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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By threshold_cat | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
I am lucky. I was born and have spent all my life in a country where food is the king of topics: Italy. Actually, foreigners use to remark that Italians talk about food even when they’re having their meals, and I’m here to explain why. Truth is that we ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By volter-22 | Views [102] | Scholarship Entry
Although Italy is a country located in the same time zone and on the same continent as Poland, where I used to live for more than 5 years and is not so far away from Ukraine-my mother country, it is very different from those countries. The differences ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By laviedelauren | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry
The trains whistle in the crisp morning air as announcements echo across the platforms in a language I cannot yet understand. The smell of freshly baked pastries coming from a boulangerie, waft towards me and I’m drawn in to delight in my first real ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By anuta | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry
My New Orleans adventure started when I realised that a winter shutdown in the college is close and inevitable. I never faced it before because in Russia, we never have these shutdowns. My friend and I started the brainstorm where to go. As at that moment ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mynda | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
“You speak Tagalog?” She asked me. I replied I did, in Filipino. “Bisaya,” she muttered under her breath, making fun of my American accent. She stared at me, her almond-shaped eyes dark. She was dressed in jean shorts and a tank top, exactly what I ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By etha | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
We left the city almost 2 hours back, sitting at the back of a jeep, moving towards Thanchi. The sizzling heat of sun was welcoming us at the land of wonders, Bandarban, known as the perfect place to visit in Bangladesh for the adventure loving ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By decoolest | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
It had been 24 hours of nightmarish travel and I was really exhausted. Twelve bumpy busride hours later, I reached panji bus depot. Even though i was really looking forward to a shower and a toilet, my adrenaline kicked in and i asked people around how ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By crazynomad | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
The sound of a metal bell squealed through my sleeping bag into my ears and I woke up startled inside the tent. The clock had ticked only 5:30am and after a energetic handful of peanuts, it was rappelling time. I placed my foot carefully on each rock ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By barcelona | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
“Goodbye, have a nice trip.” With that, Lorenzo was about to usher me out of his hostal. “But I haven't paid you yet,” I said. “Oh-ho, sorry,” he said, laughing, shaking his head at himself. I handed him 150 euro and said my goodbyes again. Lorenzo ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jvirani | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
The purpose of our life is to experience. On our travels, we soak in the customs, colors, flavors and nuances of the new place. Most of us see that place though our own eyes, according to our own age, sensibilities and experiences. There are some places ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By samanq | Views [138] | Scholarship Entry
Inky darkness engulfed me. The silence was oppressive and it paralyzed my thoughts. I had gone against my instincts and lowered myself into one of the Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam. I was petrified, yet mesmerized. Each breath came as a relief, each step ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By changed_comehow_1982 | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
Manipur in India is marked by inter-tribal conflict, a violent insurgent movement and a restrictive society. It shares a border with Myanmar and is not visited often. On the crack-of-dawn flight from Delhi, I dreamt of a barren, blood-soaked land. The ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tehenuaenata | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
“Never my path has been so clear, I know the direction, I can see the light. Whether it takes me to Heaven or Hell, That's the way. That's my destiny”. With these words on my mind I leave the place where I’m having breakfast, and start walking down a ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By curioustounge | Views [132] | Scholarship Entry
You might never know where your next step can lead you. You have to be ready for whatever is going to be happened with you. I could say that traveling is a new thing for me as I first experienced it with my colleagues from my university just a half ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By penny-wise | Views [123] | Scholarship Entry
‘Phortee(n),’ said the man behind the glass. ‘Forty?’ ‘Phortee(n).’ I handed him 4 notes of 10 each. ‘Phourtee(n),’ he said, now sounding agitated, ‘One-Four.’ I had come prepared with change too and I handed it over to get myself a general class ticket ... Read more >
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