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一千零一次人生 by 璣璣 (2011-2012 加拿大)

花錢去旅行往往只能走馬看花，拿相機到景點拍拍就算了。工作假期最大的好處是你可以有機會在當地工作，最能夠拉近與當地人的距離，加上地方空曠，心靈上會變得不易滿足，而需要與自己獨處更多，是一個認識自己更深的好機會...

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南十字星下的美麗風景 by 凱迪 (2015-2016 新西蘭)

最難忘的是用了一個月時間，從新西蘭北島開車到南島旅行。期間為了省錢就把車開到露營地方，在滿天繁星之下睡覺，從未試過可以用肉眼看見那麼多的星星！在零下幾度的冬天睡在車上、野外煮食、找熱水洗澡、找插頭替電話充電、找路...

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青春就是要出走 by 小伙子 (2015-2016 新西蘭)

我是個比較強悍的女生，不相信有任何一份工作是做不來的。於是我不聽友人勸告，去做剪枝的工作。身邊所有同在新西蘭打工度假的朋友都說這是一份極辛苦的工作，但我就是想挑戰自己...

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90後遊澳 by Li Tat Yung (2014-2016 澳洲)

工作假期給我最大收穫是獨立面對問題，原來當你堅持及相信自己，很多難題其實都很容易解開。不要看輕自己，就好像朋友說我不可以做到，最後我還是成功在農場生存得到...

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出走地平線 by Louis Lam (2014-2015 法國)

我在2014年到了法國工作假期，也算是第一代到那裡工作假期的香港人。選擇到法國，主要是因為那裡剛剛開放給香港人申請工作假期簽証，我覺得很新鮮也較有挑戰性，所以便懷著這種冒險的精神出發...

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尋找簡單的快樂 by Lok and Ome (2014-2015 新西蘭)

我們在只有零度的Lake Tekapo晚上花了2-4小時拍星河（從晚上9時至凌晨2時），我們不懂攝影，所以拍星河是很大的挑戰，但因不小心按錯了制，結果成功拍到星河，很有滿足感...

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