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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By caminodesantiago | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
It was an attempt to raise money for charity that had compelled me to be in this rain-soaked corner of France. That was one motive driving me forward as I trudged up a seemingly never-ending ascent. “A veritable baptism of fire” The guidebook had informed ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By pauljtucker | Views [327] | Scholarship Entry
San Sebastian was our aim, the limit of our capability. Budget tickets from Plymouth to Roscoff gave us 77 hours in mainland Europe. The Basque city - 550 miles from northern France - was as far away as our battered Nissan Vanette could take us. Arriving ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By adrianizulivan | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
Born as Indonesian is an incredible gift for me. As far as the eye could see, as long as trace step, Indonesia is an interesting story to tell about. Natural beauty such as the sea, mountains, animals and plants and cultural diversity like art, food, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By joeyw | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
Cochabamba, Bolivia - I sit in the sun speckled plaza on a warm afternoon, legs crossed, knotting string into colourful patterns. Next to me a girl lays out a dark cloth, smoothing it on the ground and arranging clusters of wire figurines on it. Another ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By meganleigh7456 | Views [123] | Scholarship Entry
In May 2010, after traveling thirteen hours into the future and over 8, 900 miles east, the plane finally landed in the international airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Fifteen eager students from West Virginia University stepped outside for the first ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By alien | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
I am very lucky for good people and interesting stories as a result. And what can be more interesting in our world then people around us? I hesitated a lot about the main hero of my story. At last I picked one, whom I met there in a bar for foreigners ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By pepperminto | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
I stealthily entered Japan during the celebration of Hanami, where massive amounts of public drunkenness masked the fact I was a Caucasian in an Asian monoculture. Everyone was too busy passing the Choya to notice the racial difference, so I easily made ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By valicia | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
"We are what we eat" popped up to my mind when I first read the topic. Traveling to discover culture, we sight and experience the place. By experiencing, we joy local activities and we taste the food. Every time, when you plan for a vacation to somewhere, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jeju_island | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
Jeju Island is now one of new7wonders of nature. The trip is highly recommended for newlyweds as its scenery not only calls for love and romance but the food and adventure is also a specialty here. I and my best friend Sung-Guk Yoon landed Jeju airport ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By megatron215 | Views [175] | Scholarship Entry
It is 32 C at 7:30 in the morning. My wife Nancy and I walk on the edge of the road from the guesthouse on the river’s edge in Thaton, Thailand. We hold large packs on our backs, with a small one hung over our front. We spot three trucks, painted yellow, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By medhasundar | Views [311] | Scholarship Entry
Chiwang, our driver from Gangtok to North Sikkim, was quiet. Dusk fell in quick drapes; we were specks in a cosmos of lightless cliffs. As the road wound up, I asked him for words in his language. Three tongues are spoken in the area – Nepalese, Bhutia ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By marid | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
"Of course, it's different when you're on a bike," Bo donned a pair of clear plastic gloves and laid slices of bread on the counter. "Really," I answered vaguely, opening the refrigerator. Donated jars of condiments, deli meat, and cheese were lazily ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lachienyst | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
At the age of 17 I found myself shaking margaritas and stirring down bourbon manhattans to pay for textbooks. This was the beginning of my love affair with all things edible, drinkable, beautiful and tasty. It took years and the completion of my university ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By snapshotales | Views [257] | Scholarship Entry
Laughter, Love and 1pm Goodbyes Butterflies swarm in my stomach as the mini-van pulls around the corner, smoke the colour of charcoal bellowing from the back. Fellow nervous volunteers join me, waiting, waiting; in a bare concrete jungle, hotel car ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By oman | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
My journey from Muscat to a small village near Zabara seems as if life is lethargically posing only for me. Cluster of men in ivory dishdashas cluttered around a kehwa shop, confluence of young women floating in raven drapes, kandouras, with veiled faces ... Read more >
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