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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By renegade | Views [331] | Scholarship Entry
We alight from the bus and enter a deserted town.Most shops are closed,and the few that remain open are but small "chai" or tea shops.But with the mercury level well below 10 degrees centigrade,hot tea seems like a wonderful idea. We head ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By seewright | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry
Everyone should travel alone at some point in their lives. When you travel alone you are forced to look inwards and discover who you are as a traveler. After a rather emotionally rough year I decided to save every penny I could and follow a long-time ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sallyannhawkins | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
The jeep bounced as we veered off the road into the heart of the desert and my final shred of hope diminished – there was no escape. Why did I agree to this? I wanted to experience “real Egyptian life”, but found myself alone in a jeep, heading into ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By mini-life | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving to Costa Rica was a challenge for many reasons but chiefly amongst them was that my knowledge of Spanish was limited to three words: mañana, porque and ciao. Well, the last word is even Italian. Later, when I picked up some new words and phrases, ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By aksrumalla | Views [235] | Scholarship Entry
Can we ever experience contentment? I do not know. But travellers, who pass by this way, linger. Many try and work hard to reach to the top. Some just to be one among many, who surrender to the greatness of the mountain, some beckon to experience this ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By woodsorrelcan | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry
The first time the corn grinder roars to life I think that a plane is landing. The sun hasn’t yet risen over lake Petén Itza, in the northern tropics of Guatemala, but villagers are already trudging up the steep hill of the town, stepping over crumbling ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By gh-shaikh | Views [273] | Scholarship Entry
It was a Higher Education Commision-sponsored All- Pakistan tour. I was part of the 14 member team who visited different places all over the country for two weeks. This specific day however was scheduled for a trip to the Afghanistan border. It was particularly ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By awesome-israel | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
Its a sweltering late August evening in Gainesville,Fl-not uncommon for this part of America.We all say are final goodbyes, my friends head off to first week of classes at the local university.Me, Iam embarking on a journey halfway around the world.Honestly,Iwas ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By green_traveler | Views [72] | Scholarship Entry
Bus travel in America has acquired a pessimistic reputation throughout the years. The practicality, the danger, and the price stand against the once primary form of travel in the US. When I decided to try the American bus system for myself, I expected ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By johnbaptiste | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry
Lost within my self From the high adrenaline nights of Pattaya, my endless pursuit of pleasure and a desire to dig deeper into the tropical offerings of Thailand brought to me a place called Ko-Samet on the south east coast. It was more of a priority ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By tfouche | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
The car swerved sharply around the corner and dipped into a pothole on the narrow, cobblestoned street. Arriving at nightfall in Rome for the beginning of our seven-month family sabbatical, I couldn’t help but wonder why anyone would choose to live ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sonilek | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
Within the first moments of my arrival to the protest, I am
reeling. Dozens of young Argentine activists are milling about like moths
around a speaker who is discussing something through a megaphone and bathed in
an aura of electric greenish-... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ritalh | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry
Glorious Urfa Sitting in the dolmus (minibus) on the way to Sanliurfa, it becomes increasingly clear that Gaziantep is, in fact, as they say, the last western city before arriving in the Middle East. While mustached men with plastic bags and women holding ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By earth | Views [404] | Scholarship Entry
I can recall every bit of those horrible days, when sky was falling and earth was shaking. Man was mourning on the cruelty of nature and feeling proud on fellow humans. This is about my voluntary emergency traveling to Muzzafrabad, which was worst hit ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By dnumdanielem | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
Ever since I can remember, I have dreamed of seeing the world. As a child I devoured every book that crossed my path, particularly those about distant lands. I read "Around the World in Eighty Days" more times than I can remember. My ultimate dream was ... Read more >
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