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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By postcardgirl | Views [447] | Scholarship Entry
Everywhere I turn there are bodies. Smiling faces, bad teeth; arms pumping in time to steel drums. Squeezing through the mass of moving limbs, I spy an opening. “No gracias.” I shake my head at a dancer who clutches his chest and pouts as if I’m the ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 21 May 2015 | By hartsurf | Views [333] | Scholarship Entry
My dad was an aging surfer, a 16 year old grom stuck in the increasingly arthritic body of man in his mid-fifties. Still searching for the perfect wave. He had dragged his wife and two kids around the US, from Cape Hatteras to California, but it wasn't ... Read more >
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Tue, 19 May 2015 | By training | Views [258] | Scholarship Entry
I am Pratima Paudel from Rupandehi, Nepal and has been selected as participant in a training program organized by myclimate – The Climate Protection Partnership Switzerland for the capacity building for the rebuilding of sustainable agriculture and ... Read more >
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Wed, 13 May 2015 | By milehighnocomply | Photo Gallery
A Backpackers Journey Including San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, San Jose, Dominical, Jaco, Jungle, San Isidro, CR
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Wed, 13 May 2015 | By milehighnocomply | Views [320] | Scholarship Entry
A chicken bus carried us upwards, outside the city of San Isidro and into small communities of local ticos living at the base of the mountain. Mount Chirripo it was called. As the bus pulled into the township of San Gerardo at it’s base, I began wondering ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By harrisonjones7 | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
"They're good, honestly". Vinnie has tempted me into trying a termite, lathered in some sort of odd coating vaguely resembling chocolate. Last night, by contrast, we were savouring a quite exquisite seafood risotto, which would not have seemed out of ... Read more >
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Sat, 9 May 2015 | By aashi | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
This was really a treasure for me, because it was something that I was not looking forward to and something that turned to gold. I am not sure I can put what I felt to words here, the peace that one feels in nature is truly experienced here. The food, ... Read more >
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Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By tylermccloskey | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients § INGREDIENTS turmeric root (two pinky-sized pieces) garlic (whole bulb) ginger root (three finger-sized pieces) 2 onions, diced 1-2 Scotch Bonnet peppers, (chiles panameños) thyme (two to three sprigs) 1 cassava/yucca 1 ñampi/taro 1 ripe ...
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Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By the_seeker | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 1 Grapefruit (juice) 2 Limes (zest and juice) 1 Orange (juice) 1 Serrano chili (cleaned and seeded) 3 Fresno chilies (cleaned and seeded) 1 Sweet red onion 1 Avocado 1 Yellow bell pepper 1 Meaty tomato (brandywine heirloom is an excellent ...
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Sun, 1 Mar 2015 | By excellentadventure | Views [377] | Comments [2]
Transferred from emergency to hospital room 1026 at 4am on Monday 23.2.2015 to play the waiting game. Discharged on Friday 27.2.2015 with nothing but a heavy hospital bill.
Positives we can take from this: I practiced my Spanish....the people here ... Read more >
Wed, 25 Feb 2015 | By culture_gobbler | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients FILLING Half of a large white or yellow onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced ½ teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon chili oil (see recipe below) 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro Juice of half a lime 15oz black beans, cooked (or ...
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Mon, 23 Feb 2015 | By excellentadventure | Views [273] | Comments [1]
When you wake up only to discover a monkey has stolen your mango, you know your day's bound to get worse...We walked towards the estuary and boarded a local boat to the Tamarindo side. Unfortuanunately old mate Canada hitched our ride and Mike witnessed ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [698] | Video
Simple food honestly prepared. Whole fried fish with plantains, served outside on the weathered boards of a rustic table, accompanied by beer and hot sauce. Ocean breezes and shanty shade to protect us from the heat and sun. The sound of something Latin ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, fish, local, seafood
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By jgreghenry | Views [1098]
It’s a bit late to get started, I’m thinking to myself. So I impatiently shuffle in my Tevas at the entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. I’m with a fairly large group that includes a boisterous, ... Read more >
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Sun, 22 Feb 2015 | By jgreghenry | Photo Gallery
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