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加拿大的生活模式 by Caca (2018 加拿大)

十二月寒冬的某天，我約了朋友見面，但遇上巴士脫班，結果我在大雪中等了半個小時才有車。上車後才發現上錯了相反方向的車，結果到了一個很荒蕪的地方。當時很寒冷......

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打工換宿點滴 by Soso (2017-2018 德國)

我始終不是擁有無限金錢，而我的目標是在這一年內沿東南西北遊歷德國一圈，所以便想到一個比較省錢的方法——打工換宿。第一份換宿工作，是在德國南部一個家庭式經營的火雞場照顧火雞BB......

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沖繩的水和二世古的雪 by Leo Sin (2014-2015 日本)

我也在這一年間看過日本的四季，夏天有沖繩的水，秋天有福岡的紅葉，冬天有Niseko的雪，最後春天去了東京看櫻花，賞夜櫻是蠻特別的......

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未被污染的人間淨土 by Janis (2017-2018 新西蘭)

紐西蘭的國家環境保護意識很強。入境時職員甚至會查看你的登山鞋會否帶著來自其他地方的土壤，以免外來物質影響當地生態。當地人亦非常為自己國家的保護意識感到驕傲......

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如果你問我為什麼要丟下所有，澳洲的天空可以代我答你 by 提子駿@衝三小 (2012-2013 澳洲)

其實我覺得能在外地生活一段時間是件挺奢侈的事情，我本身是獨居的，在出發前便丟掉所有東西，最後丟剩一個背囊，就這樣由擁有一個尚算舒適的家，變成只餘下一個背囊......

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韓國攝影實驗 by 藍骨 (2015-2016 韓國)

韓國的科技發展非常進步，但在舊式攝影方面的事物就比較少有了。我和日本朋友參加工作假期的目的就是進行我們的攝影計劃，希望能在逗留在韓國的這一年時間......

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