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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By darwin | Views [592] | Scholarship Entry
It's June and almost three months into our journey through the outback of Australia. The heat glistens on our bronzed skin, beads of sweat roll down our cheeks like tear drops. We stare at the sea lapping at our feet, questioning whether the object in ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By cici | Views [1385] | Scholarship Entry
Sunk in Coron There comes a moment, at a certain depth, when direction loses meaning. Above, below, on all sides, a vague, muted blue fills with swirling white flakes. My lifeline is a rusted cable that stretches into nothingness on both ends. My facemask ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By ijkman | Views [273] | Scholarship Entry
My vessel had the promising name of the Antarctic Dream. A sturdy workhorse built in 1958 and, after toiling for the Chilean army, been refurbished for the tourist trade. The ship had a lot to offer, including a much heralded lecture theatre and spa, ... Read more >
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 | By indeliblink | Views [386] | Scholarship Entry
I watch Walter unfurl a red muleta and enter the ring alone, pacing the dirt to execute a complex ballet of side-steps and advances with an imaginary bull before the live beast is let loose to face him. A cow bellows in the holding pen amidst the general ... Read more >
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Fri, 11 Feb 2011 | By mkeily | Views [501] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
MI CAMINO
I have never caught a big plane by myself before. I felt like I was hanging by my
fingertips…during the turbulence.
Then I grabbed the man’s hand next to mine. It was instinct.
For an instant, his hand was ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By vantastic_tas | Views [605] | Scholarship Entry
The Steward gently shook me and requested I turn off my electronic device for landing. I slowly gained consciousness and massaged the kink in my neck. Groggily gathering my belongings, I made my way to the front of the massive airbus. I blinked rapidly, ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By tomsterau | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry
The beginning of a long train ride into Tehran Doctor: “I need to give you a shot. Is that ok?” Me: “Yeh, sure whatever will make me feel better!” *pulls arm out* Doctor: “No not there…” Me: *Asking apprehensively* “Where…?” Doctor: “There…” *Points ... Read more >
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Tue, 8 Feb 2011 | By mukira | Views [296] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
i walked into this new fresh panorama . my mind started getting confused by the copious alike faces that it would register.i never thought that the world would have such photocopies of human beings or was it an illusion.they were the noisiest lot i have ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Feb 2011 | By agam | Views [354] | Scholarship Entry
My biggest adventure so far was the Alp-hike with my boyfriend where we marched from Weer, in Autria, to Stretzing, in Italy, within 7 days. The route we set for ourselves was on a relatively high altitude, considering that I was a complete novice to ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By poppyh | Views [516] | Scholarship Entry
'Oh my Big Buddha!' our Thai guide exclaims gleefully, regarding us with an enormous grin more gum than tooth. His amusement is understandable: two hours into the trek and we are grubby and panting while his only concession has been to remove his t-shirt ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By vivi | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry
Life is passing by, and sometimes you have ignored something that is very important without knowing it. The random trip that my friends and I threw out for me in summer 2009 was my biggest adventure, which I had never experienced before. Very early in ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By pbahaysway | Views [424] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
RESPONSIBLE ≠ BORING Pack a surplus-size carton of prophylactics, that’s what most people think when they hear the phrase “responsible travel.” Or, only snap shots of Mayans milling about the central plazas of any of Guatemala’s antiquated, indigenous-... Read more >
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Thu, 3 Feb 2011 | By thenewnomads | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
The ocotillo cacti were sprouting sweet little red-petal flowers from the tips of their spiny exertions that day, an unfortunate hilarity in that my current task was to follow little red pieces of tape the rangers had left to mark the route until ... Read more >
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Sat, 29 Jan 2011 | By sittirasuna | Views [1236] | Scholarship Entry
My name's Una and I think I was born with spirit of traveling. One of my dreams in next 15 years is that I have ever stepped on at least 50 countries and 50 Indonesia's islands, as Indonesia is my beloved country. In order to fulfill that dream, I ... Read more >
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 | By scholarships | Views [171320] | Comments [96]
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