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One Man's Trash

GUATEMALA | Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Views [178]

The van doors opened to the smell of hot feces and the sweet smell of decaying trash. All around us were mounds of the city’s discards. High piles of old plastic containers, diapers, bulging black trash bags, broken furniture, and metal parts ... Read more >

Tags: dump, guatemala city


Pray an Hour With Someone Else's Religion

ITALY | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | Views [255] | Scholarship Entry

“Chee-no-da-da-da-da-ming-no-da-da-da-da-la-laaa.” The chanting in Japanese lasted for 30 minutes. Like the other 15 adults in this living room in Perugia, Italy, my hostess held a little white book containing a collection of Japanese mantras with the ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip


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