Does anyone at STA know if the videos now up on the post-announcement intern page are all those that were shortlisted, or are they still randomly selected?

Goes to the band ‘Islands’ for the song ‘Rough Gem’

Well, I’ve looked over a good number of other videos for this internship and it looks like some great people have applied. There are soldiers, professional photographers, tourism majors and everything else you could ask for in the running. The videos themselves are all impressive and I have to hand it to a few people who stood out fo... Read More (6 Comments)

Hey guys, to anyone who is checking out my passport and interested in reading more:

sltfaf35.blogspot.com is the address to my full blog. I have been a bit lax in updating it because of my workload for school and it is focused more on current events than travel, but you can’t really be enthusiastic about traveling the world i... Read More (0 Comments)

Here are a few friendly travel tips if you are planning to come to Arizona:

1. Come either in early spring or fall. The summers in AZ are unbelievably hot and preclude long outdoor treks, while the winters are simply chilly.

2. Plan to do a lot of natural sightseeing- Because Phoenix is a relatively young city built out ... Read More (0 Comments)

Having come from America, I was quite surprised by how large a cultural role cigarettes play in Irish culture. Of course I was coming with all the American stereotypes of the drunk Irishman, but you really miss out on the nuances until you get there. Because the Republic of Ireland recently banned smoking indoors, all of the smokers have m... Read More (0 Comments)