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WORLDWIDE | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 | By thearchetypalwanderer | Views [570] | Scholarship Entry
It was years ago when I was set off from my home country Turkey southbound to Egypt. Though it was not a huge abstraction from my own culture, which is Islamic, I was unaware the destiny shaped by the abysmal discrepancy of Egypt. So I deserted the tumultuous ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 | By katiefeldhaus | Views [657] | Scholarship Entry
When people think of Greece they usually picture beautiful people sipping drinks on even more beautiful beaches. This is a very prominent part of the country’s intrigue, but my experience was much more fulfilling than a bottle of Ouzo. I attended an international ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Tue, 24 Apr 2012 | By rafaelospino | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
I barely knew where I was going and the beginning of this yeah when they told me "get ready to La Guajira". I knew it was a dry, dessert, awesome place with such beautiful beaches and the top of the south America continent. The place of the "Wayuu" culture.... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By miakrishna | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
I landed in Kuala Lumpur at 11pm and as a single woman traveller, I knew I had to be cautious so decided to call the hotel to confirm my booking. As I fumbled with the pay phone, which had instructions written in Bahasa, a lady stepped forward and offered ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By julianabjornsdottir | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
Oh, how my heart pounded as his warm breath moved the thin veil between us. As the sun set in the distant Serengeti horizon and the midnight blue of the African night arrayed the world in shadows beneath the glittering stars, I heard his roar in the distance, ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wandering_tulip | Views [328] | Scholarship Entry
Davao City is the biggest city in Mindanao and the third most popular city in the Philippines next to Manila and Cebu.Davao is dubbed as the Fruit Basket of the Philippines. I got an opportunity to visit Davao City because of work and I had just one day ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By livepeace | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
Food is our common ground; everyone everywhere eats. It's what and how its done that shapes a culture. The most mindful experiences in eating involve using the hands. “Time for iftar,” Jamilla says, waking me up for breakfast. Had I been at home ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By megonfood | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
Upon deciding on North America as our bi-annual holiday destination, I was a little concerned. What would I eat for 40 days? I was sure America had an abundance of food in terms of fast food but a foodie such as myself could not live on burgers alone.... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jcaro | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
Paris holds its alluring attributes despite having to share it with everyone else. It’s truly magical. Cliché? Oui! True? Oui! People expanding and compressing accordions down by the Seine, the architecture breathing elegance and the food just belongs ... Read more >
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USA | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By amymarie | Views [330] | Scholarship Entry
Years spent daydreaming with T. H. White’s “The Once and Future King” are about to be fulfilled. I am trekking up the winding cement path that cuts through Glastonbury Tor, guarding the hill against erosion at the feet of the thousands of tourists, ... Read more >
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INDONESIA | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By the_local_encounter | Views [618] | Scholarship Entry
I am lucky to grow up in environments that are very close to the moral values which innumerable. My living environment is the peninsula of "South Sulawesi" which is one of the largest provinces in Indonesia. My childhood was spent in a ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By life_without_boundaries | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
I was in Kenya in February 2012 by the program "Active citizens" of the British Council. There we visited a secondary school, local council, few NGOs. And there I kept asking myself how the Kenyan people perceive me, how I perceive them. There is of course ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By saks | Views [242] | Scholarship Entry
I will tell you an interesting story of a day dreamer. It was I. We are a family of five in a culture where men have superiority over women. Hardly leaving the four walls of our home, I always dreamed of travelling places. Initially it was the hills ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sms | Views [240] | Scholarship Entry
Upon opening the trunk of my car in California to load groceries, I noticed the black and white checkered fabric lining the trunk space, and paused for a moment. Covering entities as diverse as Banyan trees to fringed umbrellas hanging in hotels, in Bali ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sarahlynn2 | Views [295] | Scholarship Entry
Hundreds of eyes stared as the odd group walked through the wild streets of Delhi. Cars honked constantly – when they stopped, when they went, when they turned – in the sweltering summer heat. Trash and rubble filled the sidewalks. Pollution left a haze ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By c4d | Views [473] | Scholarship Entry
March 11, 2011 ‘Why the hell are you doing it’? I asked Kasumi with closed eyes. ‘Doing what’? She asked. ‘Why are you shaking the bed’? I asked again. ‘I am not doing it’, she told. ‘This is an earthquake…oh my God.’ At once we felt as if we were ... Read more >
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INDIA | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By insighterr | Views [460] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain Among all the obscurity of a hot summer afternoon in narrow, flexuous, hidden streets of chandni chowk, India, what a travel-heart seeks is salvation. Gazing at a pond ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By anacronica | Views [1138] | Comments [5] | Scholarship Entry
Five minutes before departure, I position myself at the stern of the “Buquebus” anxious to reach my new destination: Montevideo, Uruguay. I gaze at the streets of Buenos Aires, as we leave Puerto Madero, and I find myself humming a very famous tango, ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ptmtolibas | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
It started out as a New Year’s resolution: I will learn to surf. I have always looked forward to going to the beach—feeling the sand between my toes, the sun on my cheeks, the sea air in my lungs, and the surf’s brotherly embrace. The first time I was ... Read more >
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WORLDWIDE | Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acinonyx | Views [1178] | Scholarship Entry
I broke the intense silence, "Têm uma Coca-Cola por favour?" Perhaps caught off-guard by my Portuguese, or perhaps concluding it was the best way to get rid of me, the store keeper takes a second to react. Moving to one side, she draws a dusty bottle ... Read more >
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