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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By karissangall | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry
As a Canadian national the idea of a staple food was foreign to me before I moved to southern Africa; growing up as part of a “cultural mosaic” meant every meal could come from a different corner of the world. But Malawi is no melting pot, and a ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By spidermountain | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry
The smell of ginger beckons me through a wooden door, into a room crowded with Khmer families, where the Mekong air yields to chilli and cooking oil. Clusters of children giggle and point from tables; their dark eyes dance as I squeeze through to the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By anacronica | Views [1136] | Comments [5] | Scholarship Entry
Five minutes before departure, I position myself at the stern of the “Buquebus” anxious to reach my new destination: Montevideo, Uruguay. I gaze at the streets of Buenos Aires, as we leave Puerto Madero, and I find myself humming a very famous tango, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By rash360 | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
I met a beautiful woman from Malaysia in 1997. We often discussed traveling to sumatra. After converting to islam in 1997, I became very bored and spiritually dead. I met Nurul Huda at a local mosque, before the 9/11 attack. She had two small children ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ptmtolibas | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
It started out as a New Year’s resolution: I will learn to surf. I have always looked forward to going to the beach—feeling the sand between my toes, the sun on my cheeks, the sea air in my lungs, and the surf’s brotherly embrace. The first time I was ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acinonyx | Views [1165] | Scholarship Entry
I broke the intense silence, "Têm uma Coca-Cola por favour?" Perhaps caught off-guard by my Portuguese, or perhaps concluding it was the best way to get rid of me, the store keeper takes a second to react. Moving to one side, she draws a dusty bottle ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tidar | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry
I'd walked this path, in inner-city suburbia Bangkok, more times than I can recall. It was my favourite path to walk when I visit my grandparents - my final destination guaranteed a smorgasbord of mouth-watering food. I take a left past the motorcycle-... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By josephle | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
Juan was my taxi driver from the Venezuelan border to
the Cúcuta airport . Our
total time spent together was about 20 minutes.
But in that time he would remind me again of the spirit behind one of my
favorite quotes from Nehru, “We live in ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By medha315 | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
Monstrous clouds rained down with untamed fury,as thunder roared in the blackness of the night.I was in Sohra,a village in Meghalaya,India,one of the wettest place in the world.It is a land where elephants and tigers wander freely,where dense green forests ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By graceemily27 | Views [433] | Scholarship Entry
Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to find spiritual awakening in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand or been blessed by a Sadhu in Varanasi. I have never smelt the sickly smell of rotting flesh from a Durian or eaten fried spider on a stick. I ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By edsonlg | Views [1167] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
I see him ascending the Williamsburg Bridge, which hands off Brooklyn to Manhattan, on the long, arduous up-ramp. His shoulders arched in a shoddy jacket as he labors over a shopping cart that swells with black garbage bags arguing for space. Their ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mdd | Views [398] | Scholarship Entry
Sitting around a Japanese dinning table, either in a traditional hotel, either in a modern restaurant, in an izakaya pub or, if you’re lucky enough, at a local’s home, or simply enjoying a bento lunch box at the close JR train station, you’ll have the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sydrahm | Views [257] | Scholarship Entry
“Cockroach?” My nose wrinkles in disgust. “ Kokoreç !” Laughs Çagri, my new found friend. “It’s a famous Turkish snack! You should try it.” The war drums of my stomach blare in obscene cacophony, so I quickly nod my head without hesitation. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By draupadi_caesar | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry
Why are crucial moments in life always signified via slow motion in movies? In the moment, when I was hurled off a scooter, toppling in the air and struggling to reach ground, I knew why. On the way back from Majorda beach to Palolem beach in Goa, my ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wanderlust1509 | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
Balance in Bali Throughout Bali there is a duality to life and a pursuit for harmony. You only need to look at the ‘Canang Sari’. These small offering baskets placed at every entrance are a practice of giving back to the Gods what they have given to ... Read more >
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