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INDIA | Sat, 20 Apr 2013 | By scintillating | Views [874] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Robert Stevenson once said, “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is a foreigner.’ That sip of beer instantly ravished my thoughts and suddenly made me more intoxicated, the breeze was tantalizing and the waves seemed livelier. Goa, ... Read more >
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ITALY | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By amusicum | Views [1078] | Scholarship Entry
For me, food is not merely a form of sustenance. It is a way of life. In fact, I am a living testament to Erma Bombeck’s view that: ‘I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food.’ This, I can happily say of Summer 2011, with its two week forage into ... Read more >
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MALAYSIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By shamie2013 | Views [501] | Scholarship Entry
My mother’s pounding on my door again that morning. I had a hard time opening my eyes since it’s only almost two hours from the time I slid under the covers. Asia-Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN)is a network to connect Filipino speaking people ... Read more >
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INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ishara | Views [506] | Scholarship Entry
I left the tourists and my city-slickerness behind in Ubud, Bali the day I joined the locals in craft. A rickety, old scooter with another warm-hearted local drove me up and down the hilly bamboo-lined roads to Lodtunduh - my inhibitions and expectations ... Read more >
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CHINA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By danaig | Views [571] | 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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FRANCE | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tinapinto | Views [390] | Scholarship Entry
There it was, the Eiffel Tower in all its ordinariness. Having no one to share my lack of excitement, I marched the short walk from the station towards the tower deeply lost in internal conflicts and thoughts of my past. “How much you pay?” yells a young, ... Read more >
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LAOS | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By elisstories | Views [431] | Scholarship Entry
The first impression about Laos was … quite. Vientiane is quite small city, you can see the difference with Bangkok-Khao San Road which is very well-known as backpackers place. I remember when we finally arrived at Vientiane, there was a ceremony held ... Read more >
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NORTH KOREA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By edsonlg | Views [1192] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
The shutter springs closed with a satisfying snap. "No!" A Korean soldier shouts, lurching forward and abandoning his Taekwando ready-stance while the perpetrator turns the camera over in his hand, marveling at the photograph. The owner only catches a ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By charmedphoenixrising | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
It was my third day in Nice. I'd spent the first looking for the b&b before spending the day at the beach, only to return back for a shower to be told "guests are allowed one shower a day, but for a fee....". The second was a day trip around the Cote ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By soulmad | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
The Desyant brothers appeared almost out of a fairytale, intimidatingly friendly as I trudged by, waving their flag and electric currents of humanity, “Paratroops of Good Will” it read. Anton was the first to take my notice, full-beard with a little ... Read more >
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NETHERLANDS | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By marthamutiso | Views [314] | Scholarship Entry
I’m on my way to Newark Airport, my departure from Pennsylvania is bittersweet. I’ve had amazing time here, thanks to my conservation science career, where it all began. I recall Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the place I’ve called home for the last four months;... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By minhhuyennguyen | Views [581] | Scholarship Entry
It’s now a quarter past six pm. I am sitting in a Hanoi old coffee house, listening to a strange jogtrot piece of traditional music. Alone. Notwithstanding this, I love that. Today, I call for a hot cup, because an autumn night is mislaying in the middle ... Read more >
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JAPAN | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tiaratirr | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
I ate up my croissants while waiting my friend before we went. I knew it wasn’t enough to fill my energy to walk a lot that day, after the previous day I and other 13 friends from 6 countries went to the bar to have a nomikai as a farewell. We went to ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By pablovander | Views [336] | Scholarship Entry
I saw Brussels for the second time not long after I left my house in Valencia, where I had lived with these two Belgians that reminded me how lucky I had always been. But that is another story. Second opportunities are not usual when travelling. It was ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By alechaps83 | Views [426] | Scholarship Entry
My American friend and I had decided to try snake. We had spent an absorbing day exploring the bustling streets of Hanoi’s old town trying as many of the local delicacies as possible. We savoured the rich, smooth taste of weasel coffee, even after we ... Read more >
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ITALY | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lostleaf | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
A French major from China, I spent one year in France with my classmates and traveled around Europe. Our French professor warned us about pickpockets and expensive food in Italy, so we gave ourselves titles that carried with them courage and strength ... Read more >
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INDIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By karinemm | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
Its easy to forget that the reality we eat, sleep, breathe, taste and touch every waking moment is just a speck amongst the infinite universes that exist for every single person. Culture changes the lens through which we see the world, and what constitutes ... Read more >
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INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ulil | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
A local encounter that changed my life One of us When I was leaving my country, father advised me not to act like tourists. ,,No one can be just a visitor for one year``, he said. He must have been imagining popular destinations, touristic places, palm ... Read more >
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INDONESIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ayasaras | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry
Whenever i hear the word “kampung” (village), i imagine a place where someone’s parents live or where the extended family lives; or a place where someone lives surrounded by paddy fields and mountains, where human beings and nature are equally important;... Read more >
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COLOMBIA | Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By hilolana | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
Growing up in the tropics, I used to dream of having bright pink-blue-green hair. Some people advised against it, said my hair would fall off, and why do it anyway; I had such beautifully colored curls. Thanks mom. But I dreamt on still I flew across ... Read more >
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