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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By karissangall | Views [263] | 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 waanderer | Views [283] | Scholarship Entry
One can travel from South to North and the sun does not set yet, one can experience the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea on the same day. Tunisia. I knew something was different the moment I had landed. Everyone was smoking while waiting for their baggages.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By spidermountain | Views [162] | 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 [1077] | 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 [231] | 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 ishitaaa | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry
The Qutb Minar Complex is not, in fact, right next door to the metro station of the same name. Mapless, I start walking up the side of the highway in the sun. The smart thing would've been to take an autorickshaw. A traffic cop helps me cross the highway.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lavender | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
Chengdu food is always known for flexible use of chills and delicate flavors created by people here, which rightly echos the characteristic of Sichuan food" 'one dish, one style; one hundred dishes, one hundred flavors'. When talking about Chengdu food, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By blossoms | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
I have traveled to South India quite a few times in my life and every experience has been a fascinating one. But the one which will be etched in the annals of my mind forever will be my trip back in October 2009. That year I had no plans to visit South ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By aurvi | Views [1040] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Paradoxes seem more palpable in the mountains. There is a knock on the door of my third-floor hotel room. I open the door to see a waiter carrying tea. He is wearing a safari suit, a turban and rubber boots. “May I come in?” he says, tugging at his ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mrmyfziyad | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
The most exciting thing about life is living life to the fullest and enjoying everything about it. Fuse an element of insatiable curiosity and the spirit of adventure then travelling becomes magical.We got introduced to the glitz, glamour and the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ptmtolibas | Views [210] | 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 micericag | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
As my friend and I walked outside together, we saw our guide. He introduced himself to us as Pelon and gave us an overview of the way Costa Ricans live, saying in closing, "It's Costa Rica, pura vida! And, the goal is to have a good time!" We stopped ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By llama_intrigued | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
An inconspicuous junction from the main road along coastal Mui Ne is a fenced yard lined with grids of lidded ceramic vats. Trail along the fence on dirt path, with the wafting fragrance (or pungency) of Vietnam’s trademark fermented fish sauce, until ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By xenophiliac | Views [292] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Joe’s Place, a bar that rested between Poppies I and II in Kuta, Bali, is a place that blended rocking rhythms, sweet friendships and cocktails, slightly altering my state of consciousness in a spicy smack of South East Asian synesthesia. My brother ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acinonyx | Views [1115] | 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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