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Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | By kristinblack | Views [344]
Well world, I made it to Ecuador! But first, a quick recap of my last week in Chile.
My last week in Coquimbo flew by. I spent some time with my host family, and made them some thai food for lunch one day (I couldn't decide on a "Canadian" meal ... Read more >
Sat, 29 Jun 2013 | By shutter-shadow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I love that photography enables me to connect with people and see things differently so images can transport the audience to another time and place. Allowing my photos to narrate my journey as I share my experiences, inspiring travel and adventure. Photography ...
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Thu, 27 Jun 2013 | By camila | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I’m a journalist who has applied her career in the most diverse professions, while trying to find the equilibrium between happiness, hard work and solidarity.
After some years of moving, looking, finding, falling, rising and keep moving, I´ve realized ...
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1125]
...from here to Macará- heading towards the coast (not quite - more like the foothills of the Andes) and into Peru. Taking a side road again and being quite pleased with the choice until we hit the downhill gravel. Some motorist had warned us ... Read more >
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [900]
We are on our way to Loja - on the map and what we heard from some people along the way - there is an old road and a new one from San Lucas (half way to Loja). The new Highway supposedly running around higher elevations with more traffic, so we decided ... Read more >
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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1015]
.....how I wonder what you are all about
up above the mountains so high
like a rainforest in the sky......
Shortly after we left Cuenca we approached a pass of 3400m. I felt the lack of oxygen ache in my leg muscles, my brain ... Read more >
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1117]
Running around sick with a fever in Cuenca wasn't fun the first day, but I could tell already that this is my town!!!
Downtown with it's beautiful colonial buildings, cathedrals, churches broken up by little cafes, restaurants and little boutiques.... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [971]
Right out of the shoot ...meaning from sea level - we climbed up a mountain attempting the 4100m (13500 and some f) pass to get to Cuenca. Feeling strong the first day - climbing over the clouds up to 2000m. Riding through the clouds wasn't a whole ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [829]
So, how do you feel, when you actually had some idea how a whole month of feeling something special because it is your b'day month turns out to be the way you wanted it and beyond?
It was warm, I got to swim in the ocean and a pool, lay ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1140]
Equator!!! (May 17th in Ecuator)
This is a monumental moment to pass the middle of the earth - at least in my book!
It was the day before my b'day, but in reality it was my b'day because I was born in Germany and the seven hours difference ... Read more >
Thu, 30 May 2013 | By goran | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am High-School sport teacher, but i found myself gravitating toward documentary photography, which i find to be my main aspiration and ambition At the beginning of 2011 i joined a volunteer humanitarian mission with an aid association 'Kolajna Ljubavi', ...
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Tue, 28 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1028]
That fruit looked good,
but it wasn't!!
Maybe it was some sort of pumpkin.....it had no taste and that nice orange color and the juicy look is totally misleading.
At this point I had it and I went on line to find out what it is:... Read more >
Sun, 26 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [736]
We haven't seen the sun for a while, the sky is grey and foggy and it drizzles at times. The road leads inland sometimes and gets hilly, the forest jungly and thick and then again we hit the coast - sky still grey and foggy, but the road is flat and ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [960]
The road led us inland for a while and it got hot and humid. The more direct rout was along the beach, but we had given up to find a boat across the bay. Considering the many ghostly and deserted places, the roads are in very good shape. Once ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [711]
No boat to Cojimies - the river looked way too dry. The local police was confident we could find a small "launcha" so we placed ourselves at the muddy banks of the river and waited. The day was young and soon we had attracted our usual crowd - this time ... Read more >
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