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The Same Waters

USA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By solublereader | Views [714] | Scholarship Entry

Posing for photos with my friend, Sarah, in over-sized snorkels, as our boat skims over aquamarine depths of fluctuating, endless Caribbean, we progress onward. . Here on the island, locals smile at us without rushing to leave. Their faces, though some ... Read more >

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A Rua da Manhã: The Morning Street

BRAZIL | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By worthyventures | Views [697] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

Skol in the morning: another beer to fill my half-empty stomach. On cobblestones my dirty tennis shoes wobble across uneven planes, gripping desperately the flatter surfaces. Distant drumming fills my ears, my heart; it becomes my pulse. It’s a Wednesday—not ... Read more >

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Wrong Side of the Wall

ISRAEL | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By aeileenr | Views [9401] | Comments [7] | Scholarship Entry

We pushed through the Arab Quarter and focused on the dusty ground, avoiding eye contact with anyone as if that would disguise us. It didn’t. One elderly Muslim man with a turban spat at us, his face taut with anger; another yelled profanities in Hebrew ... Read more >

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The Poor Child outside the luxurious Tomb

VIETNAM | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hanhminhthinks | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry

20km of riding a motorbike without knowing the way was not the hardest part of our trip. What bothered me after the trip and ingrained it into my mind was a child’s begging, and that I refused her. Earlier that morning, we were so sure that the tombs ... Read more >

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Legends of Light

VENEZUELA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By edsonlg | Views [1532] | Scholarship Entry

Over 40,000 bolts ripped across the night sky. I sat up in the hammock, hugged my knees, and awed at the relentless lightning cracking like a whip from cloud to cloud. No rain followed. The indigenous people here call it “rib-a-ba,” or “river fire in ... Read more >

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The Bather

MOROCCO | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By iamypaterson | Views [322] | Scholarship Entry

The naked woman beckons to me from the end of the passageway. Clutching my towel to my chest with one hand, I use the other to awkwardly lean down and pick up my bucket before shuffling towards her. Wrought iron lanterns illuminate the path ahead with ... Read more >

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Maria en Mexico City! (Misadventure #479)

MEXICO | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By maria_nz | Views [368] | Scholarship Entry

Slumped on the airport floor, I was trying to find comfort in my early, Dulce de leche birthday cake. Sixth hour, forth phone card in, but couldn’t reach the hostel. If I’d been a seasoned traveller, I would’ve written down the address. But I was 19 and ... Read more >

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Kid, You'll Move Mountains!

AUSTRALIA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sarah-heubner | Views [212] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

13th September 2013. This date marks the day my trusty travel sidekick Mia and I attempted to hike from Zermatt to Hörnlihütte.? This escapade all began with a conversation with a scruffy looking nomad in our cheap dorm room the night before. He told ... Read more >

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City life

TANZANIA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jazsnt | Views [393] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the first time we went out into the city of Arusha in Tanzania. It was so different from the calm and lush tropical landscape of the Imbaseni village. I was 20 years old then. I was participating in a global scholar internship for the summer ... Read more >

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A world away from home

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By zita_whalley | Views [433] | Scholarship Entry

Melancholy hangs in the cold winter air. The biting -27’C wind permeates my clothes, my bones and the ground I tread as I navigate my way down the main street of Khuzhir, the principal but tiny township of Olkhon Island. Beyond Moscow’s halo of smog and ... Read more >

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We Conquered the Ocean

THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By marielasummerhays | Views [235] | Scholarship Entry

Imposing cliffs stand like faithful sentinels all around us, their far-reaching shadows a reminder of the many lifetimes they have watched these waters before our arrival today. Turquoise water spreads around our boat, waves stretching for kilometres ... Read more >

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Wanderlust: Cold and Green

USA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ifonlytheycouldseeit | Views [583] | Comments [3] | Scholarship Entry

He stole a small white memo pad from his host's house. He was hoping they would not mind. He just needed to write things down. He knew that by writing things down, he would avoid going crazy. That is what they said on the radio. As soon as he found himself ... Read more >

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Living the Orange Dream

SPAIN | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By bohemienne | Views [397] | Scholarship Entry

Twenty of us from around the world pause for breath under sour orange trees and sunset wisps of cloud. Ana, leading the walk, speaks in a feisty Spanish tongue. She rolls her r's and laughs at her every mistake. I feel fluffy moths in my stomach. It is ... Read more >

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Up a tree

ZAMBIA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By tinkertales | Views [317] | Scholarship Entry

After a sleepless night, I see the crocodiles below—jaws opened wide. One could credit the convincing East Zambian truck driver, but I’m the one in the tree. It wasn’t like this twelve hours ago. Rucksack planted at a hitching spot on the outskirts ... Read more >

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The first time I...experienced a Thai Wedding

THAILAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By asongveera | Views [314] | Scholarship Entry

As the spawn of Thai immigrant parents living in Los Angeles, my brother and I have spent many an awkward summer not quite fitting in with an endless sea of cousins. That is, until this past February, when my mother and I flew to the motherland alone ... Read more >

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Come...you meet my family Madame?

INDIA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By zozo | Views [1489] | Scholarship Entry

“Come…you meet my family Madame?” Still peddling hard, Pradesh cranes his neck to look back at me inquisitively. Rich golden clouds of dust billow behind the rickshaw, kicking up into the gleaming evening sunset. From the time I had arrived in the Pink ... Read more >

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The Polish Prison

ITALY | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By celinskiadventures | Views [519] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry

Once upon I was seventeen years old, I was crying in Rome. I had just arrived in the city and it was late. After 12 days on Polish roads, I was dying to say some words in Italian to anyone. Even a priest. Well, I ended up finding one when I arrived at ... Read more >

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My First Exchange Experience ...

NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By addictedtolife | Views [281] | Scholarship Entry

I've went to new Zealand looking for an exchange experience, so I stayed with a host family for two months living like a New Zealander. I was only fourteen, without any traveling experience. Now I'm familiar with traveling, and all it's inconvenience, ... Read more >

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Montreal After Midnight

CANADA | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By joymeetsworld | Views [235] | Scholarship Entry

After spending the last eight years of my life in Albuquerque, I am always ready for an adventure. When one goes to Montreal on a Friday night looking for an adventure, I suggest Crescent Street. Despite the polar winter temperatures, something is always ... Read more >

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The Stockholm Rat Pack

SWEDEN | Thu, 15 May 2014 | By extra_ordinaryadventures | Views [409] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget when I met Sammy Davis in a blues bar in Stockholm. Arriving in the Swedish capitol, I managed to find my hostel after a few wrong turns and checked into my room. Due to an exhausting ten hour bus ride, I was too tired to manage the ... Read more >

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