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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By steve_oh | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
The overnight train from Kolkata wheezes its way into New Jalpaiguri, at the foothills of the Himalayas, with the strain of someone at the end of a marathon. With a metallic shriek the train jerks to a stop and collecting my backpack I hop off the 10-... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By studen | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
A long, hungover bus journey took me from the dusty, busy city of Amritsar up to the peaceful hills of Dharamsala. The roads got steadily worse as we wound our way uphill, but the air got cleaner and fresher, and the scenery became more and more majestic ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By marcus | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry
As the old city of Dali fades into the distance, the land surrounding ear-shaped Lake Erhai becomes occupied by rice paddies and the small local communities which tend them. Seeking to explore one of these, I follow a rain saturated road, as pock-marked ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By portlandvagabond | Views [637] | Scholarship Entry
An Unsettling Quiet Standing on the bow of the small cruise ship in a channel of Doubtful Sound, I was struck by the silence. True, I was in an isolated fiord at the southern tip of New Zealand, far from the smallest village, but I stood facing a ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kelseyhj | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry
I stepped off the tour bus in a small Spanish town somewhere between Madrid and Almeria. While everyone else was immersed in conversation, I was nothing short of enchanted by what I saw. The sky was pale blue with not a cloud in sight. Giant mountains ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lifeisjourney | Views [388] | Scholarship Entry
Life is journey and this trip was the longest path, I had walked. This village was hidden by mountains. My friend and I went to “Kor Sa deong”, a small village in Kanjanaburi, Thailand for a research about the local Karean music. After walking in the ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By macbrunetti | Views [297] | Scholarship Entry
I’ve waited until the last minute to get my ticket. Just the thought of buying the ticket to get on an airplane makes me anxious. So two days before my flight, I enter my credit card info and hit ‘book this flight.’ The trip is for ten days – departing ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By surenderinindia | Views [58] | Scholarship Entry
The majestic mountains of Himalayas stretch across many countries and the effect of economic growth and tourism is widely evident. Today, many villages that are spread along the shadow of the Himalayas have running water, electricity, schools and employment ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By natemarcus | Views [77] | Scholarship Entry
I knew I shouldn’t have. I knew, even before I bit down on it, causing its insides to explode into my mouth - a sort of slimy whey protein - that it was a bad idea. I knew before the gag reflex took over, sending most of it flying beneath the booth ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By tim | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
Mumbai was quiet in the weeks following the attack. There were very few tourists and the locals seemed more somber. Initially I was concerned that the love affair I started with the city five years ago, on my first visit, was merely a timing infatuation ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lizfields | Views [273] | Scholarship Entry
Kathmandu is mad. It’s colours, chaos and cars driving on the wrong side of the road. It’s dirt-faced children tugging on your arms whilst glamorous Nepali women in beaded saris and dotted bindis walk by. It’s fruit peddlers on bicycles laden with wicker ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By tony | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
I think my biggest adventure has been the two week tour of Italy I took with my school when I was twelve. Not only was it one the first times I had been away from home for an extended period of time, but the country itself and the culture surrounding ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By bither_traveler | Views [327] | Scholarship Entry
Flanked by snow-covered mountains, I realized that my dream was about to come true. I had always wanted to do it, I had worked hard to prepare for it, and now I had traveled quite a distance to reach it; I was going to ski in the Alps. I was 21 years ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By travelbox | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry
Sometimes we feel more than comfortable and secure being in our country, but sometimes a journey in an newly discovered country can open your eyes and make you realize cultures can go beyond you have ever imagined or seen in movies. It happened to me ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By timooo | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry
My unforgettable journey to Paris of great nature and culture. I had a great walks in champs-elysées with its fantastic shops trips all over Paris touristic places like Eifel Tower and louver Museum with its Paitings that touch our relaxing heart. And ... Read more >
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