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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lovetravellife | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
I stood alone, gazing open mouthed at the outrageous city of Venice; my travelling companions had abandoned me, finding the streets too small, the food too expensive and the whole experience rather claustrophobic. We had come to discover authentic Venetians, ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By mau | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
I had a sore butt, a burned arm and a deep cut on my leg, yet I still had to walk to the guesthouse. As I limped my way through, a big tall guy dressed in a full leather outfit approached me on his bike. He had a very serious look as if he’d known what ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By toucantaste | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
Wanting a good rub after tackling Angkor, our moral compasses led us to the 'responsible tourism' section of our Cambodian guidebook. It suggested "Seeing Hands Massage" - supposedly run by the blind. Perfect – we feel like prophets. They charge seven ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By grabe85 | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
Whenever I talked to Africans about going to Mozambique beforehand, they would say that I will see the ‘Real Africa’ there. I understand their prophecy now. Staring from Johannesburg we firstly wanted to go directly to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kimkoning | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
The Emerald City Step into a melting pot of old religion and new money, foreign and familiar, history and industry, exotic and ordinary. Ride the desert sands on the back of a camel or drive powerful sports-cars through streets lined with towers of glass ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By ksam | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
After 30 mins of serious contemplation, I decide not to throw a thong at my snoring bed bunk neighbour. I decide it would be a possible risk to perfectly good footwear. Nevertheless, in a cramped, oxygen depleted dorm in Athens, I can’t help but desire ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By transitkarla | Views [377] | Scholarship Entry
"WARM HEART OF AFRICA" Six in the morning and the bus station was buzzing with activity already, like an ant colony; everyone in a rush to get on the right bus and reach their destination. On my way to find the ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By zjerb | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
In the social ladder, I am a new broke – one of the spoiled and bratty grandchildren of Manila’s prominent men who ran out of money to back their grandiose lifestyle and know nothing on how to survive the urban jungle on their own. Armed with hawk-eyed ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By arajkhowa | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
I waited impatiently for the metro announcement: New Delhi Station. I grasped for the phone in my pocket. It was a quarter past one already. My train left at one thirty. I lurched out of the metro train with the gigantic wave of people that burgeoned ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By elizukr | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
To tell the truth, all three topics are very suit for my travel story. My big adventure - because I was just 18 when I have done the journey in so big city as London. Responsible Travel - because I have done this travel alone. But I have chosen the topic ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By sam_r | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
“What are you doing?” she asks, standing on her toes, leaning inquisitively over the edge of the workbench. “I’m setting these up especially for you, so on one else can use them.” I smile. They’re the smallest pair I could find, 80cm, and nearly taller ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By rlwilkin | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
Senses for the Soul Romance fills the crisp and misty air with every twist and turn of the winding, narrow sidewalks. There are no roads, only waterways. No car noise, only water lapping. No dead ends, only drop-offs into boat slips. Around every bend, ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By pauldehav | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
In many ways, South Korea remains a riddle. What was a largely agrarian, war-ravaged nation only fifty years ago is now the world’s tenth largest economy, and one that relies heavily on trade with the rest of the world. Yet Korea has a decidedly isolationist ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kevinponniah | Views [373] | Scholarship Entry
We passed the grinning prostitutes, pink lipstick smeared across their lips. I could feel the heat of the motorbike’s exhaust pipe burning through my rubber flip-flops. The barbers, hunched over their streetside clients, waved at me in recognition. We ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By rosieinturkey | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
I will never forget the day I had my first real Turkish breakfast... After a seventeen-hour bus ride, I finally reached Antakya, at the border with Syria. In the muggy weather, I was dying for a good coffee, slices of bread with butter and a shower. Instead ... Read more >
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