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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thecatchmeifyoucan | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
Dassa-Zoume, Benin is a “city” on the north-south road that is the main artery of this small country. On day 3 of a 5-month stint, we sat down at a table at a bustling roadside restaurant. I looked to my left and saw the muscular arms of a petite woman ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sudha | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I ate breakfast in Turkey I knew that this could be the healthiest country I’ve visited. And nothing has changed my mind after that. My husband and I had landed in Cappadocia after a twenty-hour journey. I had no expectations after an indifferent ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wanderlustwheel | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
Firefly watching. It is the promise of fantastic insect fireworks that brings us from Puerto Princesa City to the Iwahig River. The trip takes about an hour, long enough to marinate in mosquito repellant. Once at the site, my siblings and I are perplexed ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tiret | Views [125] | Scholarship Entry
A local encounter that changed my life There are moments in life which are somehow inevitable, just meant to happen to enrich us. An eight-hour stopover in Istanbul when I was travelling from Shanghai to Zagreb for my brothers wedding gave me an opportunity ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By aliceirvin | Views [225] | Scholarship Entry
Bangladesh smells like petroleum and human excrement and fried foods. It’s a distinctive smell that has a way of reaching back at you years later, in airports or walking the streets of some Western city. It’s the smell of the dead and dying. It has a ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sgfuchs | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving in Mumba, there are three things that strikes me as a total foreigner. The first thing is the Mumbai climate consists of three seasons; humid and hot, humid and temperate, and humid and rainy. Consequently, no matter what time of the year one ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By skireton | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
On a hilltop lookout by the motorway, the township might not look as dire as one would expect. From here it spreads along the flats seemingly forever, to the mountains and the sea. Bright sun and hazy sky blends with the land on the horizon, obscuring ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By cyberbaba_bd | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
Walking along the streets of Bandarbans: We've started our journey from Chittaggong heading to the Saint Martin, the only coral Island in Bangladesh. We are the by-born citizen of the largest delta of the world but still haven't been stepped on the only ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By traveltc | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
Burma is the melting pot of Asia cultures. Geographically, it is surrounded by countries such as India, China and Thailand. As a result, Burmese cuisine is hugely influence by these flavor-defining giants. Many popular breakfast in cities like Yangon ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By dirty-road | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
Traveling through the Peruvian jungle is not easy. There is no proper tourist infrastructure. You can never actually tell when a boat will be leaving, what kind of boat will it be, when or where will you be getting to. But that's part of the fun. Especially ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By richardcooksey | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
Having travelled and worked in New Zealand for eight months the food available there really helps you to understand how its culture has evolved. Having survived the scary Haka (traditional Maori war cry), eating a Hangi as part of a Maori evening helped ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By travelling | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
In 2010 I travelled to Malaysia by plane The plane tooke at 4pm and after 10 hours landed in Kualalumour ..I went toward the train station which was difficult to find it and finally took the train toward kualalumpur city an .After 28 minuets the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kateallan | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
Experiencing Bologna is not a matter of touring the San Petronio Basilica, climbing the Two Towers, snapping a photograph of the Statue of Neptune and learning a phrase or two in the quick, full-mouthed dialect. In Bologna, the locals stroll under beautiful ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By spiritualgoldmine | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
When I was 26 years old, life finally seemed to take regular forms. It was my second year after returning from Japan where I studied Japanese culture and language. Two years later, my Japanese alter-ego who was talking with me in my dreams and making ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By threshold_cat | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
I am lucky. I was born and have spent all my life in a country where food is the king of topics: Italy. Actually, foreigners use to remark that Italians talk about food even when they’re having their meals, and I’m here to explain why. Truth is that we ... Read more >
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