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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By betsyberger | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
As I descend into the dark, cool emptiness, I wonder at the sacredness of the human beings that once upon a time lived here. Here is the ancient, underground city at Derinkuyu. A hands-on exploration of the past fascinates me, yet I had no idea this exploration ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ktorgerson | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
Last year, I was in the Negev–a desert in southern Israel–where my friends Talya, Levi and I planned to climb Masada and swim in the Dead Sea. Masada was beautiful and the view from the top was extraordinary. Standing there, on the mountain’s edge, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By verbalicious | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
My red motorbike helmet matches my red Russian boots. Mount SRD in Dubrovnik is overwhelming; I am not sure our little motorbike has the power to make it to the top. My boyfriend motions for me to hop on and I do, squeezing him too tightly around the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By momentsintime | Views [225] | Scholarship Entry
The sleep was poor, but it was worth it, I thought. I had gotten into the backpackers at Verdun late last night, having driven with my friend Jim from Belgium stopping at half the famous battle sites along the way. This was the whole point of the trip, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By laurenmcneil | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
As Christmas (or Chrissy as they say in Australia) approached I became quite the Grinch. Although I did not greet others with “bah humbug,” my body cringed when confronted with Christmas decorations or music. I was a world away from my family and ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By eloisegrills | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
The sun bakes through, slow. First it singes the window's corner- curved, like a cookie tray. The heat seeps like oil- it oozes; the thick glass like a hamburger wrapper greased gradually clear. There are the watermarks like stubborn frosting, flecks ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By oman | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
The sand beneath my feet was receding rapidly into azure Arabian Sea, like standing at the rim of a tilted barrel with barley grains falling over. Had I surrendered myself to seducing waves, a nearby flock of seagulls would have been the only witness ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By solo-cycliste | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
Suspended in mid-air, hanging by one hand, I hear a soft plop, then another. From my unexpected birds-eye viewpoint, I look down. There’s my bike, lying on its side, right side up, across a shallow stream, one red pannier still attached, the other nearby.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By brookewylie | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
I hear it coming. In a rare moment of stillness when the rickshaws sit idle, their drivers not compelled out of silence by company and an icy breeze carries idle chatter off over the water, the drag, heard from twenty meters away, seems amplified in the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By timmygilesjournal | Views [325] | Scholarship Entry
My big adventure starts in the remaining days prior to spring. It took place in the big apple, otherwise known as New York City. Actually most of it took place on the subway and the long treacherous walk to the meat district in Brooklyn. I am, and this ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By nomadic_adventures | Views [1090] | Scholarship Entry
I’ve never had a driving ambition to jump 111 meters off a bridge, especially one that majestically straddles the Batoka Gorge below Victoria Falls. Recently the opportunity presented itself on a trip to Zimbabwe and having been diagnosed with FOMO (Fear ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By morcega | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
"Insights from the Interior" I arrived in La Paz in the breaking hours of darkness. An air of uncertainty accompanied my arrival. Wandering eyes were greeted with visions of inebriated locals swaying to distorted Bolivian pop-tunes blasting from personal ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By santiagorr | Views [308] | Scholarship Entry
I walk out into the dusty street again. It’s filled up with tuk-tuks, fruit stands and kids selling handcrafts. It finally feels like I have woken up, like it is a new day and the last memories recorded are dreamlike. It started with a little road trip ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By beakarmela | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
Our driver was going on a steady but fast pace; the piercing rays of the Ayutthaya sun prickled my back and I was wearing jeans that made breathing difficult. But still, to complain was not an option. We just had a hearty lunch after spending the entire ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By dax | Views [404]
The world is shrinking. Every year innovations in
transportation and technology make the world a smaller place. When I first went to china in 1996, I was one
of the few people who had witnessed the holy places of Southwestern ... Read more >
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