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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By camillamarsh | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
It started with an ice block, deathly cold it had crushed my wind pipe. Recollection now jolts my memory to high speed turbulence. Touching my throat I recall cool anticipation of the unknown world mapped in lights below to guide us down. Hands stilled ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By djoshuajennings | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
Over the Golden Temple’s dancing reflection on Amrit Sarovar, the sacred pool, and beyond the bathing Sikhs and their orange turbans, was an enormous sign that read “Free Kitchen”. I had heard of this. It was a Langar, a community dining hall found in ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By chengmun | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry
I don’t remember their faces but the experience they gave is unforgettable. “We are going to my friend’s place” he tells me. Right after our visit from the Kangsi waterfall. Chilasack Phrongpradith is one of the local I met in Luang Prabang , introduce ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kyoung | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry
Hot and muggy, the evening air swelters and bites in the shape of mosquitoes attacking our damp bodies. Bluish-grey clouds of smoke and incense cloud the red glow of the restaurant’s doors, the scent of tobacco permeating every breath. Grinning, tan ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By howellsey | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
“Tea, tea......”, the little girl appeared from nowhere as I slithered down the scree slope from the main path that led down from the High Place of Sacrifice She grabbed at my hand and pointed towards a cleft in the red, crumbling rock, “Tea, tea”, she ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By relliott | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry
I stumbled onto the top of St. Peter’s, blinded by the sudden light, bitten by the cold, and bruised from the climb. I knew then that something had changed, that I had been reoriented. Maybe one of many the spiral staircases had thrown my inner ear all ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tomtomtom | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry
A few years ago on a regular sun holiday in the Costa Del Sol in the south of Spain with little other than pubs, restaurants and beaches for entertainment I decided it would be nice to do something different and go on a day trip to Tangier in North Morocco.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By michaelstyx | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
In three, two, one, wait... point five, now… Jump! My heart is pounding vigorously against my chest and my arms are slowly spreading in futile attempt to grasp onto something. I want to shout but my jaw is locked. The wind is hostile, rapidly drawing ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By carlyinindia | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
Arvind stopped the bike at a roadside paan stand, where he got off to buy a cigarette. I got off too, but stood waiting conspicuously. Like clockwork, a little girl appeared before me, pinching her fingers together and bringing them to her lips as she ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wanderingglen | Views [115] | Scholarship Entry
The warm rays of the eight o’clock sun highlight the panorama of an unspoiled rural charm- the verdant color of coconut trees, a row of indigenous huts made of nipa and bamboo slates, the ensemble of the natives clapping their hands, tapping their feet ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By colterfree | Views [309] | Scholarship Entry
Riding passenger on a scooter through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City is daunting. Possibly it’s the buzz I’m still holding onto from the inexpensive beers at lunch or the constant clipping of my knees on other scooters as we weave through traffic at ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By garinjwind | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
Though wary of discounting the disarming majesty found in the works of Gaudí or Dalí, I find in reflecting on the richness of Spanish culture that I am most inspired by the artistry of authentic Valèncian paella. My favorite experience of this was in ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By deepblueruin | Views [506] | Scholarship Entry
We were seated in long rows in the temple's hall, facing one another in polite silence. Bright green banana leaves were placed in front of us – beautifully austere place settings for the wedding meal. As I watched a couple of pigeons trying to find conjugal ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By zamirdahee | Views [138] | Scholarship Entry
Seeing the world through others eyes People are different me, you my brother, father, my instructors every one of us have different perspectives and ideas and abilities to see one thing with various outlooks. One thing is special and unique for me neither ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By smallhands | Views [115] | Scholarship Entry
Travelling from Quezon City to Pedro Gil in Manila is always ill-advised during a storm. But going against all good judgment, you might get to witness everyday miracles, experience first-hand manifestations of national traits, and meet unexpected new ... Read more >
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