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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By bina_kapoor | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
Journey to an unknown culture Many places may please the senses but rare, truly rare are those places that behold the soul. The soul seeks ‘ALL’....quite lot more than tangible. Our soul absorbs when its quest for the unknown is fielded by the intangible.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By tesscunliffe | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
It is dawn in Hampi and the Tungabhadra River is already alive with activity. The sun is only just beginning to emerge over the rocky skyline but the air is already thick with morning heat and the smell of freshly brewed chai. Children are splashing ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kleopatra007 | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
Every year of my exciting legal studies confirmed my conviction that the road chosen by me is correct. The willingness to help other man and the attempt to understand the mechanism of the surrounding world were the spur to participate in a monthly project ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By rhunt171 | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
Standing on Arthur’s Seat, it is as though I can see that line of cars once again, snaking back up the road, laden with the promise of new beginnings, a late burst of September sunshine beating down on their bonnets. Practicalities covered the emotions ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By worldmad | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
I was studying French in graduate school when I decided to incorporate travel into my coursework. Having done a summer in France, I had a hankering for something decidedly non-Western, particularly Middle Eastern, yet linguistically Francophone.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By the11thdrymartini | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
”I’m going down, I’m going down, I’m going down!” Thoughts of dying in a foreign country rushed through my brain at the same speed the adrenaline pumped through my veins. A thick, rain drenched branch of the giant avocado tree scratched my face and another ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By zamalek | Views [240] | Scholarship Entry
Nothing will make you question your own physical abilities more than being passed by a pregnant woman and a group of senior citizens on a mountain trail. I could not help but laugh at my own absurdity as I trudged gracelessly up the rocky path of ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By angkorwat | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
Our pounding hearts stop as we slowly breathe in the crisp air at the edge of a tranquil reflecting pond. Farid, our 24 year old black toothed driver, ushered us out of his beaten tuk-tuk to stand in front of the heart of Cambodian culture— the awe-inspiring ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By nitin | Views [87] | Scholarship Entry
Train Tussles: The dirty floor, layered in patterns of grime and dust. Remnants of countless footsteps traveling a host of directions. A humming buzz emanated from up-ahead as the rickety seats reverberated in response. The shrill whistle of a ticket ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By solitaryreaper | Views [509] | Scholarship Entry
Title: The Ghost Town of Bhangarh ‘God, I am no Harry Potter! Better get out of here in time!’ I murmur out loud. Loud enough for the pigeon sitting on the far end of the stony arch to flap its wings and acknowledge this fact with a wild flutter. ‘Damn, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By willbleakley | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
With a line of eight cars impatiently waiting behind me I release the clutch and press the gas sending four passengers and myself flying three feet into an intersection. I have stalled once again, but this time, all traffic lanes are blocked. Despite ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By jtravels | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
Midway on my journey through Bolivia, I find myself within a world I thought only known in literature. Here the wind chills to the bone; the boiling smell of sulphur slaps the senses. The winding tunnels barely seem big enough to house the millions of ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By wandermentations | Views [674] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving somewhere unfamiliar at night is always disconcerting. I came on a motorbike, along a rough road of red dirt and rock, through sparse, scratchy bush and acacia, passing the odd giraffe or baboon as the hues of dusk faded to black. When the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kristinetay | Views [175] | Scholarship Entry
On top of Mount Howitt, the air is thick with Bogong moths. Thousands of wings swirl from the rocks and crevices on the darkening mountain, and stars as thick and dense as land are starting to show. On the horizon I can just make out the lights of the ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By footsteps | Views [897] | Comments [18] | Scholarship Entry
It felt like in the middle of a war zone as a part in breaking the world record for “The Most People Scuba Diving Simultaneously” on 17 August 2009. Organized by Indonesian Navy on our country 64th National Day celebration, we successfully broke the record ... Read more >
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