The Awakening
I was thrown into another world as my family and I rode in a fuel sucking tourist bus on our way to an all-inclusive resort in Puerta Aventuras, Mexico. The harsh reality I was forced to face through...
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Visiting Vietnam Once Again
I woke up, feeling a bit tired and a bit hungry. The Captain announced the passenger on board to get ready to leave. I got up and regroup with my family. We later took our first step outside the...
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A Jungle Adventure in Costa Rica
My mom loves to travel, and because of her I have had many great experiences. We have traveled all over the world, but my best vacation memories come from a family trip to Costa Rica we took in 2008. We...
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The Experience of a New World… The Ultimate Reality!
My travels to Kolkata, India with 14 other friends and teachers from my school opened my eyes to what most of the world lives like. I now realize how truly blessed I am! I have also learned...
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Once Upon A Stormy Sea…
In the summer of 2010, the Andrews family embarked upon a journey meant to be a relaxing vacation at Mustang Island. The hotel was booked, our bags packed, and the car ready for the four hour drive...
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Mad in Macau
At the end of June, my family enjoyed a two-day trip to Macau, a country previously occupie by Portugal but now stands onit's own as a special administrative region of China....
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Bad Königshofen
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” This is a quote I strongly believe in. Every time a travel...
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Reunited on a Walk Around the World
My sister, Jen, had migrated towards the East, moving from our growing town in Texas to the tourist streets of Orlando, Florida. She worked as an employee in the college program Disney hosts, allowing...
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From Russia with Love: A Colorful Experience
“Goodbye U.S.A. Privet Russia” was the Facebook status that I posted as I was boarding Flight Number 611 going to Austria with a...
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Europe 2012
My name is Bryan Gray and on behalf of the People to People Student Ambassador Program I would like to share my experience traveling to another country. People to People...
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Destination Unknown
When I first heard I would be going to Panama to see my family, I have to admit I was worried. My mom often talked about her Panamanian cousins and the fun times they had...
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YOLO…in London
YOLO…it’s an acronym meaning “you only live once.” When my school announced a trip to Europe which would include 4 days in London, England, my friends and I knew this...
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Taking Over Europe, One Country At A Time (Austria, Italy, France)
This summer I was given the chance to tour Vienna, Austria, Salzburg, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria,...
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Mahalo Hawaii
This year I was fortunate to make the Mississippi All-State Lions Band, a band comprised of members all over the state to practice for a week and then travel and perform. This year the destination...
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Finding Clarity in Suwannee
I went camping a few months ago for the first time. I have a cousin Ashley whose world is a collection of good vibes and jingly skirts and glitter. Lots of glitter. She and her friends...
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Dinner on the Mekong
The first time I tied a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue was on the banks of the Mekong River, surrounded by beggars. The skies threatened rain as I sat with my parents and sister at a bare metal...
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Journalism, Sunsets, and Discoveries
During a hike at Horsetooth Reservoir , Fort Collins, Colorado, I couldn’t help but stare in awe when I saw the sun set. The vast, rolling mountains were an endless ocean of waves frozen in time...
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!Vamos¡ An experience in Spanish
My Spanish teacher recommended that I would be an excellent student to go with a small group to Costa Rica. Our trip was organized by I
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Sentiments in the Mediterranean Sand
Squinting against the midday sun, I breathed in the sweltering, Italian air; grateful for each meager gust of tobacco flavored wind. The soles of my flip-flops stuck to the freshly melted tar on...
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More Than Just Trees
“We’re spending the day driving around, looking at trees?” My brother moaned, slumping into the back seat of our bronze minivan, his eyes lazily scanning the scene outside...
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The Grandest of Them All
This year, over spring break, my mom, my grandma, my best friend Amanda and I went on an amazing road trip to the natural wonder known as the grand canyon. Living just outside Kansas City, this trip...
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The Melting Pot
Louisiana could best be described as the Melting Pot of the South. Whether a person is discussing the soulful tunes of Jazz music, the savoury taste of Southern cuisine, or the rich cultures one...
