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Sat, 25 May 2013 | By emiliab9291 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Before I started taking photos, I was a marketing major staring down the barrel of a future I feared. I looked at life through the filter of the usual, not the unfiltered eyes of a dreamer. But life changed when I met a guy named Tom on a trip I took ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Thu, 9 May 2013 | By joannawong | Views [468]
Holding back the tears was difficult. There's nothing as hard as leaving people you so quickly and naturally bond with. Thank you for making my trip!
Goodbye Rio. Goodbye Brazil. :(
Goodbye South America - thanks for all the new ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, friends
Wed, 8 May 2013 | By joannawong | Views [591]
I feel like I will REALLY leave my heart in this gorgeous country.
Today's breathtaking memory: Dangerously perched at the edge of a rock, watching the waves violently crash and mingle at Joatinga at sunset. It was like watching fireworks but ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, bohemian, brazil, bucket list, cities, food, friends, landmarks, nature, sightseeing
Fri, 3 May 2013 | By christyzinn | Views [375]
I spent the night in a favela . In case you were wondering, it was a first for me. In this neighbourhood withstood the describable abode of a newly acquired friend, with whom I met that evening to embark on an adventurous hike starting at an ungodly ... Read more >
Tags: food, new worlds
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 | By joannawong | Views [758]
The Iguazu falls were a spectacle to behold from both sides. Unbelievable in every regard - huge, plenty and powerful - perfectly framed with rainbows and butterflies. It was just as you would picture paradise to be. It reminded me so much of my favourite ... Read more >
Tags: animals, argentina, brazil, buses, cities, crossing borders, food, friends, languages, nature
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 | By a_johnson | Views [1059]
São Paulo,a city not liked by many so it would seem! The common reaction I got from people, after telling them I was spending five nights there usually went something like this... "WHAT! You're going for that long, why, are you crazy!?" Well that ... Read more >
Tags: brigadeiro, city life, food, high rise buildings, pizza, skyline
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 | By christyzinn | Views [595]
And so it is that after six-weeks of being in a city of Brazilian sea and sunshine I am having my first, much-anticipated sugar cone of soft-serve – nuts, chocolate sprinkles, wafer and all: across the road from my city apartment in the midst of ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, brasil, budget, culture, food, fortaleza
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 | By a_johnson | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 | By a_johnson | Views [880]
After a nine and a half wait at Rio's bus station, 5am couldn't come around quick enough, i was happy to get on the bus and make my way to the island!Two hours later i arrived in Mangaratiba ready to take the ferry to Ilha Grande.Here i bumped into a ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cachoeira do tobagã, ilha grande, lopes mendes, paraty, trekking, trindade
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By brismalls | Views [336]
While I was away from the garden it rained for a day or two so that meant it was time for planting. When I got to the garden on Tuesday all the beds had been replanted with the new seeds that were purchased with the fundraised money. It was exciting ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By where_next | Photo Gallery
Catching the moment
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By christyzinn | Views [371] | Scholarship Entry
The thought that any nationality could beat the South African with the amount of meat he consumes was not one I readily conceptualised until I spent a sweltering Sunday afternoon with thirty-odd Brazilians. It is Easter Sunday, and I am sitting on the ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By where_next | Views [356] | Scholarship Entry
PRAIA DO AMOR October days are short in Brazil. Sun falls down at six. Tiasha was staying in Pipa, a surfing resort near Natal.There was no sign of tourist rush. She was the only person staying in the attic dorm with balcony. If you travel alone, the ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By gyro | Views [280] | Scholarship Entry
In Travel in interior Argentine by Bike on Summer, under a burning sun, I read yesterday Argentine's Newspaper, it was the worst dryness of local since it's been measured, 41 degrees was marked: - Dios Mio ! I thought I was in Africa. My potable water, ... Read more >
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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | By brismalls | Views [420]
Week eight began with the realization that my volunteering work was coming to an end very soon. On Monday and Tuesday we kept busy finishing the pictures on the wall, buy items for the garden, and working on the fence. I managed to understand the gardeners ... Read more >
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