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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By ljbuck | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
In 2006, I departed for a brief stay in Peru. Not long after my arrival, Peruvian cuisine kidnapped me and held me hostage for five years. I narrowly escaped her death grip to flee to my native country, but Stockholm syndrome in the form of ceviche ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By maryna_khorunzha | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
Train to Hyderabad A small three-wheeled, yellow-hooded, Ganesh-decorated auto-rickshaw stops amidst the sea of small three-wheeled, yellow-hooded, Ganesh-decorated auto-rickshaws. The honking is dense in the hot and humid air of Chennai. I get out onto ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By taylor0705 | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
“Hakuna mata.” These were some of the first words spoken to me after I entered the East African country Zambia. The panic radiating off me must have been palpable, it was not the 40 degree Celsius weather that caused beads of sweat to drip down my back.... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By chriswotton | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry
Visitors to Thailand leave with many memories: massages with happy endings, over-zealous tuk-tuk drivers and Red Bull-laced vodka beach buckets among them. The one memory everyone who has set foot on Thai soil almost certainly shares, though, is of amazing ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By suhaylah | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
Culture encompasses not only food but also our way of living, our coiffure, dress, art and belief just to name a few. Food englobes not only one but various cultures. Through food, we can learn about one's culture, likes, dislikes and why not about the ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By mona | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry
In September 2010, I had an opportunity to visit Taiwan as an exchange student. Before arriving in Taiwan, my major concern was the disputes on politics, particularly the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan. Before I left for Taiwan, I was ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By nenasvanna | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
“Hello! My friend said me that three girls will be in Odessa tonight and I can show our city, but… wait…they looks like the Charlie's Angels, don`t you?” Yes I remember it very well. This meeting happened in Odessa in a port-city of West Ukraine. This ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By nayus | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry
The chants of Allahu Akbar echoing continuously from megaphone in each mosque. Its sounds resonate with petards blasting in every corner of kampong; creating a fervid festive chorus. The sky is sparkling with fireworks flowering on the dark night. On ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By hanoi | Views [166] | Scholarship Entry
It’s 7.30am in Hanoi and I woke up 10 minutes ago. I am sitting on a miniature plastic stool hunched over a steaming bowl of pho in a tiny street stall around the corner from my house. It’s January and cold. I am trying to wake up before work and my bowl ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By disgraziato | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
As I walk into the house, the sounds of loud thumps can be heard from the kitchen. On the table, a lamb carcass is being prepared by my Zia Fausta. She moves it on the red and white checkered table cloth, finding the best angle to slice into its torso.... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By erzsebet | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
Stranded Foula, 20 miles from Shetland UK, has telephone, broadband, electricity and piped water. Despite these developments, „the island of fowls” continues to face the challenge of being too remote. After a choppy trip, our boat was hoisted into a ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By mishimu2000 | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry
Traveling on a dirt road into the heart of Luo land in Western Kenya, our eyes are met with flashes of color from women in head wraps, fruit stands, and children dressed in colorful, neatly pressed school uniforms. Our jeep manages to traverse the trails, ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By storyboy | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
My story is related to the year 2010 and New York, the city where I spent 5 months and the experience I had waited for over 10 years. I stopped thinking about anything else, the moment I stepped on Times Square and saw that I was in another dimension.... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By abarkjones | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry
Standing on rooftops and looking out over the skyline of Santo Domingo, the buildings appear in a state of continual decay—like pieces of overripe fruit slowly disintegrating and returning to the earth. On the ground there are the smells of fried ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By vera | Views [86] | Scholarship Entry
The Tibetan boy finally turned around and asked:"Not afraid any more?" His snow-white embonpoint horse looked loftily indifferent to the outside world, chewing the grass all the way along. "No." I answered firmly, despite a dark brown yak standing ... Read more >
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