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Sun, 26 Feb 2012 | By joannas | Views [351] | Scholarship Entry
The smell of gasoline hits me hard, yet I am mesmerised. Before me a group of very small but well built Thai boys perform fire tricks I haven’t seen before in my life. Their tattooed bodies glisten in the dark and move to the music. It is a truly ... Read more >
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Sun, 26 Feb 2012 | By mich | Views [415] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
“We need more paper,” Sango said as he balled paper around small rocks. “Here!” yelled Sipho. Making a soccer ball takes a lot of work. Finding the paper and rocks is easy. Compacting the paper around the rocks is hard and especially in the hands ... Read more >
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Sun, 26 Feb 2012 | By lizzyg | Views [588] | Scholarship Entry
The sun rises over Cambodia. Pi Seth slowly opens his eyes. Through the bamboo slats of his cocooned bedroom the warm light of this brand new day fills the room and gently touches his old and wrinkled face. It is a face that has seen much but conceals ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By kalyemandi | Views [404] | Scholarship Entry
Two incidents left me wondering, it’s quite lucky to be Indian. It happened a couple of days ago and I didn’t really take notice until one of my friend pointed out to me. The first was a conversation with our Camp boss, we said hello to each other and ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By wildchildhannah | Views [390] | Scholarship Entry
Having stashed my backpack in a locker back at the hostel, I lean over to try to steady the wooden canoe as I climb in. Joao, with his tatty baseball cap on backwards and ubiquitous havaianas rows us towards the middle of the Amazon. We quietly glide ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By ellethom | Views [428] | Scholarship Entry
I stood among the foods with foreign names that my now foreign tongue could not pronounce. I watched the women pass by, wrapped in their culture; faceless beings covered to shield them from society. I wondered what they thought as they placed their ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By travelinggypsy | Views [491] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The carnal pulse of euphoric music engulfs the cobble stone streets of Pamplona. A feeling of exhilaration washes over me as I wander amid the gyrating sea of punch-drunk, dancing bodies. Santo Domingo square thrives with the unbridled excitement of the ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By menchui | Views [308] | Scholarship Entry
Oh boy it´s been hard just picking up a topic to write about. I decided on "Giving back on the road", which doesn´t necessarily mean to stop in a place to work for an NGO or similar: will get back to this very soon. I am a Spanish girl who backpacked ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Feb 2012 | By ferrerlane | Views [315] | Scholarship Entry
The sun went out like a light bulb and hidden muezzins called from their minarets over the entire township. Hundreds of men in white gowns, flooded the narrow streets like blood cells running through veins, accompanied with the roaring sound of their ... Read more >
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Fri, 24 Feb 2012 | By footwork | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
I would love to share a story during my 3 days vacation to Hong Kong and how did I end up with a swollen feet. This story started when my Girlfriend decided to celebrate our 3rd year anniversary in Hong Kong for 3 days, the days represent the number ... Read more >
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Fri, 24 Feb 2012 | By soph | Views [327] | Scholarship Entry
I had spent my first 3 days in Brazil at home, scared of all “those” dangers people back home imagine… but finally there I was, sipping my first beer at Porto da Barra. It was the hottest time of the day and I was meant to go to a capoeira training in ... Read more >
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 | By uniquewriter | Views [477] | Scholarship Entry
Life is mysterious. It has it’s own ways. Change is a constant phenomenon. Life keeps on changing every moment, with experiences, both good and bad, sorrows and happiness, friends and enemies, and even strangers have an impact on our lives. More so, ... Read more >
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 | By nicole112 | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
The day my friend died,changed everything. For too long I had been a self absorbed angst-ridden teen, taking life for granted, however I was no longer a teen. The day he died, everything changed. Sitting in my university lecture, gazing out the window, ... Read more >
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 | By australia | Views [225] | Scholarship Entry
The best thing about having an African as a boyfriend ? I get to experience a culture that I never thought I would! Everytime I walk into my mother- in-laws kitchen, the smell of exotic food hits me in a way that makes my stomach rumble, even if I had ... Read more >
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 | By mybatteredsuitcase | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
I planned this trip for two years - a gift to my mother for her 60th birthday - and was finally standing in a lemon grove in Cortona, breathing in the fresh Tuscan air. Tomorrow we would meet Alessandra Federici, a passionate businesswoman who opened ... Read more >
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