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Las Vegas
It was my first time out of state, and I was heading off to Las Vegas, Nevada. The four-hour car ride from San Bernardino, California to Vegas proved to be garrulous and exciting. I enthusiastically...
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Impact
“¡Bienvendidos a Guatemala!” The large sign welcomed my group and I into the capital city just outside of the immigration desks. There were twenty-two in our group of adults...
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Walking Along the Yellow Brick Road of Poland’s Wonders
What I cherish most about my current trip to Poland is not only the fact that I get to reunite with my family, which is usually the primary purpose of coming here during the summer, but also to visit...
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Europe, Teach Me More.
I wish that this scholarship was not due for another month for I am still traveling through Sicily. I have managed to experience so many firsts on this trip and since it’s not over I am sure...
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Parisian Paradise: A 17 Year Old’s Take on The City of Light
Cars honking their horns. Cigarette smoke, overwhelming my nostrils and stinging my eyes. The constant flowing of people from all different nations on my left and right. Music drifting...
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A Yellow Brick Road
Gold was everywhere: the buildings, the parks, the people. Everything possessed an aura that was unquestionably golden. That was...
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Best Vaction on The” Big Island” of Hawai’i
Aloha! Sunday July 1, 2012: It’s 3am and I am still awake too excited to go to sleep because in a couple of hours I would be going to Hawaii with my family. After, falling...
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Following the Crowd: Zip LIne Style
This was my first, most impactful adventure of my entire Girl Scout Destination to San Jose, Costa Rica, and Bocas del Toro, Panama. We woke up early that morning, to birds...
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Cuckoo Costa Rica Count Down
In January 2012, eight members of Rock Canyon Key Club hustled to tape the last box shut, zip their suitcases, buy more bug spray, and board the plane to Costa Rica. Eight months before the anticipated...
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Master Air Smith
My educational journey began on July 6th of this year. My parents...
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Beauty in the Beholders Eye
Nature is everywhere, seen by everybody, but not everyone realizes the true beauty. I live on a farm in Montana. My house was built in a valley, surrounded by rolling hills, secluded from the...
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Has Life Hit You Yet?
Has it hit you yet? No, I just can’t make myself believe it. I really went there? Well believe it or not, I was. Those sought after sightseeing destinations England, France, and Rome. ...
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My Australian Adventure
Last year, my family and I traveled to Australia for a two week family vacation. Because my mother had been an exchange student there during high school, we decided to travel with her...
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A Distant World
Taking a trip to another country opens the mind to the multifarious cultures of this world. Additionally, it brings a person far out of his or her comfort zone. Residents all around speak in...
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A Maine Summer Vacation
Earlier this summer, my extended family decided to get together at Sebago Lake in Maine for a reunion....
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Just A Place In China
A blue tooth brush, a cartoon about a boy, and a little white dog; that’s the extent of the memories, I have of my early life in China. I left when I was 3 years old and going back, I had fancy...
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The Emerald Cortez
The Rocky Mountains surrounded me as sentinels. Their grasp was a difficult thing to escape, stretching so far up and out. But escape I did, to a land that, being from a town sheltered in the mountains...
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Exhilarating Adventures in an Unknown Country
After the 13 hour flight, I was ready to get off the plane. In addition to the long plane ride, I did not understand anyone. I was so scared that I was going to get...
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Fashion in NYC
From July 8th-14th, I spent a week away in New York City for a summer fashion program at LIM college (www.limcollege.edu). It was my first week away on my own and it taught me a tremendous amount...
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Spanish Paradise
During the spring of 2012, I had the magnificent opportunity of traveling to Costa Rica with 14 other third and fourth year Spanish students from my school. We stayed for eight days in the beautiful...
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Eyes Wide Open
For 14 hours straight, I flew over an ocean with my family in tow. In June 2010, we visited my uncle in China. My Uncle Mike has been working and living in China since around 2000,...
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A Time to Reunite
When I was less than a year old, my father decided to leave my mom and I with any form communication between him and us. Twelve years later, my mom and I learned from my father's sister that...
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My European Discovery
My European trip was not just an amazing experience; it was 19 days filled with many mind-changing events along with hilarious and unforgettable moments. As I traveled with People to People Ambassador...
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