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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By juanitab | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
I followed the reporters from a local magazine I was interning with as we climbed a makeshift staircase. I felt the rocks slip away as I stepped on them and reached forward as if reaching for an imaginary handrail. In front of me, I watched as an old ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By juanitabawagan | Views [129] | Scholarship Entry
I followed the reporters from a local magazine I was interning with as we climbed a makeshift staircase. I felt the rocks slip away as I stepped on them and reached forward as if reaching for an imaginary handrail. In front of me, I watched as an old ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wanderlost | Views [113] | Scholarship Entry
I swore I was better than banana pancakes. Banana pancakes are for tourists. That's not me. And yet here I was, four months into my solo journey (hello, judges!) through Southeast Asia, on a steamy morning in Hoi An, Vietnam, devouring banana pancakes.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By carlos | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
Me and a friend headed towards the main river of Bangkok, the Chao Phraya crossing narrow paths around little houses made of small stone and lots of local hand crafted materials. The river ran wild with muddy water and looked like any animal could come ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By cultureoneday | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
Food is an important part of our society. However, there is more to food than many of us perceive. In the medieval times, food was core to Greek hospitality. Does food control our culture today? Shawn and Sarah took me to a restaurant as soon as they ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mentaloriental | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
Off the traffic cluster highway we turned down a rough dirt road, filled with shanty square homes surrounded by fetid waters, the stench of chemical grime from tannery factories and a faintness of curry festered in the air. A short distance away and a ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By cityscape | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry
“You haven’t yet had balut ? They are good for your knees,” and she chortled as our Filipino friends burst into laughter. “I don’t get it either, Jeannie,” said Nigel with his British accent as he cocked his head. Glynn laughed but looked away. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By patnyajoe | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
When my husband and I went to Cairo in 2010 we had a string of bad luck with taxi drivers. Each taxi ride was a struggle, because none of the taxi driver wanted to use meter so we had to negotiate beforehand, in a language we don't understand, and most ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By arianawrites | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
I stand next to you; a stranger. For the next 10 days your world becomes mine... I follow you through the streets of Paris down corridors to restaurants with accordion players, past the windmill to night mass at Sacre-Coeur, run down the steps too tired ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By andromeda76 | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
The wood spider still curled in the corner between the wall and ceiling of my hospital room when my new sister, Baby, approached with a steaming bowl of something. “Five spoons,” she said, as a gooey piece of rice dripped from the utensil, back into the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By chrisjphoto | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
A great place to learn about culture through a gastronomic experience is in my hometown of New Orleans. You can explore our French heritage and get a steaming bowl of Crawfish Étouffée while exploring the sights and sounds of the historic French Quarter.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By dhvani | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
There she sat, the lady with the most number of wrinkles any of us had seen on a human face, with a million-watt smile that was enough to light up her Rebo, a yak hair tent dug into a trench, where the only source of lighting was the sunlight that filtered ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By cormac | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry
Trundling down a narrow street the engine splutters and coughs as we bounce along, splashing in and out of the water. Mr. Sarain smiles back apologetically as we slow to a stop, “I'm sorry, I think you have get out,” he chuckles, pointing ahead. “Too ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ropeburnbetty | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
After five months touring around Australia with the circus the vivid images I recall most is the bright red dirt in Western Australia that was the colour of hot paprika. The icy green coloured shrubbery that contrasted against the red dirt. The never ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tpeproni | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
Light from the full moon litters the darkness created by the overhead crown of tropical trees. A dense thicket of branches and foliage sway in the wind forcing the moon's rays to dissipate and reappear like the strobe of a darkened dance club. This, along ... Read more >
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