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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By theroadnottaken | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
The clap of the thunderclouds is an ominous warning as I climb up the 1000 well worn steps of the Fortress Palamidi, leaving the small Peloponnese town of Napflio behind. Barely have I reached the entrance when the downpour starts, creating little streams ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By normandy | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
There was a heavy roar outside L’Abbaye de Mondaye, in Lower Normandy. The steamy summer rains were upon us, soaking the bushy hydrangeas in the courtyard. In the church, the monks in girdled white robes were burning incense and praying for love and friendship.... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By sam_louiseb | Views [661] | Scholarship Entry
“Is everyone ready for takeoff?” the pilots voice comes crackling through my headphones. I nod enthusiastically until I realise there is a microphone under my chin, “Sure am” I shout and give a thumbs up from the back seat as the other passengers turn ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By flirtingwithfreedom | Views [237] | Scholarship Entry
When you get what you’re looking for. I marvel at the vibrant green world dotted with small glistening droplets while fussing mosquito’s pester me. Costa Rica’s most wild National Park, Corcovado, is home to 10,664 fauna species and 3,116 flora species.... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lemacomber | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
Omar was probably five feet tall, give or take an inch. His arms were like elongated rocks, rough, not river-worn. He used them to pull Jenny and I up over their real-life counterparts, little nasty guys that skidded beneath our shoes as we climbed toward ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By flores | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
My friend and I finally visited Flores, our dream destination after few months prepared the itinerary. Flores is a very nice island, located in east Indonesia. It's a quite remote island, far from the capital city so that's why Flores island is not well ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By madtraveler | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry
Thailand: Night markets, elephant trekking, tiger shows and day spas. With so much beauty, it’s hard to see past the tourist veil to the reality of a third world country. Child abandonment, prostitution, drug rings and slavery are very much a part of ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By thesearcher | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
Pod Seeker I leave my bewildered travel companions behind at a county fair in Danshui to board a rickety minibus to Sanzhi, a tiny town an hour north of Taipei City. I offer the bus driver my EasyCard but the bus is off the city grid; I end up madly ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By mohnazz | Views [62] | Scholarship Entry
I travelled to Yogyakarta, Indonesia almost a year ago, I went to Yogyakarta for my study actually. I went there to follow my friend who lived in Islamic boarding school that opens a short course for a month in Ramadhan. It’s called “nagji pasaran”. It ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By erinlee | Views [189] | Scholarship Entry
The more you travel, the easier it gets... supposedly. I thought I was a great traveler: brave, worldly, open-minded. Then I went to India, and everything changed. I've never felt so illiterate or so helpless or so lost in my life, but I've also never ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By kanushka1 | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
I step from the bus bracing my backpack as the lanky gypsy tour guide exclaims “Me Hercule.” I am looking to each direction of a four-way intersection, down a long boulevard at a series of non-descript five-story buildings of marble, stone, and pink and ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By sinead | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
Horrified I watch as the guy in front of me disappears – first his legs, then torso and finally with a grin in my direction, his head. “God help me,” I pray as I step forward my heart beating wildly. My guide’s lips are moving, he’s talking to me but ... Read more >
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By lovetravellife | Views [153] | 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 [268] | 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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