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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By lisamorrison | Views [958] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Clamping my lips together, I squint into the swirling russet dust. Rivulets of sweat run down my face and back. My palms grip the handlebars tightly, as my wrists and elbows are constantly jarred by jagged chunks of gravel that form this rough track. ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By nicolellen | Views [635] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
"The Journey of Taste while Living Abroad on the Euro" The best thing about living in Italy was taking the four months to indulge in pasta and gelato and not regretting a single bite. Bolognese, arrabiata, and pomodoro— all these Italian words thrown ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By yoursvicariously | Views [1094] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
‘Hiss’ as one leg is placed over the boat and gently onto the mat surface. ‘Groan’ as I transfer my weight onto my right foot while swinging the other leg around. I attempt to stand up but find myself swaying a little. I could be on a trampoline except ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By lothelo | Views [651] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Fahretin “What are these flags, Fahretin?”. The bus was making its way through the busy streets of Istanbul. Every suburb was festooned with different flags and political posters, slogans and music were blaring from sound systems mounted on trucks, ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By ghobbs | Views [1655] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
We were tricked off the train some 300 kilometres short of our destination. Of course, no one is tricked willingly and it was only later that we realised, in one of those forehead slapping moments in which everything makes sense except how gullible you ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By putnica | Views [724] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
City of Flowers, City of Death Every great city of the world has been fought over but in Belgrade the evidence of conflict is ubiquitous. It seems to be manifested in her terrain, course and hilly and in her buildings ranging from the occasional small ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By scottcharlesford | Views [690] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Some big adventures grow from little errors. Ours was paying up front. We’d haggled hard and fast – we had a bus to catch that afternoon. Two little ladies snaffled our yuan and led us to the boat. They waved from the rocky shore; our skipper revved ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By raeynn | Views [899] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
I find the child walking alone through the rubble. Her dress of red flowers ragged and torn above her bare feet as she steps clumsily around a broken window frame. As I approach her she looks at me numbly. Her right hand clutches a stuffed bear, sodden ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By jcarey | Views [911] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Ants. Everywhere, ants. Swarming over our shoes, up our legs, from every branch we brushed in our headlong flight. Our headlamps illuminated dense thickets that clutched at us as we ran through the dark. At every stop, the ants were upon us, tenacious, ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By keaganjoelbrewer | Views [855] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
He stepped up to me with his mink hat and his yellow teeth and said: "Hi, my name is Elvis". He bent his knees, began to gyrate, and launched with a boisterous voice into a rendition of 'You ain't nothin' but a hound dog'. Last I had checked, I was ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By koberth | Views [572] | Scholarship Entry
Hyderabad’s flashing kaleidoscope was bloating my cortex: vendors crooning from glittering stalls, rainbow fruit spilling from every market, the constant buzz of yellow jacket rickshaws, and the dense, wafting iron timbre crescendoing from the mosques ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By thatssosemawang | Views [544] | Scholarship Entry
After backpacking my way around the West for a few months, I was ready for a different taste of Europe, one that was not teeming with tour groups and overpriced attractions. My initial plan was to see the seascape of the Dalmatian Coast but poor weather ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By dannyg041 | Views [586] | Scholarship Entry
My stomach turns. Somersaulting and wheeling like a towel wringing itself of fluid anxiety. I smile as I realize the feeling isn’t trepidation or anxiety at all, it’s excitement. This flight marks the beginning my journey that I have ridiculously ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By sands | Views [998] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Ruins of a Spanish Enchantment By Sandie-Leigh Edwards Take a step back a hundred years and imagine you’re a young Spanish immigrant cutting sugar cane in the tropical rainforests of North Queensland. It’s hot and humid but when you come across acres ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By eliguerra | Views [721] | Scholarship Entry
Leathery, work-worn hands unceremoniously plonked down on our table three glass mugs of a viscous, white liquid. My travel companions, Juan, a punk from Veracruz, and Rafa, a brilliant guitarist from Merida, looked at me expectantly. Juan had lured us ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By jamawatxtimes | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
All my of my senses are on overdrive as I attempt to wade through the confusion of the busy Varanasi streets. The sun is setting and the rich golden light only seems to intensify the flurry of activity to close up shop and make their way to the banks ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By centuryfox20 | Views [477] | Scholarship Entry
The midnight air is clean with a vague scent of
concessions and camels as I unload from the microbus with the other travelers. I find
myself in a horseshoe shaped, miniature ‘sûq’ filled with vendors selling
everything from soda to prayer flags. I ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By stephaniesstory | Views [705] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Suddenly, tangerine flames engulf a metal demon. The charring creature juxtaposes a series of heavenly balls of blue fire that lick at the night sky. My mask and black veil frame the fiery spectacle of serpents, dragons, marionettes, and knights. ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By fearlesspilgrim | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
Saving Crabs from Drowning My feet fall softly on yielding sand as I breathe in salt and fresh leaves. All around me are hundreds of dwarf mangroves with roots falling midway from their trunks to the white sand like dark fountains. And, as with the ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By michpea | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry
Another dawn. The Dawn. It’s has been a long time coming. It’s dark out. We bundle up against the remnant chill from last night’s gale. Reception’s not open. We’ll be back to drop the keys later. Where we are, there isn’t much out but the predawn halcyon, ... Read more >
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