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Fri, 11 Feb 2011 | By mkeily | Views [465] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
MI CAMINO
I have never caught a big plane by myself before. I felt like I was hanging by my
fingertips…during the turbulence.
Then I grabbed the man’s hand next to mine. It was instinct.
For an instant, his hand was ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By vantastic_tas | Views [560] | Scholarship Entry
The Steward gently shook me and requested I turn off my electronic device for landing. I slowly gained consciousness and massaged the kink in my neck. Groggily gathering my belongings, I made my way to the front of the massive airbus. I blinked rapidly, ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Feb 2011 | By tomsterau | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
The beginning of a long train ride into Tehran Doctor: “I need to give you a shot. Is that ok?” Me: “Yeh, sure whatever will make me feel better!” *pulls arm out* Doctor: “No not there…” Me: *Asking apprehensively* “Where…?” Doctor: “There…” *Points ... Read more >
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Tue, 8 Feb 2011 | By mukira | Views [262] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
i walked into this new fresh panorama . my mind started getting confused by the copious alike faces that it would register.i never thought that the world would have such photocopies of human beings or was it an illusion.they were the noisiest lot i have ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Feb 2011 | By male | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
i am dukhan jundit both man from the newly emerging state call south sudan in africa largest state sudan and world neweststate to be on 7,february 2011. on 9-15 january south sudanese voted in favour of independent of south sudan , i would like to go ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Feb 2011 | By agam | Views [329] | Scholarship Entry
My biggest adventure so far was the Alp-hike with my boyfriend where we marched from Weer, in Autria, to Stretzing, in Italy, within 7 days. The route we set for ourselves was on a relatively high altitude, considering that I was a complete novice to ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By peta | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
It was our first Saturday in the Lake District town of Hawkshead and we decided to venture out to explore the village that was going to be our home for the next 7 weeks. Hungover from cheap goon that we had consumed with the YHA staff the night before, ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By poppyh | Views [501] | Scholarship Entry
'Oh my Big Buddha!' our Thai guide exclaims gleefully, regarding us with an enormous grin more gum than tooth. His amusement is understandable: two hours into the trek and we are grubby and panting while his only concession has been to remove his t-shirt ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By vivi | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
Life is passing by, and sometimes you have ignored something that is very important without knowing it. The random trip that my friends and I threw out for me in summer 2009 was my biggest adventure, which I had never experienced before. Very early in ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By rebeccajane | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
When asked the question, “What was the best part of your trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp”, the expected response would be the climactic moment of standing at 5545m looking straight at the black giant that is Everest. However, during my trip I found that ... Read more >
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Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By realafrica | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
My Life, My Adventure By Maria Cartaya For two years, I virtually always wore a chitenge. Sometimes my friends braided my hair in corn rolls, otherwise I wrapped a head scarf over my short hair. I lived in flip flops and light-weight shirts, and because ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By sashaastari | Views [609] | Scholarship Entry
In January 2011, I went to Hong Kong with my mom. The weather was very cold. Me and my mom forgot to bring out winter coat so we were freezing. I went to Disneyland for the first time. I was very very happy. I was amazed by the place, the people and all ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By krone | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
Responsible travel means self-aware travel. No matter how hard we try, and how much we might like to think of ourselves as integrated into any place we visit, travellers inherently see things through their own perspective and influence the places they ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By lindseykate | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry
How did I get here? (Paris that is) When I told everyone I was moving to Paris to be an au pair for a French family, after the initial “who what where why how?” questions were out of the way, most people assured me, “It’ll be SUCH a good experience.... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Feb 2011 | By pbahaysway | Views [384] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
RESPONSIBLE ≠ BORING Pack a surplus-size carton of prophylactics, that’s what most people think when they hear the phrase “responsible travel.” Or, only snap shots of Mayans milling about the central plazas of any of Guatemala’s antiquated, indigenous-... Read more >
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