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走在澳洲和蘇格蘭 by Wing (2013/2015-2017 澳洲/英國)

Scotland的文化和英國其他地方完全不同。一般人都會搞亂Scottish和English，但Scotland除了自然風景和England不同外，其實還有自己獨特的文化、口音、俚語、行為習慣、飲食方法等，而且他們很友善......

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汶娜20歲出走的兩年生活體驗 by 汶娜 (2012-2014 澳洲)

屋主Glenda會帶我去附近地方遊覽，那一次她特意帶了我去一個沙灘，特別的是他特別提前跟我改了那一天「放假」帶我去，因為那一個沙灘在那一天是全年水位最低的。我看著眼前的奇觀......

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瑞典生存記 by Natalie (2018-2019 瑞典)

雖然我是第一批去瑞典工作假期的香港人，面對的挑戰和難度也會是最大，但去完工作假期後，我覺得這次旅程帶來的收穫會多於其他一切，你會感受到世界真的很大......

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I am a backpacker; I am a trilingual dive instructor by Choco (2014-2017 Australia/Japan)

I went fruit picking in a farm and spent A$5000+ for my Dive Master Training in Sydney. After that, I volunteered on a dive expedition boat and started working on the dive boat as a host ......

（另有中文版本）

小眼睛看法國 by Kate (2017 法國)

一開始我很想念家人，這裡的工作文化與香港不同，我又常常聽不懂同事的法文，受了些挫折。在Café工作，經歷過超繁忙的午市時間，對在香港只做過文職的我來說是很大挑戰......

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走出死胡同，改變生活方式 by 瀛 (2008-2010/2016-2017 澳洲/日本)

我不是大學畢業，可以選擇的工作本已不多，有些公司甚至不讓我登錄找工作。感覺上日本比香港更重視學歷，在香港找工作只要通過考試和面試就可以，但在日本沒有學歷的話......

(Chinese version only)

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