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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By travelingwildberry | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
Deep soulful tones of the church organ fill the roomy interiors at St. Ebenezer’s with reverential stillness. The faithful in full attendance today, greet each other in muffled silence; the more pious ones sit motionless gaping at the facade of the ornate ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By surfohio | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
During the early 90’s, freshly clipped from Architecture school, I ventured over to the then Czechoslovakia to live with a professor & work at a small atelier. Here’s one of many adventures…. After gotten accustomed to the land & a bit of the language, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By neev | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
One Night in Taipei Seated fortune-tellers line the street from the local MRT station to Hsingtien temple, while blind faith healers offer head massages on the pavement outside the gates. The outer courtyard is a meeting place for quiet evening banter.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By stephaniepantera | Views [288] | Scholarship Entry
Visiting my 31st country, and a return visit at that, I experienced my first true taste of culture shock. I had returned to the jungle of Peru. It was black, except for the light of the tobacco from the shaman pipes. The “maloka”, a traditional ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By voyageur | Views [481] | Scholarship Entry
Only Ten Minutes To Go This was my very first time to go abroad by myself along with my backpacking friends. I arrange my own backpacking to Singapore with six other people. The strongest memory left in my head is when we arrived in Changi Airport.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ozairrao | Views [615] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The Bus Station in Lee Market, 9 in the morning, head buzzing, I thought “O Boy, I hope I don’t fall out”. My side of the old rattling bus which was damaged, so every bump and turn made my racing heart stop. After a wild 6 hours ride, I could feel the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By branchingsix | Views [488] | Scholarship Entry
A Glimpse of the Gods After fifty-seven hours spent traveling through airports, train stations, and the Southeast Asian countryside, I browse the dusty streets of Siem Reap, Cambodia, for a suitable bed. My choices are unlimited. I enter a quaint courtyard, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By onehome | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
this is my magic story.. i close my eyes i see this huge world as one big house. every room has different people with different language , different color, different religion and different culture. i start my journey inside this big home. whenever i enter ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By nayus | Views [67] | Scholarship Entry
I alighted from my Tuk-tuk full with enthusiasm. My ears instantly filled with laughter of Cambodian kids playing barefooted in front of the grey gate I’m going to enter. They wave at me as I smile back in joy. Oh..how life is grand with the sun sizzling ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By lanky | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
Visiting India for the first time is so much more like entering an otherworldly kingdom than merely visiting a foreign land. Flying into Mumbai at midnight during the festival of Diwali, I was greeted by a dazzling web of lights, scattered liberally across ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By naughtandtwenty | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
I stood up straight, rolled my shoulder and let the pack drop from my back. We had made it. Standing at approximately 3900m, a wave of triumph came over me as I surveyed the surrounding peaks. Mount Palatka stood covered in snow whilst others oozed green ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By maurice | Views [189] | Scholarship Entry
As the smog imbues the boat I become bitterly aware that we will not leave. Breathing is getting difficult; my bags seem to get caught with each of the dozens of hammocks in my way out. I feel beleaguered and in struggling for air. Outside I wish for ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By trhippy | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
The first thing I remember being told about London was that the city is freakish in its magnitude. It’s almost claustrophobic - swollen with buildings, traffic and people. Supposedly, opportunities exist here too, but I’m sceptical as to whether there ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By emadatsi | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry
Delivering pickle was not why I found myself sitting on a two-wheeler with a woman half my size driving me around the city of Bangalore, a city where half the bus is reserved for women. I did however contemplate what the feminist brigade would have to ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By tmoney | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
A Long Day’s Journey into Laos I pay $20 for transportation from Ban Lung in Northern Cambodia to Don Dhet, the 4,000 islands, in Southern Laos. “Yes, bus and boat included” assures the proprietor of my hotel, writing on my receipt. I am picked up ... Read more >
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