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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By traveladdictshelby | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry
We were ushered to sit down in our host family’s tiny living room. “Would you like to play a game?” The daughter asked us. “We love playing UNO.” She grinned and sent her 11-year-old cousin to fetch the cards. She turned on the 20-inch TV right next ... 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 leaheades | Views [500] | Scholarship Entry
You can smell Furong Jie before you see it. Ok, you can hear it too. And the sight of people cluttering the pavements clutching their steaming hot jianbings is also a bit of a giveaway. But it’s the smell that really draws you in: at once sharp and bitter, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tomi | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry
It was a hot day at the time I visited the shop. A bit exhausted from the tour we had at the Great Wall, still, out of curiousness and excitement I pushed myself into the shop while thinking that it would be just another souvenir shop in a tourist destination ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By chinesencounters | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
The story takes place in the wonderful, exciting and fast changing setting of the Yangtze river in the heart of mainland China. Me and my “just met travel mate” decided to go on a river cruise for a three days trip which would bring us from the biggest ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By clintontedja | Views [321] | Scholarship Entry
Most people pass right by - unaware of their presence. Tonight is no different. The sidewalk is crackling with the cat-calls and whines of students, most of them waving their green, and quickly disappearing “Tsingtao” beer bottles around. It seems ... 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 pasakojimai | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry
Private Banking The Bank looked as an important financial landmark of the city should: big and imposing columns and western style facade made the building stood out of others in the dusty Chinese town. Out of the sleepy darkness of the bank ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By nomadworld | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry
Half of the town seems to have gathered to see us off. There are so many, they completely fill the frame provided by the rear window, even spilling into adjacent but less photogenic ones. As the bus takes off they grow smaller. A silent fade-out, the ... 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 travelingnash | Views [189] | Scholarship Entry
I was hundreds of feet above where I had started, less than an hour into my great climb and surrounded by lush Chinese hills and mountains. Thankfully, the day was still early, a necessary mercy when climbing at the end of summer. Yet, no mercy or beauty ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By angdiwangmalaya | Views [500] | Scholarship Entry
I could sense her watching me as I looked around the store – a 5x8-ft space in a stretch of shops separated by blankets. It was past 7:00 pm, yet the place was alive, humming an orchestra of voices, footsteps, sizzling fryers, and whirring fans. The air ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By andreabras | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
Lock Nim leans against the brick wall with his white tank top rolled above his stomach, trying to catch a breeze. A cigarette rests between his fingers and smoke snakes through the air as he points to me and begins to speak. The group around me erupts ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By avenix | Views [360] | Scholarship Entry
When in Rome, trust no one. Never have I thought that knowing how to speak Mandarin in China would be a disadvantage. I also didn’t think that starting a friendly chat with a petite local would turn out for the worst. It’s 8pm and here I was making a ... 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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