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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By chisinau | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry
Our visit to this former soviet country started off with an inquiry at the frontier: “Under what circumstances are this Italian and Estonian trying to enter the country?” Fortunately, “a tourism visit to Chisinau” seemed fair enough to the officer, ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By sanjayt | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry
Champey smiled as if she was indulging a child. “You like?” she asked, spooning more Khmer chicken curry in my plate. I take great conceit in not being a foodie. But here I was, smiling rather idiotically - a divine melange of flavours had just exploded ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By hanna | Views [12617] | Comments [20] | Scholarship Entry
The car slowed and his eyes met mine in the mirror. He wobbled his head and clicked his tongue to answer my question. "Madam", he smiled, "now we Afghanistan, not Pakistan." He turned to the men in the field. "They no playing cricket, big meeting they ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By mayche13 | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
The sun slowly sets, hues of red, yellow and orange awash the skies. Dense fogs started to arise, signalling a very cold night. Complete darkness engulfs the village, with only makeshift light from the empty bottle of Tanduay with a gasoline, and used ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By safrilaceh | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
Tanoh Rencong by Safril A
historic place changed my live which's called Aceh and familiarly called Tanoh
Rencong. It's a province of Indonesia
that was located in a tip province in Sumatra Island. Since the reign of Sultan
Iskandar Muda, ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By pearlswine | Views [348] | Scholarship Entry
The Moroccommodation: The Riad Villa El Arsa in the heart of Marrakech.The winding little streets did not allow access to cars, so at the closest possible point on the cusp of the Mellah, the old Jewish quarter, the taxi service dropped me off where I ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By ilke | Views [286] | Scholarship Entry
LA CANTINA: I stumble off the train from Barcelona in a half daze. Destination: Mollet Santa Rosa – a town on the out skirts of Barcelona proper and my first real glimpse of what it means to be Catalá. The hassle and bustle of the morning commute does ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By spitfire | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
Clutching both sides of the worn leather seat, my stomach began doing pirouettes, as the 16 passenger “Island Hopper’s” landing gear retracted and the small engine Cessna lurched upwards. The sounds emitted by the straining of the engine alternate between ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By svilengeorgiev | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
We make our way out of the Monkey Forest in Ubud, rich with memories and photos, deprived of all the bananas, our T-shirts bearing the monkeys’ muddy fingerprints. It’s time to start exploring Bali. A few taxi drivers have gathered at the park’s exit.... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By sabina_g | Views [338] | Scholarship Entry
The early morning sun warms the desert sand. Our guide encourages us to hurry. We do not want to waste time before our camel ride, he says. The 4x4 truck we have been using to discover Wadi Rum in the heart of Jordan, takes us to a barely visible crossroad.... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By theshoestringer | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
Soliloquies of a Bruneian Widower Blame it on cheap flights. The moment I learned that a round-trip plane ticket to Brunei costs less than USD 100, I gave it a go and packed my bags for an adventure. Without an itinerary on hand, finally recuperating ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By alphanya | Views [189] | Scholarship Entry
You are what you eat. We must have heard that words many times. We could use food to analyze people's culture. And also because of food's ingredients (spices), a country was colonialized by another country. I am a Javanese who lives in Bali for almost ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By janicekbyth | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
I bounce on the balls of my feet, dancing to a throaty high-pitched voice, singing in a foreign language I could not identify. It isn’t the music that I would rock to in my bedroom, but I dance to it anyway. The homestay family, from the rural village ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By sxoidmal | Views [244] | Scholarship Entry
Four days into Phnom Penh, my wife and I were recharging at a nice cafe by the Mekong River. She simply wanted soup and I had a beer as we people-watched at sunset. Suddenly there came a small gang of little girls peddling bootlegged literature—they ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By enchanted | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
I finally had my own time to enjoy the happiness and excitement the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade brang me after I had been working as a volunteer in Universiade Village for 2 weeks constantly,so on the last night before the Universiade closed,I took a walk ... Read more >
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