
Medicine, Philanthropy, Perseverance, and Beauty
Traveling is exciting, regardless of where you're destined. And doing it solo is even better. Lost in the clouds, disconnected from the mayhem on the ground,...
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Berlin
During my time in Europe I have been blessed with a wealth of incredible experiences. There has been no city that I have visited that has made me more aware of this - or more grateful -...
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Backyard Adventures: The Austin, TX Edition
Oh, the plight of the postbaccalaureate student! My undergraduate loans and future law school loans have made sure that my travel fund stays at a pitiful $0. ...
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Finding joy in simplicity: My stay in the Kedougou region of Senegal
My name is Emilia Spalding, and for the spring of 2010 I am studying abroad in Senegal, West Africa. I am studying with SIT Study Abroad, (www.sit.edu/studyabroad)...
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No Yellow Cab
Although I haven’t been to many places in the world, out off my twenty years of existence, I would say that the best one on my list is visiting New York City. While planning on transferring to...
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A disaster of the best sort
When you first walk into the building of Ramos MejÃa, home of the social sciences for the Universidad...
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Southbound Train Leaving Beijing
48 hours in a sleeper car is a very. long. time.I’m on a two-day long train ride headed south from Beijing to Yunnan Province. It’s a huge trip, two weeks in Southern China...
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