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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kateallan | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
Every year exchange students from all over the world join the pilgrimage to the little, red city of Bologna. They come to study at the world’s oldest university, stuff themselves full of tagliatelle al ragù, explore buzzing underground bars and join a ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ayresj | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
As I turned and left the terminal building, the wet, musty summer’s air clung to my skin. My feet struck stones on the burnt tarmac, as I brushed off the cacophony of drivers and touts clamouring to make my business theirs. I had decided to begin my ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kathleencaulderwood | Views [298] | Scholarship Entry
From Mumbai to Mountains: One Reckless Journey I try to keep my balance as the skinny horse sways and jolts beneath me, picking carefully through the loose rocks. I glance up again at the apparently vertical slope we're ascending, and hear the stones ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kellstoner | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
A Bus Worth Taking The jovial atmosphere is infectious and almost convinces me I’m not in danger. Villagers sway along to the latest Indian pop song as we bump and career down the road. I make my first attempt at loosening my locked knuckles from the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By theroadnottaken | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry
The clap of the thunderclouds is an ominous warning as I climb up the 1000 well worn steps of the Fortress Palamidi, leaving the small Peloponnese town of Napflio behind. Barely have I reached the entrance when the downpour starts, creating little streams ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By sam_louiseb | Views [693] | Scholarship Entry
“Is everyone ready for takeoff?” the pilots voice comes crackling through my headphones. I nod enthusiastically until I realise there is a microphone under my chin, “Sure am” I shout and give a thumbs up from the back seat as the other passengers turn ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lemacomber | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry
Omar was probably five feet tall, give or take an inch. His arms were like elongated rocks, rough, not river-worn. He used them to pull Jenny and I up over their real-life counterparts, little nasty guys that skidded beneath our shoes as we climbed toward ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By madtraveler | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
Thailand: Night markets, elephant trekking, tiger shows and day spas. With so much beauty, it’s hard to see past the tourist veil to the reality of a third world country. Child abandonment, prostitution, drug rings and slavery are very much a part of ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By thesearcher | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
Pod Seeker I leave my bewildered travel companions behind at a county fair in Danshui to board a rickety minibus to Sanzhi, a tiny town an hour north of Taipei City. I offer the bus driver my EasyCard but the bus is off the city grid; I end up madly ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By mau | Views [285] | Scholarship Entry
I had a sore butt, a burned arm and a deep cut on my leg, yet I still had to walk to the guesthouse. As I limped my way through, a big tall guy dressed in a full leather outfit approached me on his bike. He had a very serious look as if he’d known what ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By toucantaste | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
Wanting a good rub after tackling Angkor, our moral compasses led us to the 'responsible tourism' section of our Cambodian guidebook. It suggested "Seeing Hands Massage" - supposedly run by the blind. Perfect – we feel like prophets. They charge seven ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By transitkarla | Views [384] | Scholarship Entry
"WARM HEART OF AFRICA" Six in the morning and the bus station was buzzing with activity already, like an ant colony; everyone in a rush to get on the right bus and reach their destination. On my way to find the ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By arajkhowa | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
I waited impatiently for the metro announcement: New Delhi Station. I grasped for the phone in my pocket. It was a quarter past one already. My train left at one thirty. I lurched out of the metro train with the gigantic wave of people that burgeoned ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By toutelabeaute | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
My adventure began with a typical trip from Cardiff to London, which I had taken many of times. I was on my way to an interview, and only had a vague idea what the job had in store for me. By the end of the day my head was spinning with every emotion ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By letshittheroad | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry
“Are you crazy?” That’s family and friends respond when I told them about Eurotrip solo. Even though I did it often in Indonesia and Asia but they think Europe is a different thing. I’m disagree but I can’t really blame them. The fact that I’m not coming ... Read more >
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