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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kokoton | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
Living in the same country doesn’t mean that the people and their culture is exactly the same. They may share some basics traditions, but the idiosyncrasy of the people in each region is so different that it wouldn´t be an exaggeration if I say that ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By naftalanja | Views [457] | Scholarship Entry
Earthy bread Two smells were accompanying me and underpining this belonging to a “certain world”. The smell of burning wood and the smell of earth after the first rain..., which I learned later that that has a name, called naftalanja. My daydreaming–memory ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By portlandvagabond | Views [623] | Scholarship Entry
An Unsettling Quiet Standing on the bow of the small cruise ship in a channel of Doubtful Sound, I was struck by the silence. True, I was in an isolated fiord at the southern tip of New Zealand, far from the smallest village, but I stood facing a ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By haninshahin | Views [235] | Scholarship Entry
Faces are the only thing that explain without words , that can show you history , present and future. It has this amazing combination of carves that made by life time, sun and pain that came out of hurting. How come it so clear that the more carves in ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By williamcreagh | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
Our driver fails to notice the imminent riverbed and the rusty truck lurches down, drumming our heads into the roof as one. She corrects the vehicle’s two-wheel motion with a burst of acceleration, burning litres of fuel to launch us out of the ditch ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By samuraiwriter | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving at Ataturk Havalimani, the main international airport in Istanbul, one has a feeling of familiarity. The terminals are modern; there are the ubiquitous cafes you see in every major airport, name brand shops, massive duty free ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By wanderingwhiterabbit | Views [403] | Scholarship Entry
The Journey to Heaven is Not a Stairway
The wind was blowing bits of my hair from underneath the black helmet that wasn’t mine. The sky seemed darker than usual, until I pulled off my sunnies only to have my innocent eyes bombarded by rays ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kelseyhj | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
I stepped off the tour bus in a small Spanish town somewhere between Madrid and Almeria. While everyone else was immersed in conversation, I was nothing short of enchanted by what I saw. The sky was pale blue with not a cloud in sight. Giant mountains ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By faufauzia | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
two week ago, i met my lovely friends. They are my schoolmate in my senior high school. We have not met about three months. First, I went to vera’s house to waited for 7 others. After that, we went without porpuse. My friends said we could went to Bogor ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By garthinturkey | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry
Life, Death, and Celebration in Nepal Handing me a stick of smoking incense, a man pulls me into a bustling crowd of celebrants. Now part of a procession, I embrace the electric energy pulsing ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lucieboots | Views [1189] | Scholarship Entry
Holy Mole (Poblano)! Sunday is a bad day to be single in México. Apart from attending church, Sunday is more specifically the day for spending time with your sweetheart. There’s not a free park bench to be found in the zocalo. Pairs are dressed in their ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By mylifemyadventure | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
I define my three days trip in Toraja in February 2011 as my biggest adventure because I’ve got a lot of things to see, to learn and to write from the trip. I started my trip at 9.03 in the morning after taking nine and a half hour in the bus. I and ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By wanderboy | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
SAME-SAME It’s amazing how two words can redefine adventure. My trip was all planned out. It was a backpacking adventure that would start in Bangkok, Thailand then lead me to Penang, Malaysia. From Penang, I would move on to Johor Baru, then, take a ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lifeisjourney | Views [380] | Scholarship Entry
Life is journey and this trip was the longest path, I had walked. This village was hidden by mountains. My friend and I went to “Kor Sa deong”, a small village in Kanjanaburi, Thailand for a research about the local Karean music. After walking in the ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By ireland | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
The black paint and gold flake trim give the old Irish tavern house an air of sophistication, as if one would find the patrons sipping scotch and discussing leather bound books. The heavy wood door creaks to life as I push it open and warm air rushes ... Read more >
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