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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By shukes88 | Views [322] | Scholarship Entry
'Journey in an Unknown Culture' Forget Plato. Forget Nietzsche. Forget that idealistic dreadlocked hippy that tried to give you pamphlets made from organic vegetable ink and recycled toilet paper. Everything you need to know about emotion and philosophy ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By janeecekeller | Views [370] | Scholarship Entry
First impressions After five movies, half a novel and 23hrs I stepped out of the plane. The humidity smelt of aviation fuel, and burnt rubber and sweat. At 10pm there were dozens uniformed men milling around on the tarmac, one chatting on his mobile ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kennethyu | Views [1037] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
I‘m the next virgin sacrifice. I stand face-to-face with a gargantuan 6-foot disembodied Gargoyle’s face; the idol’s head a raging, all-consuming, red-hot furnace. His merciless hollowed-out eyes of fire glare back at his latest meal. And I ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By carrington | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry
Travel tests you. It tests your endurance, your patience, your tolerance and sometimes you’re faced with a test of your bravery. When faced with the opportunity to climb an active Volcano you either do it, or you decide to never again speak to those travellers ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By l_clark | Views [350] | Scholarship Entry
Sharp minarets pierced the pregnant sky, where clouds hung low and gray. I breathed in, and the air was metallic. Any moment, it would rain. Realizing I had no coat or umbrella to protect my brand new camera, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque would not only ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By stephengodwin | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
We crouch through the entrance of the shoulder high yak herder's shelter and scuffle across the earthen floor. Rays of sunlight leak through the walls made of large stones stacked atop each other with wet clay between them all the way to the ceiling ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By nihan | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
I took the famous “Route 40” in a spring day in 2009, a day when in the north hemisphere leaves were falling. I arrived to Salta to Northwest of Argentina, and tasted the famous Empanadas in a little family restaurant, under the sun where nobody was in ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By adventurepath | Views [295] | Scholarship Entry
"A star told me", words still legible on my worn t-shirt. Isla de la Pascua(Easter Island) is where this souvenir exchanged hands. Memories from that adventure do still shine brilliantly. One outstanding yet simple day. I woke up at dawn at my pristine ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By usama | Views [570] | Scholarship Entry
The Vegas of Worship
Getting through customs takes me three hours. The
Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has combed through
my backpack to make sure I am not carrying anything that could jeopardize the
nation's ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By postcardsfrombuenos | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
Buenos Aires, life in the good airs Except for the minor fact that the guards are not cradling rifles, Buenos Aires airport reminds me of run-down New Delhi. This is supposed to be the Paris of South America, I think. A man stamps my passport, as ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ads | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
Similar to sexual orientation, some people know from an early age that they are into bicycles. Others just aren’t. Then there are those that dabble. I was a dabbler: now I'm on a solo cycle tour from Singapore to London. But how did I get into touring? ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By doreesimon | Views [1095] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I tuck my blond hair even deeper into the scarf draped over my head. This is my feeble attempt to stand out a little less in this holiest of Holy Lands. Even traveling with three male friends, the constant presence of militiamen (and women) creates ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By traveltym | Views [510] | Scholarship Entry
Siem Reap Hangover I was trying to soak it all in. It was to be my last stroll through Pub Street and I just wanted to make sure I remembered every little detail that I loved so much about this place. See originally, I pictured Siem Reap to be a sleepy ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By being_becky | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
I review my three-page packing list for the last time. Bike? Check. Sequined bra? Check. Twelve gallons of water? Check. Yup, it was all there. After months of preparation meeting with my fellow campmates and shopping for supplies, I was ready to go. ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sarahhancock | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
After one year of attempting Spanish at university as I nervously walk towards the small coastal village of Ostional, in Costa Rica, I desperately try to put together a sentence in my head, but only one word comes to my mind. “Hola.” “Hables engles?” ... Read more >
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