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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By missloukins | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
Steam swirls from the edges of my tiny cup of espresso and drifts into the erratic bustle of pedestrians and impatient cars. Lighting a cigarette, the man across from me closes his eyes and grins. “Argentine is synonymous with lover of wine, fútbol, ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By detriaviniapgb | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. Indonesia people called Jakarta as Metropolitan city, where center of business, industry and government in Indonesia are there. Jakarta can be one of tourist destinations for pleasure in Indonesia. The citizen ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By unraveltravel | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
Is money a global form of communication? I asked myself that while waiting for the driver, in his native Tamil, to negotiate a price, on my behalf, with a tour guide in Mamallapuram, India. The tour guide needed my money, and I needed his knowledge. Intricately ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By tellmemore | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
I was prepared for the bitter temperatures of the Peruvian Andes, but my thermal layers didn’t satisfy my companions. Diminutive ladies fussed over the sole gringa in their midst and laboriously wrapped me in an inconceivably heavy blanket, brushing aside ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By marinac | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
Looking down upon 79th Street Transverse from Central Park, the ubiquitous yellow cabs passing underway feel as natural as the cherry blossoms that surround me. Juxtaposed against an oasis of calm, Fifth Avenue bustles at the Park’s perimeter with a constant ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By jessiebelle | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
I shield my eyes from the blinding sun reflecting off once fertile grounds. I gaze over the adjacent Crescent Moon Lake in the middle of the Gobi Desert’s Ming Sha Sand Dunes, a fresh water source that has persisted for over 2000 years among the shifting ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By adora | Views [508] | Scholarship Entry
New Years Day, I awoke to blissful chanting from nearby temples that surround a small village in Thong Pha Plum, Thailand. Intrigued and curious, I jump to my feet to explore this alluring mysterious vibrating melody. With every cautious step, not a soul ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By roamingllama | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
Sunrise, and the mountains are changing through a wardrobe of colour; from a soft blue through baby pink to bright orange, before settling into shining silver. I'm on the border of Sikkim, Bengal and Nepal in the middle of the Singalila trek. The Kachendzonga ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By mulberryst | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
I burst through the door of the lodge and collapsed on the bench in the communal dining room. I sobbed, hard. In the Khumbu region in Nepal, at almost 5,000 meter in elevation, my head had been pounding for the last few days. I was angry at myself because ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By nataliacartney | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
Even the cactus desert had stopped, it was so dry, so cold. The mountains pushed themselves even higher into the sky, the road twisted around the bends and occasional trucks left trails of brown dust behind them. The air is thin, the lack of oxygen shortens ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By madmariposa | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry
A still air hangs over this village. We observe the solitude like buddhas, fending off the day’s sweat, hoping a breeze finds its way through the maze of river canyons leading to our secluded perch a hundred feet up. Six of us, from different corners ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By tracilin | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
I was overwhelmed by circumstance; I was fighting with my boyfriend, having issues at work, was and still am grieving the recent loss of my brother. I needed a new outlook and decided to travel to Panama City with friends hoping to find it. When I arrived ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By dreamisreal | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
Have you ever been in a place where old legend about plain Earth that lays on a snake, turtle and three elephants seems to be quite a real fact? If answer is “no”, you are welcome to Sakhalin island. This unique island with unseen giant plants, green ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By ruonezhang | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry
The Philippine gastronomy is a mixture of different cultures as the composition of the population of this country. The early Spanish colonial culture left the Philippines with huge amount of heritage in their language, religious and social life, but ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By we-are-what-we-eat | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
What we consume and the way we consume it - clearly represents our culture and identity, whether national, religious or socio-economic. The easiest way to understand one’s culture goes through our stomach, from where the nutrients equal our energy level, ... Read more >
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