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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By patrickgarone | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
I finally went through with it at the age of twenty-four: I left my life in Chicago behind and ventured out of the U.S. for the first time. Until that point, I hadn’t really thought much about travel, but the idea of taking a trip overseas had lodged ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By craighopkins | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
Guatemala for me is 2 words – Noise and Time. Noise… where to start, from the buzz of tuk tuk ‘s, the roar of diesel powered chicken buses ascending mountain passes, the incessant hooting of horns to un comprehensibly loud music blaring from any device ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By prmontgomery | Views [463] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
When most people think of Shanghai they envision the pointy sci-fi-orific Pearl tower, the glimmering European-esque stretch of the Bund, or the ethereal fog that clings to the city like cotton candy to children’s fingers; but for those who dare to venture ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By ddleon | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
It was 2am in the morning, stars I had never seen were shining right above us, and the bus had left behind the last piece of road I would see in the following three weeks. At this point it all seemed like a dream to me: everything was as dark as the end ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By tigerlilymoptop_travels | Views [328] | Scholarship Entry
Sri Lankan Surprise “Shh...Come quickly,” whispered Guhadesa, our hotel chaperone. Illuminating the dark terrain with his torch, he marched swiftly ahead, expertly weaving through a labyrinth of misshapen trees and thatched huts. I struggled to keep ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By christinab | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
Great Barrier Reef Experience I was as giddy as a 10 year old going to Disney. I was in Airlie Beach on a ferry on my way to the Great Barrier Reef. There is a pontoon permanently set up for the boat and for as little future impact as possible. The idea ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By heidisiefkas | Views [376] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
With only a backpack, ticket, and dreams, I left Miami heading to the farthest point South that I had ever explored, Punta Arenas, Chile. That January evening, I was embarking not only on a solo adventure into the Patagonian wilderness, but also through ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By zuzana | Views [244] | Scholarship Entry
Bang-bang-bangbangbang-bang–in the light of the fire, a necklace of wrought silver and ivory shines on the bare chest of the Kandyan dancer,the rhythm is passed on to the bracelets on his arms and ankles. Bang-bang-bangbangbang-bang–red ribbons hang from ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By miiawma | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
In travel books, Mopti is commonly referred to as the "Venice of Mali". Well here I am. It has been nine months. I’ve visited Venice and I’ve lived in Mopti and aside from them both being port cities, nothing else is the same. Where is all of the beautiful ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By eltodoesmental | Views [338] | Scholarship Entry
My story starts at a Mexican Desert in San Luis Potosí. It was a personal trip of self enlightenment and understanding. I have had experiences with the medicine that grows there called “peyote” a couple of times before, but I felt I really needed this ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By moneera | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry
Is only one option! Perhaps it is a simple loss of common sense or a case of inhibitions left at home. For whatever reason, when my feet hit foreign soil I have a predisposition towards irresponsibility. A dewy Venetian morning, quite usual for this ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By metatropian | Views [155] | Scholarship Entry
It’s three o’clock in the morning when our rusting minibus creaks to a halt in the desert city of Tozeur. I’m roused from sleep by another passenger – his weathered coat and checkered scarf mark him as a native of Tunisia’s interior – who indicates with ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By everywhere | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
When cultural differences are mentioned, I always think about the movie Everything is illuminated with Elijah Wood. When they are travelling west, he asks for a potato in a typical Soviet-style canteen and a fat woman is so surprised and angry that somebody ... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By wayoutthere | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
We had the windows of our old Renault closed, although the humid heat was suffocating. The heat was certainly more bearable than the red dust clouds that would enter the car through the smallest open cracks. It was early February, the dry season in Guinea.... Read more >
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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By martyna | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
First, I wanted to write about my backpacking adventure in the Southeast Asia when for nearly two months I travelled along the Mekong River, admired the magnificent ruins of the ancient Khmer Empire of Angkor, ate dried crickets and spiders, and enjoyed ... Read more >
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