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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 | By jack282323 | Views [796]
Quite frankly, I was scared. Hitchhiking was a new prospect to me. Did it even work? Did it EXIST? Was it just something people joke about in movies? Was I going to fall victim to a Fear and Loathing type proposal where my ride would be two drug-... Read more >
Tags: arizona, broke, cheap, colorado, denver, free, hitchhiking, phoenix, random, southwest
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 | By kakimono | Views [655]
In the algebra short course, we continued our discussion about modules before moving on to category theory. Along the way, Professsor Aktar took a detour to talk a bit about motivation for some of these ideas and definitions. This brought us to homology, ... Read more >
Tags: advice, analysis, dgvf, math, thompson group t
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 | By dianasaurus | Views [649]
Today was the laziest day of vacation
yet. I headed out pretty late this morning wondering what to do
before 11, so I went inside Trinity Church in Copley Plaza to
continue this unofficial church tour I seem to be doing during
vacation. This ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By harriettatham | Views [530]
Texas is a land of juxtapositions. Of fresh bright Mexican foods, and fried fried fried Southern food. Of $500 leather cowboy boots and novelty sombreros. Of cheap fuel and cars as big as caravans. I found it difficult to really grasp the cultural existence ... Read more >
Tags: food, roadtrip, texas, usa
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 | By rexhuner | Views [418]
Everyone thinks that they drive well and that car accidents are something that happens to other people. If you were to guess how many motor vehicle accidents there are in the United States every year you would likely underestimate the number.
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Sat, 15 Oct 2011 | By jamag | Views [405]
Another wet day and some periods of this day, were very wet. It fined up a little after midday and we were able to hand over our nurse maiding duties with Gizmo, to Brian. In lieu, we went to Home Depot and sundry other shops, looking for raw mterials ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By new-york-nicks | Views [311]
Hello, bored blog readers! First up, the title of what will be my penultimate American ponderings is a little dedication to all you US peeps and my new favourite greeting. Enjoy! As I left Vegas I resisted the urge to put some more money into an ... Read more >
Fri, 29 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [308]
The roads in Colombia are a motorcyclists heaven, with every type you could possibly imagine from fast sweeping mountain roads, to tight serpentine unpaved roads picking their way through drop dead gorgeous scenery.
Yesterday I decided to find a fun ... Read more >
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 | By hgriffith0607 | Views [250]
Hello!
Today I embarked on my first of many WWOOF'ing adventures! In the first leg of this trip I made a Father-Daughter trek from the columbia gorge to Sandpoint Idaho where mom will be meeting us via train, and in a Cat/Chicken/bag-... Read more >
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 | By snowmanindia | Views [248]
As I travelled to and through LAX, I am trying to take mental snapshots of the way I felt the air, saw the random people around me, the way I think, the way I perceive and know the world to be. I just know that I will be a deeper version of myself ... Read more >
Fri, 1 May 2015 | By | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
On October 13th 2012, I got on a plane to Hawaii to save my relationship. The past 6 months had been really bad so we decided to head to our dream location for one last chance. However, a few days in Honolulu, it was clear that it was already over... ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 | By | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I went to the desert I was hooked. I come from river towns--places equally green and lush--and the dryness was startling as the stillness. I remember driving up a deteriorating asphalt road that headed north from the highway. The pavement ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By bre | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
After travelling the world on and off for the last twelve years I feel as though its time for me to focus my energies on a career I will not only love but will also enrich the lives of others. Visiting the National Geographic 50 Greatest Photos exhibition ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 | By llcooljew | Photo Gallery
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