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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By traveleater | Views [755] | Comments [9] | Scholarship Entry
Phnom Penh has lots of traffic. Not Hanoi levels, but the streets are clogged with bicycles, tuktuks, mopeds, and the occasional car. There are no real rules - people drive mostly on the right (but not exclusively) and weave around each other. If a street ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By 1wanderer | Views [77] | Scholarship Entry
It’s my 23rd day in Belfast. I’ve seen the Union Jacks lining Protestant Shankill Road, and had dinner under the Irish Tricolour on the Catholic Falls Road. The thirty-foot “peace wall” that separates the two areas has started to seem normal. Today ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By uandmemeltedinbeautyworld | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
Alhamdulillah thank to my savior Allah SWT that He gave to me many opportunity and experiences so i can feel, see and enjoy the beauty of life. I am is an Indonesian, i'm proud to be it :) in this beauty country there are a lot of culture, language, and ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By travenesia | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
When I was 5, my father took me to a place 300 km away from home. We spent 5 hours on the bus, and then walked 3 hours through hills and valleys to a small village where he was born. I still remember the moment clearly. It was my first time travel to ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By senecamoraleda | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
Febri was his name.It was already a year ago when I met him but his name still resounds and his face is still vivid in my memory.He was just an ordinary guy who did something remarkable in my life for a day that couldn’t be forgotten in my lifetime. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By harshitsinha | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry
The crisp crust of the masala-water filled golgappa collapsed inside my mouth, filling it with a dozen different flavours. I was in heaven. As I came back, my brother reminded me that we needed to move on. He would not eat this. I don't blame him.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By leashdawg | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
A one-hour bus ride extended to four due to the liquid streets that felt more like a gondola ride in Venice than a highway in Asia. I stepped off the bus from Bangkok and landed on a dust-encrusted road in Ayutthaya, Thailand. My first vision was piles ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By amena | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
Horace, a native of Belize and local skipper, is our guide. We anchor at Half Moon Cay - an enchanted island with swaying palm trees and white sandy beaches. It is here in the pristine, turquoise waters that we free-dive for lobster and conch for our ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sbry1992 | Views [104] | Scholarship Entry
A hundred different earthy smells filled the cramped kitchen as we watched Mercedes, the owner of this particular homestay in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, ladle the fish stew generously into bowls. Basil, thyme, a hint of cinnamon and chopped lemon ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By guyabano | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry
It’s almost 11:30P.M. and my friends and I are on Pasar Seni Station, waiting to board the last train. We’ve just come from a concert, and with bodies heavy from exhaustion and heads heavy with euphoria, we can’t wait to head back to our hostel and ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By waverider | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
An elderly man, with a pitchfork in hand, displayed a sprightly grin from atop a haystack as I approached the weathered wooden gate outside Bacau, Romania. A scan across the confines of his farm inundated my senses. I heard the scattering of chicken ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By glosoli27 | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
When you are about to become a professional linguist you are becoming more “serious”. You start looking for a job and…Bingo!.. the job itself finds you. But then it turns out not to be the job of your dream. I was about to join the army of secretaries ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mmmbaca | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
“Are you married?” he asks, offering me an old plastic mug steaming with a translucent dull pink tea. His wife and daughter beside him grab masses of corn dough and slap them wildly between their palms, flattening and placing them on the wood-fired stove.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tiffanyteng | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry
In the slums of Arusha exists an orphanage aptly named Tuamkeni, the Swahili phrase for wake up. Coming here each day consists of two dangerously bumpy dala dala rides and a short walk past rundown shacks selling soda and patterned kitanga fabrics. ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By hweisue | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
We were sophomores, hearts set on a chocolate hunt despite the threat of tests lurking in our desks and cupboards, waiting to ensnare us for leaving our books behind to experience a slice of Theobroma cacao bliss. Imported from Penang and Taiping ... Read more >
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