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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By laurakb | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
A sharp wave of nausea broke over me in a cold sweat, my aching stomach protesting loudly in anticipation. This was it-the point of no return. I closed my tired eyes in submission, and opened them slowly, staring at the red dirt ground of the makeshift ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sulintan | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
The cards in my hands are well-used, greasy, as though they have been cooked with the dhal.The Queen of Hearts looks unglamorous.Angdoje scoops her up with the others from a pack which costs just 50 rupees. He shuffles with vigour like any well-trained ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sjtphotog | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
I sat in a house made of branches, mud and cow dung, my eyes stinging from both smoke and straining to see my surroundings. Under me a low wooden bench, next to me Joseph, a warrior dressed in a shuka (red patterned cloths wrapped across his body) many ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ibs | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
Covered in a thin film of sweat and seawater, I gazed into the turquoise expanse before me: dense forested islands speckled the water; white boats drifted languidly; the receding haze of distant mountains. Perched on a secluded branch in a lush tree, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By meshyweshy | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry
Last week, I finally had a chance to have lunch in a Korea restaurant near my campus. I ordered a bowl of Ramen Noodles. Well, I’m not sure it’s from Korea or Japan, but I often hear the stars on Korean dramas love to eat Ramen Noodles. So, I give it ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sailingwords | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
Admist a roaring sea port breeze; wintry and sharp, the clean odorless scent of a sanitized metropolis, a foggy saddened Yokohama Port. As I advanced stupefied, I stopped; standing before me, the white glimmering starboard, majestic and regal: I saluted ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ellisinwonderland | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
My rear-end tingled with pinned and needled numbness as I crouched on the teeny tiny red plastic stool. Later that week I would be introduced to the man allegedly responsible for the introduction of this ubiquitous seating to Hanoi, but for now, my attention ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By dentaa | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
Overcrowded neighbourhoods, dilapidated buildings, overflowing garbage bins with an indescribable stench, artificially created footpaths where there once might have been a well manicured lawn, cluttered balconies and groups of people sitting outside watching ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tamarindpod | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
The Sea of Cortez glistens in the distance, its salty waters offer nothing but a mirage to the arid land that surrounds the ranch that we are quickly approaching. Our arrival is unexpected, but as one of the few ranchers with access to fresh drinking ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thejourney | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
It always made it to my “Bucket list”. Never did I imagine that I would do it for real. It all happened on my first trip to South Africa. Apart from being a melting pot of different cultures or the home to the unique and varied flora and fauna, South ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By worldnomadsscholarship | Views [412] | Scholarship Entry
A neat dollop of potently pink shrimp paste, glistening red chilli slivers, finely diced garlic and galangal, and a handful of cheeky shallots chopped with precision lit up the sterile silver bench, each perfectly portioned into tiny white ramekins. Immaculately ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sri | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
As the train rolled into Copenhagen Central I once again read the writing on the wall. AggstockGravid spray painted in white against industrial red brick- “Man has the right to do his will.” My bright yellow bus to Budapest was waiting by the curb outside.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By austengirl | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
My greatest memories of New Zealand are where food and place are tied together. Eating local, freshly gathered produce and participating in the harvesting connected me deeply to a landscape and culture. Valencia Oranges, Kerikeri We arrive at the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By emilyjennings | Views [294] | Scholarship Entry
A city baked by the sun, peach and tangerine buildings surround, cocooning me in warmth. A humid haze, the belly of the city is always moving. Buzzing, a moped nips through the traffic, buses rev and wheeze to a stop. I am welcomed with a hug and a ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By stagiaire | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry
At the end of the year in Holland there was me, another foreign student trying to realize how to supply her basic needs, especially of a varied diet. That’s how I began my way in the dutch life and food experience while it was getting outcomes of Dutch ... Read more >
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