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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By esmith40 | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
The bare walls stare back at me as I stand there alone in the large empty room contemplating my next move. The morning sun streams through the cracks in the blinds, my back greeted by its comforting warmth. I turn to face the sunshine and the world ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By world2cbyjennid | Views [76] | Scholarship Entry
The Kingdom of Tonga is one of the most wild and beautiful nations in the world. This island nation in the South Pacific, although economically and politically questionable, is home to an unspeakably rich culture and incredibly unique society. Many of ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By clazinha | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
Beyond Evita A wall of heat hits me as I get off the plane in Buenos Aires: only 7am and already 30 degrees, the humidity off any scale I’d previously experienced. My friend, Clara, had promised me a country of extremes: glaciers in the south, desert ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By fortheloveoftravel | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
“We are warring”. And so came the greeting, a welcome strikingly at odds with the tiny beaming orange-clad man before me. Proceeded only by a stunted “Hello. Bad news” the introduction wasn’t quite the opening to Baan Dada Children’s Home that I was ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By gloryteller | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
Peter Ricketts kept following me down the beach. When he saw my girlfriend, he sometimes followed her too. So the next encounter I had with Peter was not necessarily cordial. “And where is the lovely little lady heading today?” The white hot sands of ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sharonobl82 | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
I was greeted by the sight of flocking pigeons pecking furiously on strewn pieces of food on the cobblestone ground as I slowly made my way across the road towards one of the oldest temple in the heart of Georgetown, Penang. Standing grandly acting ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By thaioutlaw | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving in Puerto Princesa and thinking we are in paradise. A crazy motorbike taxi ride through the streets and getting dumped in the middle of a hectic thoroughfare with everything hurtling everywhere. After heaving our huge packs through throngs ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By mrrascal | Views [298] | Scholarship Entry
Its been a little over twenty-four hours since it became clear that the events of Friday night were not purely a result of my own foolish drunken behaviour; I was drugged and caught in a long-running Istanbul tourist scam. The realisation came to me yesterday ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By artanis | Views [301] | Scholarship Entry
From City to Country, from Sightseeing to Pump The Adrenaline Traveling is the most joyful thing in the world for me. Taking a break from assignment at college brings me to a wonderful trip to New Zealand. As soon as arriving at Auckland, I immediately ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By alissaswideworld | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
A rusty van filled with college students hurdled along a southern China expressway in spring 2007, whipping past fields of mustard seeds flowering yellow and farmers in woven straw hats harvesting grain. Inside, I baked slowly in the sun and tried vainly ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By dathatch | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry
'Terror in the Night' It’s been eight months, three weeks and four days, but every time I see a dog my heart beats faster. My breathing quickens. My hands shake, and worst of all an awful feeling stirs in the pit of my stomach slowly moving up to my throat ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By la_mome | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
We danced for hours in a Utö nightclub, a windowless barn with its one square door leaking gasps of cool, Baltic Sea air. I removed my fogged glasses to dance to the foreign pop music. The tan, striped-shirt Swedish girls looked simple, clean even, amid ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By feelingthemap | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry
New York… Cannot figure out what is so special about this city? For the first time I did not like it at all. Stuffiness of the streets, fidgetiness of the crowd and fashionable pursuit of someone else’s success were pressing on me from all sides. But ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By hornet | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
They call them streets, but they`re more like winding allies where the connecting structure leads you to believe there’s no way out. Darting scooters that sound like their engine is about to fail, old looking bicycles covered in rust, and motorbikes ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By shalinibhattacharya | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
Bags packed. Alright, bags and baggage. Overpacked. Mum and I embarked upon our trip to the mighty mountains. Our first stop - Delhi; note to readers - do not under-estimate the size of the city/the traffic. After having a very close shave, we finally ... Read more >
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