.... Read more >

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