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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By gilangfauzi | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
It was the eleventh day we were in the streets. Accompanied by two friends, I have been traveled hundreds of miles using two scooters from west Java to the east of Indonesia. We were going to meet Herman, a local young man from North Solong, part of Montong ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acrossourworld | Views [508] | Scholarship Entry
“Di-ma” means thank you, “io” means sun, “cone” means rabbit and “iu” means woman. I learned this and a few more words in Chinanteco in 2001, when I went on my first Mission trip to the tiny community of Armadillo Chico in Oaxaca. I was 15 and the youngest ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By traveleater | Views [779] | Comments [9] | Scholarship Entry
Phnom Penh has lots of traffic. Not Hanoi levels, but the streets are clogged with bicycles, tuktuks, mopeds, and the occasional car. There are no real rules - people drive mostly on the right (but not exclusively) and weave around each other. If a street ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By travenesia | Views [280] | Scholarship Entry
When I was 5, my father took me to a place 300 km away from home. We spent 5 hours on the bus, and then walked 3 hours through hills and valleys to a small village where he was born. I still remember the moment clearly. It was my first time travel to ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By senecamoraleda | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry
Febri was his name.It was already a year ago when I met him but his name still resounds and his face is still vivid in my memory.He was just an ordinary guy who did something remarkable in my life for a day that couldn’t be forgotten in my lifetime. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sbry1992 | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
A hundred different earthy smells filled the cramped kitchen as we watched Mercedes, the owner of this particular homestay in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, ladle the fish stew generously into bowls. Basil, thyme, a hint of cinnamon and chopped lemon ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By waverider | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
An elderly man, with a pitchfork in hand, displayed a sprightly grin from atop a haystack as I approached the weathered wooden gate outside Bacau, Romania. A scan across the confines of his farm inundated my senses. I heard the scattering of chicken ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By glosoli27 | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry
When you are about to become a professional linguist you are becoming more “serious”. You start looking for a job and…Bingo!.. the job itself finds you. But then it turns out not to be the job of your dream. I was about to join the army of secretaries ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tiffanyteng | Views [219] | Scholarship Entry
In the slums of Arusha exists an orphanage aptly named Tuamkeni, the Swahili phrase for wake up. Coming here each day consists of two dangerously bumpy dala dala rides and a short walk past rundown shacks selling soda and patterned kitanga fabrics. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tripper | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
As I clamor up the rocky pathway my breath turns to clouds of vapor as it comes into contact with the frosty air. A goat bleats but otherwise all is silent. My teeth chatter as I struggle up to the highest vantage point in the village. Immediately I am ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By throttle_mice | Views [221] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I am sitting on the floor of a village longhouse, a three-day boat ride from the nearest town. The wooden walls around me are painted with colorful animals and mystical beasts of the forest and the water, while the ceiling is inhabited by magnificently ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By rossyviajero | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
Adrenaline surges through my veins. The crimson sun sinks through the smog over Cochabamba, Bolivia. Daylight is disappearing and time evaporates with it. I am trapped in a city; a nightmare for a camping biker. The single light of my battered enduro ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By pandemonium | Views [289] | Scholarship Entry
Sometimes you think it could not be worse than this stupid situation. But, actually, it always can be. It happened one month ago. I was staying alone on the dark road. I could not go back because there was only a dark I had come from. I could not go ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By dcandbeyond | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
“Steve, is ahh-ticle almoss finish?” I snap out of my heat-induced trance as a bead of sweat rolls off of my nose. Nodding to reassure my co-worker that the article I’m toiling over about rapes committed by Burmese government troops is completed; I glance ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ilepen | Views [394] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
I relished the view of Mt. Apo, as I dream of conquering the country's highest peak, standing mightily in the midst of the clear sky on my way to the grassy field of the University in Kabacan, Philippines. Hot summer days push people to look for ... Read more >
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