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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tripper | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
As I clamor up the rocky pathway my breath turns to clouds of vapor as it comes into contact with the frosty air. A goat bleats but otherwise all is silent. My teeth chatter as I struggle up to the highest vantage point in the village. Immediately I am ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By throttle_mice | Views [199] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I am sitting on the floor of a village longhouse, a three-day boat ride from the nearest town. The wooden walls around me are painted with colorful animals and mystical beasts of the forest and the water, while the ceiling is inhabited by magnificently ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By rossyviajero | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
Adrenaline surges through my veins. The crimson sun sinks through the smog over Cochabamba, Bolivia. Daylight is disappearing and time evaporates with it. I am trapped in a city; a nightmare for a camping biker. The single light of my battered enduro ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By pandemonium | Views [264] | Scholarship Entry
Sometimes you think it could not be worse than this stupid situation. But, actually, it always can be. It happened one month ago. I was staying alone on the dark road. I could not go back because there was only a dark I had come from. I could not go ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By dcandbeyond | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
“Steve, is ahh-ticle almoss finish?” I snap out of my heat-induced trance as a bead of sweat rolls off of my nose. Nodding to reassure my co-worker that the article I’m toiling over about rapes committed by Burmese government troops is completed; I glance ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By vikademianiuk | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry
As I land in Bangkok, I bask in anonymity. Sunglasses in hair, shorts and flip-flops. Beams of flashing 40° sunlight and mosquitoes piercing my skin. Many people use Bangkok as a stopover to get to the islands, but I haven't travelled half way across ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ilepen | Views [368] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
I relished the view of Mt. Apo, as I dream of conquering the country's highest peak, standing mightily in the midst of the clear sky on my way to the grassy field of the University in Kabacan, Philippines. Hot summer days push people to look for ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By m_amelia | Views [336] | Scholarship Entry
I wasn’t much of a conservationist before I went to the Philippines but after coming back home to Canada I came to understand how wasteful and complex my life really is. Today is Earth Day. Now I think Earth day should instead be a lifestyle where people ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wandermama | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
"Please no more"—words I dread to beg of any soul who wears sparkling diamonds of perspiration from hours of tending sweltering pots in a minuscule Moroccan kitchen. The utter sight of the crude contents brimming the glass tumbles my innards. Not yet ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By raineperez | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
Lately, I’ve been bent on trying out different Asian cuisines, and was amazed by how certain spices and ingredient combinations define a taste that’s so distinct for a certain culture. And then I asked myself ,“The people from the Middle East have their ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By alanadem | Views [219] | Scholarship Entry
I had just graduated college and was finally free from the heavy burden of classes and also looking to start anew far away from my hometown. My significant other and I decided to go to Korea together. I landed a teaching position at Geumsaem Elementary ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lastochka | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
I am Mavjuda, from beautiful mountainous country Tajikistan.When I was schoolchild German was taught in school and my English was self-taught. I always belived that one day English Language would change my life. My dream to see the world would become ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thewayfarer | Views [390] | Scholarship Entry
The sound of Cicada chirps envelope the small city of Isahaya with a deafening ring every summer morning. To some, it’s complete torture. During the early days of September, however, these excruciating (not to mention extremely irritating) noises ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mmbaca | Views [156] | 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 habar_traveler | Views [462] | Scholarship Entry
They say that the road appears under the walkers steps. So all our life is a way, it is a road with many turns and only we can chose, how fast to go forward or sometime turn to the left or to the right, or not to turn at all. Our life is long lasting ... Read more >
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