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自転車日本一周旅 by Kino (2017-2018 日本)

我一直掛了一個寫著「日本一周旅」的牌子掛在單車後面，很多路過的日本人看到以後都會為我打氣，有的還會為我送上零食，甚至是少許金錢。沿途也有遇上一些同樣是想踩單車環島一周的人...

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小薯怒衝奧地利 by 怒衝小薯 (2017-2018 奧地利)

在奧地利經歷過語言不通、找不到工作等難題，需要不停調節心理，心情就像坐過山車一樣大起大落，所以回到香港後便練就了「所有煩惱都不是煩惱」的佛系心態...

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尋找自己的過程 by Tracy (2013-2015 澳洲)

在朋友介紹下，我得到在雪山工作的機會，一直都很想很想到雪山工作的我決定要再次接受新挑戰，拋棄了在城市安逸的生活，也離開了當時與我一起到澳洲的男朋友...

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不要讓自己有後悔的機會 by Tyler Hei (2015-2017 英國)

最大的挑戰莫過於接電話！不要以為很容易，由於倫敦的人種來自世界各地，比香港更具多樣性，當每個人說英語的時候都夾雜「獨特」的口音，再加上通話中嘈雜的背景...

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隨遇而安的柏林之旅 by 柏林小廚神 (2016-2017 德國)

眼界打開了很多，心胸廣闊了很多。但能夠安安全全地回來，對我來說也是一份收穫。在香港，很多人都覺得很難生活，很想移民，但經過這一年體會後，我覺得要到外國生活一點也不容易，因為你需要在無人無物之下...

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長洲．澳洲．歐洲 by Rex Law (2008 澳洲/ 2014-2015 愛爾蘭)

在長洲的時候也經常踩單車代步，但當然沒有試過踩那麼長時間，所以要做足準備，預備好帳幕、單車零件等等，至於修理單車對我們這些長洲長大的人來說絕對不成問題...

(Chinese version only)

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