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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jessicabicknell | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
The medina is a maze, cobbled alleyways branch off in every direction. House fronts have been converted into shops, where men wait outside, shouting ‘hello’, ‘hola’, ‘ciao’, until they find the mask that fits. These vendors are language entrepreneurs, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ryuready | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
Upon arriving in a lone and isolated public school along the outskirts of the quaint yet bustling city of Yogyakarta, I honestly did not know what to expect. Under the scorching heat of a summer’s day, our long journey left me exhausted and dazed. One ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mynxbrom | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
Shrill cries of “Irashaimase!” echoed throughout the restaurant. A beautiful hostess in a purple kimono escorted us to a small room at the back of an izakaya. Moments later, a waitress slid open the elegantly painted fusuma and shuffled forward, her knees ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By frequentflyermcintyre | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
In the hammock next to mine, my daughter is chanting, “God is with me,” trying to suppress her rising panic. I flick on my flashlight and two beady eyes stare back. If you are going to spend the night in the jungle, be prepared to bunk with cockroaches.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By deltadream | Views [168] | Scholarship Entry
When most people think of Africa, they think of the negative aspects and not the positive. I visited Kenya in 2011, but I knew there was a reason I needed to go. This trip changed how I think, live, and love all in the span of two weeks. This service ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lee22l | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
Bark scrapes beneath my fingers as I grab onto an oak sapling to break my fall. My feet slide against leaf mould, but I fight gravity and pull myself into a triumphant standing position. In the eerie cloud mist, tree limbs that are over 100 years old ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By imasnihonosari | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry
It is a beauty which is located at East Java, Indonesia. When you can find an active volcano with its wonderful smoke of sulphur above and the Sand Sea which is spread out so pearly below. It is Mount Bromo that would make you so amazed if you hear the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By gilangfauzi | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
It was the eleventh day we were in the streets. Accompanied by two friends, I have been traveled hundreds of miles using two scooters from west Java to the east of Indonesia. We were going to meet Herman, a local young man from North Solong, part of Montong ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By gypsysoul | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
We spent the whole day exploring the ruins of Ancient Palmyra under the burning Syrian sun. That was a dream-like experience – the ancient columns arising from the dunes, as if they too were turned into sand by a jealous witch’s curse. Fayed - an always ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By 2travel2live | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
Her skin is smooth chocolate brown making her puffy white dress and headscarf, braided with bright shocks of yellow and red cloth, stand out even more against the frenetic activity on the streets of Salvador. If her colorful character doesn’t catch ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acrossourworld | Views [462] | Scholarship Entry
“Di-ma” means thank you, “io” means sun, “cone” means rabbit and “iu” means woman. I learned this and a few more words in Chinanteco in 2001, when I went on my first Mission trip to the tiny community of Armadillo Chico in Oaxaca. I was 15 and the youngest ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By karabeara18 | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry
The heart of Hanoi is Hoan Kiem Lake. She is the mandala from which pumps a chaotic verve that flows through old French boulevards to narrow, clogged streets, perfusing an entire city with a roaring spirit. A concrete moat where flashy and rusted motorbikes ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kim-mcfayden | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
The driver is raising his eyebrow at me as I pile bags into the back of his tuk-tuk. “You want tuk-tuk?” he says with a quizzical expression. I nod and give the name of the hotel. It strikes me as odd that a Thai tuk-tuk driver, or any tuk-tuk driver ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By nora | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
The heat in northeastern India crescendos in May before the monsoons of June come to quench it. The light is bleary with dust and each panting breath must be hauled into one’s lungs as though sucked through damp insulation. After a month I had not grown ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lincolnwest | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
A flat grid of burnt reds, lit by a falling sun. Grassy mountains cradle the town, as it melts into amorous clouds. On the outskirts, I sit in a simple temple with twenty other travellers. We are waiting for nightfall. Here in Pisac, we are guests.... Read more >
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