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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By thewanderingfoodie | Views [410] | Scholarship Entry
The sun sets as the car dances its way up and down the Sahyadris. I’m about to doze off when suddenly, the car stops. “We’ve reached Khandgedara,” someone says. I jump off my seat, negotiating with my luggage, and head towards a hut- my home for the ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By sweetjava | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
Everybody know that Javanese people are nice, brown and sweet. Their attitude are mild and tenacious. Like what they eat, much food are made by Javanese people have a sweet taste. Sugar is identical to invitor ants. So, Javanese people put sugar for every ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By worldjourney | Views [396] | Scholarship Entry
One thing that I like when visiting a town is to taste the food especially the native foods. Sometimes the taste or the choice of the food explain the way of the native people life. I am lucky enough to be raised in my home town Jakarta, Indonesia. Even ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By andyc | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
The lighthouse A broken archway, the stones are worn with age, moss clings to there jagged edges. The only sign of life is the sway of the auburn grass. Something stirs within me as I pass through the ageless stones.... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By captaineddy | Views [326] | Scholarship Entry
My difficulties in Bali began with inadvertantly displaying the soles of my feet to the locals. Hostility ensued. Culture clashes seemed to be my forte.After a sweltering bus ride up a dusty road to Ubud, I dashed to a losmen under a powerful downpour ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By wanderlusting | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
Madrid in August. It’s all I ever expected. Siestas in the Retiro, suppers at 10 and street parties with sweat, tequila spilling through the stones of an ancient city. The only snag is our place of rest: the suburb of San Fernando, where a World City’s ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By tomkenning | Views [483] | Scholarship Entry
At daybreak Aina lifts his scarred fisherman’s hand to the reed-thatched roof of his hut where a ring-tailed lemur sits majestically in front of the rising sun, her arms stretched wide. Energized by this solar meditation, the sociable lemur bends down ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By michinmari | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
My Thailand vacation started and ended with a cup of milk tea. I happen to love this beverage because it's a blend of the good and the bad: it's herbal and it's sweet. More than that, this drink is like the Thais themselves: different variations, but ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By rhapsody | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry
A teacher asked me to make a report for my visit to "Village of Sundanese". I was upset. I didn’t even know what it was. By the name, I could have imagined how boring my task would be. My car couldn’t reach that isolated place. I needed to walk for 15 ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By observationalex | Views [312] | Scholarship Entry
Before I meet my teacher, I am estranged from her Mexican culture. I eat incredible guacamole and climb historical ruins, but I can’t communicate. I arrive in Merida wanting help. Chari’s smiling face and lineless Latina skin make her look too young ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By zworld | Views [311] | Scholarship Entry
It was springtime of 2010 in Shanghai when I first visited the Middle Kingdom. I was so excited to visit the place that I learned to love during my University days. I am so fascinated with Shanghai in almost all aspects of this modern city and these ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By holiday | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
This was my experience when I first went to Bali. I live in Indonesia. I was a little displeased with my own country, start from mindset, relationships, lifestyles and systems of government are far from prosperous and fair. Off course arrived, in internet ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By compass_rose | Views [249] | Scholarship Entry
The more I wriggled it, the more the splinter sank into my soft un-calloused finger. I stuck the offending digit into my mouth and sat, taking in the sturdy, grey cinder block houses rolling over the low hills. Below me, a mother hung dripping wet laundry ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By rabeeyajamil | Views [389] | Scholarship Entry
During my previous job, I was sent to Guangzhou, China for training at Siemens for a month. Every morning, all the way from hotel to Siemens, everyone used to pass me smile. That was not just a smile; it was full of love and life. Their smiling faces ... Read more >
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Wed, 11 Apr 2012 | By euclydessantos | Views [254] | Scholarship Entry
Downtown Marmaris, in southern Turkey, is full of tourist oriented shops, most of them selling typical products of suspicious quality. I was walking around, looking for a narguile, when loud speakers were heard with the muezzin call for prayer. A few ... Read more >
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