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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By boivinarts | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
“That,” my cab driver says, pointing to the vast tenement blocks of Jakarta, “is where my life is.” The area below us is along a fetid canal, its sides plaqued with grocery bags and paper. Not right there, he indicates in a broken English, but in a place ... Read more >
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By alexandra-j | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
“You can do what you want with the goat. You can eat it. You can put it to the side of your plate. But whatever you do, do not put it in your pocket.” This pronouncement was delivered with no hint of humor. Apparently, pocket transport was a tried – but ... Read more >
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By englishworld | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
‘Plymouth A Memorable English City’ EVERY summer, the city of Plymouth receives thousands of tourists and English language students from across the world. I was enrolled for eight weeks intensive academic English course and two weeks IELTS preparation ... Read more >
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By shanghaisky | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry
I first came to Cambodia in 2008. I never realized that this quaint and charming country will change my life forever. I have a sister who's been working in a garments factory there since 2006 so she became my host. But coming from a country like Philippines, ... Read more >
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By zahrabinteaasim | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
I have been tagged as "Chirrya" that is Urdu of Sparrow, just because I used to taste everything and speak a lot. I used to write a regular diary but in my effort of making it a tacit expression, if found by mother or elder siblings, I used to tag my ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By joelletomlinson | Views [530] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The children’s gangly, waiflike arms encircled my neck in unrestrained gratitude. Their toothy grins made the past four weeks of grueling work in Guatemala worth it. The kids at the Open Windows Foundation in San Miguel Dúenas were calling ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By teamkoller | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
In 2008, I travelled in Australia for 3 months and absolutely loved it, a year later, I decided to move to the Gold Coast; the culture shock endured was immense to say the least where the no worries mentality threw me off guard. Moving from America, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By spanishflavour | Views [570] | Scholarship Entry
I lived ten minutes walk away from Pilar's building, and yet it was on the other side of town in Valencia de Alcántara in rural Extremadura. To get there, I made my way through a maze of white and brown terraces, under archways and stork's nests, tripping ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By patricia | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry
On my last day in Marrakesh, a German traveller from my hotel has accompanied to this hammam (traditional bathhouse). Nude with shampoo in one of her hands and a dollop of soap in the other, she asks, “What should I do?” She repeats. I whisper, “Go ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 | By heddz | Views [271] | Scholarship Entry
I have been granted the opportunity to travel to Poland to give a presentation about my country and through my stay there, I have come across the most interesting of people and experiences that I never think I'll ever be exposed to again because there ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By globaltrekking | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
I dont' know when all started, but here I was... In my own country, Panama I was backpacking and I liked it A LOT. But one of my backpacking trips ,and a local encounter with a foreigner traveler would change my life forever. He was a young, good looking ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By arittherease | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
Discarded humble pie in Peru We finished dinner at Plaza de Armas and decided to walk back to our hotel rather than negotiate with a cab driver. The night brought on a chilly breeze, just cold enough to tighten up our scarves, but not so cold as to warrant ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By kars | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
Fang-Od lives up high in the Cordillera Mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines, a beautiful 90 year old woman whose job description is ‘The Last Female Tattoo Artist of Kalinga’. Fang-Od is the only living tattoo artist in Kalinga and with her, this ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By yatranepal | Views [320] | Scholarship Entry
“What goes around comes around”: this graffiti is scrawled on Boudhinath Stupa, a World Heritage site in Nepal. Boudhinath is temporary and permanent home to thousands of pilgrims. Serendipitously positioned as a resting place on the road linking India ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By natalia | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry
This must be an interesting sight. A waiguoren (foreigner) grinning to herself, whilst clinched to a Barbie-sized foldable chair dangerously tipped towards a busy road, an unwieldy tray of barbecued seafood on a table-resembling construction in front ... Read more >
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