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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By tayojisi | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
Now, you might think that a remote island with limited electricity, no ATMs, sandflies, no hospital, no fire department, water buffaloes out for vengeance and snakes which can potentially render you unconscious (forever) would be a place you would want ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By heatherscameron | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
I make an effort to never rise before the sun does. I could definitely be a morning person if the morning happened sometime around lunchtime. Alas it does not so I am doomed to forever stumble downstairs after 11am reaching blindly for some form of cereal ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yajna31 | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
“Destination reached. 5 Dolla. 4 dolla for tuk-tuk and 1 dolla for breadfast”, the driver mumbled incoherently. Whilst walking down the alleys of Siem Reap, you will often hear one dolla, one dolla. Well, nearly everything is one Dollar. “Fried in imported ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By imogenaitken | Views [408] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
In the summer before our final year of high school my friends and I decided that rather than studying or working on one of our many essays, our time would be best spent travelling around Thailand. We found cheap flights and accommodation, and set about ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By happylife | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry
Cambodia is always a mysterious place for visitors. Before you go there, you might have some special feeling on that. When the aeroplane landed on the airport, the shadow of it reminded me how large the world is, and why we could not stop but to explore ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By catewill | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
‘If I die tomorrow, I will die happy,’ I thought, as I lay marinating in the clear, warm water. My partner and I stumbled across this idyllic island by accident. After travelling for over ten months we were weary. Travelling had become a chore. We’d ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By anamorphic-235 | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
If someone tells you that the back of a pick-up truck is 'the only way to see Cambodia' one should point out that this is hyperbole; there are many other modes of travel with lower risk of mortality. So, I'm going to die here; launched through the air ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By walidsharif | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
As our bus arrived in Battambang, a flurry of Tuk Tuk drivers boarded, offering their services in their usual passive aggressive manor. Given that we had arranged no mode of transport to our hotel, we happily accepted a ride from a young guy named Rich.... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By wander | Views [168] | Scholarship Entry
After abusing technologies and metropolitan welfare , two years ago I catapulted in the village of Kran Tachan, Takeo province. It should be an experience of voluntary service, it would have to materialize the possibility of helping the next , instead ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By itchyfeetstreet | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
Sleepless night. Disheveled hair. In any normal circumstance I would be curled up in my bed watching Kung Fu Panda, while wishing that a cup of masala tea would magically appear. And yet here one early morning my mind was racing madly but somehow I managed ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By karinalerner | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
It was an eight hours journey from Phnom Penh to Siem Riep in a toilet free boat through Tonle Sap river, where the horizon mingles with the waters in a monotonous landscape. To get into its narrow entrance, through the floating village Chong Kneas, we ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By gracepenney | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
Just a name; a tip-off; a handy hint from a friend; a stranger; a fellow traveller is all it takes to find yourself wandering down an unknown road willing every corner to be the last so you can reach your destination thus making all those long uncomfortable ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By msz | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry
Everyone marvels at the majesty of Angkor Wat when they visit Siem Reap, but what stood out most in my Cambodian journey was a bit of ham and cheese. Like most visitors, we purchased the 3-day pass to the temple complex and spent the first day with a ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By kerryl | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
It’s hard to resist the comfort of wheels. We’d moved from temple to temple for three days, companionable drivers shadowing our steps, but it was a release to tread the humid roads alone for a while as the red dust bronzed our skin. Preah Neak Poan was ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By kiunomad | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
My first trip was 3 years ago: 27 years old, female, small, and inexperienced. I was stuck. I had been following the universal path: college, then job, then marriage and wait to die. At that point, I lost everything and therefore I lost my direction.... Read more >
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