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Fri, 17 May 2013 | By moresbbb | Views [12137]
As I sit in a vegetarian restaurant in the Tibetan district of Chengdu, chewing on particularly tasty chunk of imitation lamb, I observe a Tibetan monk on the table opposite, thumbing messages in to his smart phone with one hand, lips moving silently ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, china, monks, temples
Thu, 16 May 2013 | By annacarlson | Views [788] | Comments [2]
On Monday May 13th, i woke up in Alice Springs and made my way to the airport to fly to Sydney to get to see Ally! It was about 6:30 pm-ish when i landed. Ally came and picked me up at the metro station outside her house. I met the family who shes staying ... Read more >
Tags: australia, china eastern airlines, delays, flying, quantas, shanghai, singapore, sydney
Mon, 13 May 2013 | By scholarships | Views [34316] | Comments [16]
First of all, thank you all for waiting so patiently as we completed our deliberations on the final shortlist. Each year, you seem to make the job of judging just a bit more difficult - and this year was no exception. As well as taking us on your personal ... Read more >
Mon, 6 May 2013 | By moresbbb | Views [1419] | Comments [2]
Among the frenzied ruckus of blaring music, ballroom dancing, opera singing, and endless chatter in Peoples Park Chengdu is found a network of paths intersecting through the trees. People young and old gather here and shuffle up and down the pathway ... Read more >
Tags: chengdu, china, marriage market, peoples park
Mon, 6 May 2013 | By moresbbb | Photo Gallery
Chengdu 2013
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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [465]
Our trip to CHina is drawing to an end and I think I am ready to go home.
had a wonderful time and many great memories and experiences and met a lot of interesting people (not that I understood most of them though)
yesterday was probably our ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [468] | Comments [1]
Tonight we are at dahzai on the Dragons Back rice terraces and the views are fabulous even in the mist that has rolled in.
we left Yangshuo at 10 this morning and it took 4.5 hours of rally driving to get here. Then a 50 minute walk up a very ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [495]
We are sadly combing to the end of our 4 nights at the Village Retreat. It has been refreshing to stay here in this quiet spot about 2km from Yangshuo.
We are surrounded by the striking karsts. Striking - not in the sense that the karsts ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By yinny | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
We had been travelling on the Trans-Mongolian train from Moscow, with a few days stopover in Mongolia. Green vegetables did not feature prominently in Mongolian cuisine. We were starting to worry irrationally about the possibility of falling victim to ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By kelleyfoyt | Views [1638] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I strained my ears to hear, but I wasn't convinced I wanted to listen. The air was quiet, so I watched. There was a lump in my stomach and I hadn't worked out how I felt. My gaze was fixed ahead of me where a dozen or so people surrounded a horizontal ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lynnette_woo | Views [251] | Scholarship Entry
Clouds swept across the darkened sky in a silent, ominous dance, and the moon crept out from behind their shadowy bodies to cast its gentler light onto the courtyard. My teammate Diana had mentioned earlier that a full moon was coming, bringing something ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By vasanti | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
As I find myself waking up on the other side of the planet in Beijing, China, I ask myself...."what have I done?". This is around 6 am, May 2008, when I have just entered this totally unknown world and what would become the GREATEST adventure of my ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By carrie105 | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
Chengdu is best known for being the home of the pandas. It’s also known as being home to some of the spiciest food in China. Wanting to sample the local cuisine I arrived at a hot-pot restaurant. As soon as I walked through the door everyone looked at ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By shannonperth | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
He was the first to greet us after the long journey and initially seemed confused as to why two westerners were in his village. Nonetheless he welcomed us and mustered a massive ear to ear grin. I could not help but stare at the deep lines on his face, ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By sensorytravels | Views [378] | Scholarship Entry
We ventured into the banquet hall of East Market Restaurant on East Broadway, a grand venue for a delectable Sunday dim sum brunch. It was my first time eating in New York City’s China Town and I was intrigued by the city’s culinary streets that never ... Read more >
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