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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By modernnomad | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
Another car passes: more local Kiwis with no interest in hitchhikers. We continue our march, fifty pound packs strapped to our backs, great green mountains pinned to our path. The baritone rumble of a mangled muffler draws our attention back to the road.... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By codowd | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
Chengdu is the first place I decided to visit due solely to being intrigued by its food. I love spicy food and Sichuan really is spicy food headquarters. The food even goes to their heads, with local women nicknamed ‘spice girls’ due to their fiery tempers.... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By diangga | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
It is quite common to see people doing their busy routine every day; going to work or school in the morning, spend the day in the room with books or computer, and arriving at home in the evening or even late. This situation certainly takes place in most ... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By to_travel_is_to_live | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry
It is not uncommon to hear travelers cite an experience they had that influenced their perception of the world around them; a personal growth that was the result of seeing the world through another person’s eyes. During three trips to Colombia in a four-... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By mystery | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry
Like a time machine we'll go to the middle of the fifteenth century. Century in which the construction and architecture acquired a major development in the Viceroyalty of Peru. “I’m Pachacutec, the first Inca emperor and I'm here to rule and survive ... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By theworldinmyeyes | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
My biggest dream in my life is to drive my own four wheels drive car and spend almost my young life on the road, though sadly I can't even drive yet. Go from one place to another place. Seeing different places and people, taste different kind of foods.... Read more >
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 | By thewritelife | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
She grabbed my hand and whisked me away through the mossy brush. Sprinkling bursts of sunbeams peeked aimlessly through the low withering leaves. Her grasp was strong for a 101-year-old woman. Each wrinkly finger that I tightly held emanated immense strength ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By lifewave | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
I always wondered what makes people travel and leave their hometown. Maybe it is the love of nature and a thirst for experience; or simply a matter of escaping the confines of everyday life and understanding the rest of the world; or perhaps it is a desire ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By covertheworld | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
I have ever had a vacation in Jogjakarta, Indonesia, for some days when I was in Senior High School. On the first day, my friend and I woke up at five o’clock in the morning in a hotel somewhere in Jogjakarta. I prayed first before continuing to make ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By learning_russian | Views [452] | Scholarship Entry
I enjoyed a remarkable meeting during my first visit in Ukraine in Kiev last year. I was just starting to learn Russian so I was eager to practice it. Well, I first visited Western Ukraine and to my astonishment, nobody wanted to speak Russian there. ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By veva | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
For most people going to America means living the American dream, seeing big places with all of its lights and seeing the Downtown of every city. For me, it meant surviving. My destination was Carson City, Nevada, but I ended up in New Jersey. I did not ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By squarefood | Views [166] | Scholarship Entry
I go places in order to enjoy the scenery, learn people’s life, their cultures and of course, taste different food. I use the most practical and simple method, the local cuisine, to understand the cultures when it is not possible to take a full-fledged ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By ellice | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
I knew I was in for an adventure when I arrived in Kabul. But looking down at my foot hanging limp from my leg and exposing my arse in the middle of a crowded and dusty Afghan road wasn't the kind of adventure I had in mind. The day this all happened ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By worldgreenplatform | Views [116] | Scholarship Entry
The environmental law continues to expand year by year. European directives are largely responsible for this ever-changing legislative jungle in which companies and local authorities find themselves hard. This is where the environmentalist lawyer who ... Read more >
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By panickydolphin | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
It befudles your senses in a way that no rambutan or mango can. Touching its spikes send shivers down my arms. My local friend smiles wryly at me, knowing that I will be having the time of my life. He took the lead and made it ooze with his bare hands.... Read more >
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