As I sat on the 10-hour plane ride to Morocco, I kept thinking to myself; how am I going to communicate with people? Am I going to be okay? Will my credits be transferred back to UTEP? Many thoughts ran through my head as I embarked on my...
Editor’s note: Maria Esquinca is a staff reporter at The Prospector and recently visited Indonesia for a study abroad program.
A giant gold Buddha stands atop a pointed column on the roof of a temple.
His golden skin reveals a bare, bulging,...
Editor’s note: Maria Esquinca is a staff reporter at The Prospector and recently visited Indonesia for a study abroad program.
We drive through the streets of Samarinda, Indonesia, beside the metallic plated domes of the...
Editor’s note: Maria Esquinca is a staff reporter at The Prospector and is currently in Indonesia for a study abroad program.
The boat arrives at the port cutting through crystalline blue waters amidst the shouts of both the people on the boat and...
Editor’s note: Maria Esquinca is a staff reporter at The Prospector and is currently in Indonesia for a study abroad program.
Through the small cracks of the windowsills enters the potent scent of fish. It travels from the sea released by the carcasses...
Editor's note: Maria Esquinca is a staff reporter at The Prospector and is currently in Indonesia for a study abroad program.
The giant leaves of trees larger than my torso loomed out into the sky as we drove into the core of Indonesia’s capital,...
Alejandro Alba, Travel Correspondent
• September 5, 2013
I’m currently taking applications for anyone interested in traveling in a 32’’ bag for eight hours to London. Well, if only. But really, I can fit a person and a chihuahua dog in one of my suitcases.
Manchas and I do fit in one suitcase comfortably.
The...