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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [428]
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 [446] | 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 danaig | Views [583] | Scholarship Entry
“Eling,” Hassan’s wife repeated. It meant “eat”. Before me was a whole table of food. We had already been served walnuts, crystallised sugar and numerous dried fruits. I had eaten a few of the nuts to be polite. Now the real food had been served. I had ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [465]
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 [196] | 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 occupiedelsewhere | Views [295] | Scholarship Entry
The nine months I spent in China after college were punctuated by disastrous teaching jobs. By March, month seven, I was at my fourth school, a college south of Xi’an. I didn't like the stark new campus, so I’d walk to the dirt road outside the school ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By kelleyfoyt | Views [1536] | 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 olivesophierose | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry
“Why are we doing this, it’s FREEZING!”, I whinged at Sam’s back. She kept walking, ignoring me. She was right. We were two solitary figures standing at the edge of Karakul, the highest lake on the Pamir Plateau. Ash-grey glaciers, sheer slate and snow-... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lynnette_woo | Views [214] | 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 liviayap | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
I had never seen so many flies. They seemed to descend by the dozens, speeding to cover every spare surface. No one placed anything on the table- glass, plate, bowl, chopsticks, they had to be in constant motion, or fall prey to the unrelenting black ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By changsha | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
I longed to visit Yunnan province. Nestled in my cave at BLCU, I read about the region. Lost Horizon, by James Hilton captivated me from start to finish. ‘Shangri-La’ was heaven on earth –where one would find inner peace, love and purpose. My tickets ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By oldoutsider | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
The Muslim Quarter of Xi’an lights up like Christmas at night, and it was with Christmas in mind that I finally found my way into the canopied bazaar, looking for gifts to send my family. It was November, and I’d just travelled from Fujian in Southern ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By julietheroberts | Views [305] | Scholarship Entry
Night is falling and I need to catch a cab. In the humming metropolis of Taishan, China, there are no sunsets; the sky fades lazily from light to dark gray. I miss seeing the sky on fire. I walk up to the smallest of the seven loitering taxi drivers.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By aimei | Views [358] | Scholarship Entry
November 2012 was not the usual “ber” months when cold mornings will make me stay on my bed until I feel my stomach craves for food. It’s a hot and humid month in the Philippines. I cannot feel the excitement of the December vacation which is fast approaching.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By melissagb | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
My fingers were clumsy,unsure,as they did their best to maneuver the slim,wooden chopsticks I usually had no problem with.They had pierced the thin,soft,white skin of the dimsum,and warm liquid had gushed out,instead of the tender meat I was expecting ... Read more >
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