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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By goldenray4u | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Artist’s Revival Next to me under an acacia tabletop tree, the young Maasai painter totters on shriveled legs, erect & proud. Steadying his hand on the smooth twisted trunk, he gazes across the dry brown savannah stretching ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By mickeyleej | Views [192] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Looking on as my guide wrapped the bright indigo turban around his face, invisible hands tried in desperation to rob him of the sole protection he had against the Levante, a warm eastern wind that carries the scents of exotic spices from bazaars ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By s-burthillyard | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
Montreal makes sense to me now. It didn’t at the time, but now I think I understand. How you can travel all over the world and taste five countries in just as many steps. Each block offers you a new culture- as you walk it reaches out its hands, daring ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By aira | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
life is an accumulation of several scene where we meet other species in which we share information, story, and lesson. i always though that people with the higher education, more experiences, and better job have the bigger chance to teach the other one ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By maryberry | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry
Seung Mae is raising her eyebrow at me. I wait. "You should finish your rice." "I know, it's delicious. But really, I'm full." Her eyebrow pushes further toward her sleek, black hairline. "You have a cold. Rice is good for colds." I eat another spoonful ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By gabrielle_cloveandcinnamon | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
La Rosa de Castilla is a mining town high in the dusty mountains near Guanajuato, Mexico. In the summer of 2000, I volunteered there, building latrines and mud stoves. While there, I learned to appreciate corn tortillas – not the cardboard-like ones ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By whereflowersgrow | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving into Iran was pretty scary. I’d made frantic preparations even before getting my exit visa stamped on the Armenian side of the tiny land border. I’d scrutinized my headscarf, made sure that no stray wisp of hair had escaped and not even the tiniest ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By famousamos | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
For me, soup is something to be eaten on a cold, blustery, preferably snowy winter afternoon: a nice hearty ham stew, homemade chicken soup. I don’t crave a hot bowl of soup on a steamy summer afternoon. But Nicaraguans love soup all year round, no matter ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By simgready | Views [284] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
The Little Boy from Lesotho Our trip to Lesotho in June 2009 was a life-changing experience, but, on one particular afternoon with the sun glistening on the snow-capped mountains, I met a little boy who I have since never forgotten. I’m not a huge ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By 12thmileacrosstherainbow | Views [102] | Scholarship Entry
On another mechanical day,I rolled out of bed irritated,before sun rise and got ready to celebrate PONGAL, "Tamizhar Thirunaal" (meaning "the festival of Tamils").My memories went back on the time machine,just as I stood watching my mom cook pongal on ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By bethyd | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
"Bon Bon" France and food. They go together like chocolate and croissants. When I got off the plane in Paris, I was home. It was the noise that hit me first. Taxi’s hooters screeching, and their drivers even more so. The mellifluous language softening ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By thegypsydiaries | Views [1169] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
Incense sticks are lit; then he vigorously washes his hands and wears a skull cap. “Here desires come true” he affirms entering the dargah – the tomb of Hazrat Nizamuddin, a revered Sufi saint of Delhi. Today Sajid is my guide; a young migrant who earns ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By rustam | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
A wet toothbrush and a cell phone free pocket are the perfect match for the fresh winds of traveling at 3am into the valley of Gods. The air breathes a chilly excitement of anticipation, soaked in pinewood smell as I stop in a dusty old café lit by the ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By joym | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
Giving Back Through Sharing on the Road Having once travelled for almost twenty-four hours from Cape Town to Tzaneen with no food and no money, I have learnt the importance of giving back through sharing on the road. I am a student at the University ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By emilybehan | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry
We had seen his face plastered all over the news channels in Delhi, but I had no idea who Anna Hazare was. At breakfast I asked for an English language newspaper, received the Times of India and went off in search of parathas. Having loaded up my plate ... Read more >
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