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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By janeecekeller | Views [358] | 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 [1022] | 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 [195] | 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 [325] | 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 [162] | 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 [283] | 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 [543] | 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 buymylife | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
There I was. Four days of traveling – Sofia-Istanbul, Istanbul-Doha, Doha-Bangkok, Bangkok-Krabi, Krabi-Ton Sai – by cars, trains, buses, planes, tuk-tuks and a boat. Just to get here – on this tiny stretch of sand, surrounded by huge limestone cliffs.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By zusa313 | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
I was attempting consciousness, but looking across the barren desert terrain for hours had forced my brain to remind itself; I was exhausted after a good twenty-four hours plus of travelling through 6 countries. I was in Syria, with one more country ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By cefaz | Views [309] | Scholarship Entry
Baja road trip 600 miles down the border I find myself sitting in the sand, halfway across the desert and the sea just waiting for the day to pass by. A striking contrast of mere simplicity. More than just crystal clear waters and a beach, Bahía Concepción ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By postcardsfrombuenos | Views [260] | 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 lyuba | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry
It’s been five months. Yes, five whole months! And my socks are still embellished with molecules of volcanic mud spattered around the hills of my knuckles, gathered in clusters so as to remind me of the fluffy clouds which so beautifully engulfed Isla ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By susberg | Views [321] | Scholarship Entry
The padlock weighed heavy in the palm of my hand as I was trying to take in what I was seeing. “Always lock the door” the man said and added, “Don’t lose the key”. He swiftly turned around and added while walking away, “see you tomorrow”. I tried ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sudderstreetkolkata | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
'Pintu Egg Shop.' There he sits on his patch of curb surrounded, as always, by a group of tickled foreigners. "New sign ey brother?" Money is an impenetrable barrier between friends. Four years on and I still question whether what we have is 'real'. ... Read more >
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