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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By andyc | Views [249] | Scholarship Entry
The lighthouse A broken archway, the stones are worn with age, moss clings to there jagged edges. The only sign of life is the sway of the auburn grass. Something stirs within me as I pass through the ageless stones.... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By travels-abroad | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
North Vietnam is stunning. The landscape is diverse, the people are friendly and the food is delicious.The challenge, however, is surviving the traffic mayhem long enough to experience what the rest of the region has to offer. Let me describe the streets ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By sikelela | Views [480] | Scholarship Entry
Every year in December for the past 5 years I have had the opportunity to travel across South Africa between Cape Town and Tzaneen in Limpopo visiting friends and family members during the Christmas break. From the beautiful oceans and tranquil mountain ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By texas_foodie | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
During a journalism fellowship, I lived in Houston, Beaumont and Seattle which taught me a lot about how food sometimes reflected the culture of a region. I grew up in New York, gobbling up portable food like cheap, delicious pizza slices with crispy ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By captaineddy | Views [324] | Scholarship Entry
My difficulties in Bali began with inadvertantly displaying the soles of my feet to the locals. Hostility ensued. Culture clashes seemed to be my forte.After a sweltering bus ride up a dusty road to Ubud, I dashed to a losmen under a powerful downpour ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By squirrel | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
I opened my eyes, looked around...Radial rays of the Sun were squeezing through the linen curtains of my hotel room. What is it? Some strange noise was coming from somewhere. It was like crackling or chirping. The clock on the bedsidetable showed 7 a.... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By wanderlusting | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
Madrid in August. It’s all I ever expected. Siestas in the Retiro, suppers at 10 and street parties with sweat, tequila spilling through the stones of an ancient city. The only snag is our place of rest: the suburb of San Fernando, where a World City’s ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By tomkenning | Views [477] | Scholarship Entry
At daybreak Aina lifts his scarred fisherman’s hand to the reed-thatched roof of his hut where a ring-tailed lemur sits majestically in front of the rising sun, her arms stretched wide. Energized by this solar meditation, the sociable lemur bends down ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 Apr 2012 | By michinmari | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry
My Thailand vacation started and ended with a cup of milk tea. I happen to love this beverage because it's a blend of the good and the bad: it's herbal and it's sweet. More than that, this drink is like the Thais themselves: different variations, but ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By travelwriter | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By road_feelings | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
Giving back on the road has always had a special meaning for me. Actually, i have just uncontrollable urge to wander, there's even a particular term for it in psychiatric terminology - they call it "dromomania". Roads takes kind of magical effect upon ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By rhapsody | Views [266] | Scholarship Entry
A teacher asked me to make a report for my visit to "Village of Sundanese". I was upset. I didn’t even know what it was. By the name, I could have imagined how boring my task would be. My car couldn’t reach that isolated place. I needed to walk for 15 ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By journeys_with_janine | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
Over the vast undulating green hills came the cackles of small children and the chants of native Mammas; the murmurs of Africa that could be heard until the cows came home, and quite literally at that. Where land introduced itself to ocean in a wave of ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By observationalex | Views [302] | Scholarship Entry
Before I meet my teacher, I am estranged from her Mexican culture. I eat incredible guacamole and climb historical ruins, but I can’t communicate. I arrive in Merida wanting help. Chari’s smiling face and lineless Latina skin make her look too young ... Read more >
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By zworld | Views [308] | Scholarship Entry
It was springtime of 2010 in Shanghai when I first visited the Middle Kingdom. I was so excited to visit the place that I learned to love during my University days. I am so fascinated with Shanghai in almost all aspects of this modern city and these ... Read more >
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