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Peace Corps - "Staying in Touch?"

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By annanderson | Views [3270]

PEACE Corps – “Staying in Touch?” https://www.peacecorps.gov/mytoolkit/nominee/familyfriends/stayintouch.cfm My husband & I started the PC application process the summer ... Read more >

Tags: communicating with loved ones, foreign service, older volunteers, pc, senior volunteers, service abroad, volunteer

Saying farewell to Esalen...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 | By colleen_finn | Views [1899]

There are lots of reasons people do yoga. Some people practice it purely for spiritual reasons, while others for the mental, emotional, and physical benefits. Not being a particularly spiritual person, I do it for the mental and physical aspects of the ... Read more >

Tags: relaxation

Washington DC & The National Gallery

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 | By randywakefield | Views [840]

Easy driving down to w-dc. Our hotel was a little way out of town in Maryland, 9our 12th or 13th state or province) on a hill overlooking the Potomac River. We took a little drive downtown to check out the sights in the afternoon - easier said than ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Day 50: Sunrise in Palermo. Sunset in New York.

Sun, 27 Oct 2013 | By vangonza13 | Views [697]

It was a long & exhausting journey back to Charleston. A walk to the bus station in Palermo @ 5am, hour long bus ride, hour long plane ride to Rome, mad rush through passport check to get to the next flight-9.5 hours to New York, picking up ... Read more >

It rains in AZ?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By megan_skinner | Views [565] | Comments [1]

Hello, I am writing from Safford, AZ where, yes, it is raining and 41 degrees. I can actually see some snow on the mountains out the window. Fortunately I am a day ahead of schedule, so I get to rest today out of the rain. I spent Thanksgiving and ... Read more >

The Anticipation of A Journey

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 | By audreyjeane | Views [545]

There is much to be done!

Tags: africa, pre-trip

When it's Grey in LA...

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 | By sheltatraveler | Views [440]

Los Angeles is a terrible place. Can we all agree on that? It's hot, crowded, dirty, and most days, it's an unforgiving urban playground. But something... magical happens here when it rains. It could be that everyone is afraid to drive in such conditions, ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

The real Baywatch

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 | By ceri_russell | Views [250]

Yesterday evening we drove to Santa Monica, about 22 miles from Torrance. This is the beach where Baywatch was actually filmed. But alas, once again, no David Hasselhoff in sight.... We drove onto the sizable pier where the famous Santa Monica pier ... Read more >

1st Mission Trip - Raising Support

Fri, 14 May 2010 | By dwburrell | Views [232]

Raising Support or asking people for money comes easy to some and extremely difficult for others. I fall into the latter category. Even through I'm an "extrovert" by definition the shyness of an introvert boils to the top. Where does this ... Read more >

Photos: Las Vegas..... Sin City.

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 | By jc-dc | Photo Gallery

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A 'place' I have visited

Sun, 7 Jul 2013 | By juanadreangonzalez | Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Nowadays as a grown man, I think so much about the things that I've been interested as a kid, and I realized that I keep my way to make friends, my imagination and fearless to new experiences. Friends is the family that we've chosen because we share likeability ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013