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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By maurice | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
As the smog imbues the boat I become bitterly aware that we will not leave. Breathing is getting difficult; my bags seem to get caught with each of the dozens of hammocks in my way out. I feel beleaguered and in struggling for air. Outside I wish for ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By trhippy | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
The first thing I remember being told about London was that the city is freakish in its magnitude. It’s almost claustrophobic - swollen with buildings, traffic and people. Supposedly, opportunities exist here too, but I’m sceptical as to whether there ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By katieonthemove | Views [225] | Scholarship Entry
It was the first time I had ever held an explosive. Though purchased for less than one American dollar, the weight of possibility was heavy in my hand as I looked toward the entrance of the tunnel. The silver mine tours in Potosi Bolivia are not for ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By emadatsi | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
Delivering pickle was not why I found myself sitting on a two-wheeler with a woman half my size driving me around the city of Bangalore, a city where half the bus is reserved for women. I did however contemplate what the feminist brigade would have to ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By miracle | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
Sun-baked and fleeting, the humid South Indian landscape falls beneath the thrumming wheels of our old scooter. En route to Chidambaram's famed Sabhanayaka Temple, we manage to stay alive on a treacherous road, competing with gigantic, gaudily-painted ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By caresse_selk | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
The crowd surrounding me is full of people with kind, gentle eyes. I have never felt so safe before being in the midst of a surging mass of people. It seems like the entire kingdom of Bhutan has donned their finest to witness the coronation of their ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ptumang | Views [1059] | Scholarship Entry
As the Victory Liner bus plies out of the packed terminal on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, from the window I embrace Manila’s cityscape unfolding at dawn: fruit and fish ball vendors chatting idly while setting up their stands; agile men in flip-flops ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By tmoney | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
A Long Day’s Journey into Laos I pay $20 for transportation from Ban Lung in Northern Cambodia to Don Dhet, the 4,000 islands, in Southern Laos. “Yes, bus and boat included” assures the proprietor of my hotel, writing on my receipt. I am picked up ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kategreen15 | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
The Hammam Echoes. Wet echoes. That’s all that can be heard. The original sound is lost in the dome above you, escaping out of the carved holes in the ceiling and into the faint sunlight that peeks in and reflects off the slick, warm stone of the floor.... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By kaleidoscope123 | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
They say if the tiger’s glare doesn’t kill you, his slap will. One swipe of the paw, a snap of the vertebrae, and you’re done. And now, by following these three sun-dried men into the heart of an island in the Sunderbans to treat a wounded tiger, I had ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By encounters | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
I'm not nervous when I first pull out my thumb on the outskirts of Brussels. If I count all the kilometers I've hitchhiked before, it probably amount to half the equator. And I'm only going to Berlin today, the first stop of many. I catch my first ride ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By globetrottinggirl | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
Crossing the border was a lengthy process. We were herded like cattle into constricting cage-like passages, one by one, slowly leading us to a young official's desk. We handed our passports. He lazily reached for the documents, and carried out the extend ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By misswolverine | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
Chinese New year, in the wet, rainy, futuristic, neon-lit streets of Taipei, Taiwan. A city eager to assault your senses. Bubble tea looks remarkably like frog eggs. Stinky tofu aromas linger in alleys jumping out on the unsuspecting traveler. A sure ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By jorimarie | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
Sandwiched between sylvan peaks, in a quiet Himalayan outpost, sits a fairy-tale palace that time forgot. Accessible only on foot, it waits, guarded solely by the fog and ghosts of a bygone era, for the next adventurer to succumb to its enchanting ... Read more >
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By katiegodfrey | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
One of my greatest privileges in Kenya was an invitation to the rural home of my host mother. Kabiruini is a tiny village in the Highlands and to me the similarity to the Swahili word for ‘Welcome’ – ‘Karibu[ni]’is incredibly appropriate: the hospitality ... Read more >
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