Access Travel Award winner Trudie Gorman on a typical boat ride in Xochimilco, Mexico
Access Travel Award winner Trudie Gorman on a typical boat ride in Xochimilco, Mexico
Alasdair Gaille, Ecuador Travel Award winner from Co. Kildare, with friends in the mountains above Quito.
Alasdair Gaille, Ecuador Travel Award winner from Co. Kildare, with friends in the mountains above Quito.
Colourful trajineros (boats) dance along the canal of Xochimilco on the South of Mexico.
Colourful trajineros (boats) dance along the canal of Xochimilco on the South of Mexico.
Japan Travel Award winner Rebecca Bourke and a few of her school mates from Suwa, Nagano.
Japan Travel Award winner Rebecca Bourke and a few of her school mates from Suwa, Nagano.
Naomy Meany and Ciara Slattery with women from the Wildflower Home project, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Naomy Meany and Ciara Slattery with women from the Wildflower Home project, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
"...on this trip we all have many wonderful memories and have made many new friends and we are all still in contact with each other and hopefully we will be in contact for years to come..." Edel Mullen, Ireland-Hong Kong 08
Mexico Travel Award winner Anthony Burrowes with a wee turtle in La Ventanilla, Mexico.
Mexico Travel Award winner Anthony Burrowes with a wee turtle in La Ventanilla, Mexico.
"The only way to explain Japan is to tell you to go and visit it yourself.’ Lauren McColgan – 2012 Japan Travel Award winner. Photo taken in Suwa region in Japan.
Fun times making animal masks with the kids after school in the local project in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Fun times making animal masks with the kids after school in the local project in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
ACCESS Travel Award winner Jamie Keating and a few of the students taught in Ecuador.
ACCESS Travel Award winner Jamie Keating and a few of the students taught in Ecuador.

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Travel Awards are fully or partially funded opportunities to explore other cultures in different parts of the world. Ireland is a small country, the world is huge; there’s so much to learn!

If you are a person who is interested in what is going on in the world, could be an Ambassador for Ireland, is free to travel in summer 2013 and think that you would benefit from a challenging adventure in another culture then one of these awards could be for you. Read more about various destinations, see what catches your eye and send in a completed application by Tuesday, 5th March 2013!

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