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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By koberth | Views [586] | Scholarship Entry
Hyderabad’s flashing kaleidoscope was bloating my cortex: vendors crooning from glittering stalls, rainbow fruit spilling from every market, the constant buzz of yellow jacket rickshaws, and the dense, wafting iron timbre crescendoing from the mosques ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By thatssosemawang | Views [553] | Scholarship Entry
After backpacking my way around the West for a few months, I was ready for a different taste of Europe, one that was not teeming with tour groups and overpriced attractions. My initial plan was to see the seascape of the Dalmatian Coast but poor weather ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By dannyg041 | Views [600] | Scholarship Entry
My stomach turns. Somersaulting and wheeling like a towel wringing itself of fluid anxiety. I smile as I realize the feeling isn’t trepidation or anxiety at all, it’s excitement. This flight marks the beginning my journey that I have ridiculously ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sands | Views [1012] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Ruins of a Spanish Enchantment By Sandie-Leigh Edwards Take a step back a hundred years and imagine you’re a young Spanish immigrant cutting sugar cane in the tropical rainforests of North Queensland. It’s hot and humid but when you come across acres ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By eliguerra | Views [736] | Scholarship Entry
Leathery, work-worn hands unceremoniously plonked down on our table three glass mugs of a viscous, white liquid. My travel companions, Juan, a punk from Veracruz, and Rafa, a brilliant guitarist from Merida, looked at me expectantly. Juan had lured us ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By jamawatxtimes | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
All my of my senses are on overdrive as I attempt to wade through the confusion of the busy Varanasi streets. The sun is setting and the rich golden light only seems to intensify the flurry of activity to close up shop and make their way to the banks ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By centuryfox20 | Views [498] | Scholarship Entry
The midnight air is clean with a vague scent of
concessions and camels as I unload from the microbus with the other travelers. I find
myself in a horseshoe shaped, miniature ‘sûq’ filled with vendors selling
everything from soda to prayer flags. I ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By stephaniesstory | Views [721] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Suddenly, tangerine flames engulf a metal demon. The charring creature juxtaposes a series of heavenly balls of blue fire that lick at the night sky. My mask and black veil frame the fiery spectacle of serpents, dragons, marionettes, and knights. ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By fearlesspilgrim | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
Saving Crabs from Drowning My feet fall softly on yielding sand as I breathe in salt and fresh leaves. All around me are hundreds of dwarf mangroves with roots falling midway from their trunks to the white sand like dark fountains. And, as with the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By michpea | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
Another dawn. The Dawn. It’s has been a long time coming. It’s dark out. We bundle up against the remnant chill from last night’s gale. Reception’s not open. We’ll be back to drop the keys later. Where we are, there isn’t much out but the predawn halcyon, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By olivera | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry
Seven million breathes of beauty It’s 5:06 am. Athan, a call for prayer springs from all city minarets, the surrounding mountains amplify it to produce the effect of the dolby surround-sound system. Muezzins’ voices unify above the valley and reach ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By mrgood_old_school | Views [407] | Scholarship Entry
?ason’s orphans Last passengers went out at the airport. Bus passed by the large concrete “SSSR” sign and sharply turned around, leaving the sea coast at the rear view mirror. Dry, seared maquis soon gave its way to forests, getting thicker and thicker ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By naturewarrior | Views [447] | Scholarship Entry
Precious Adventure in the Black Wilderness We ascend up the mountainside of Palala to find the grassy plain of untamed plantations that grow excessively. Wild grasses that have grown past my waist are rich gold-colored, while the bushes also show the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By laguna_loire | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry
I went on a journey to a totally different culture armed with nothing but a guidebook and a thirst of adventure to Egypt for a month in 2010. And fell in love with one particular place, Dahab – located southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula. In a bid ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By shukes88 | Views [308] | 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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