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Wed, 7 Mar 2007 | By dan_in_japan | Views [1652]
So it seems as if I am branching out with regard to employment, because recently I scored my first translating job! I am sure the money will be Y0.00, but if I do a good job, I might get a few free dinners.... There is a noodle bar in my neighbourhood ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 21 May 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [1535]
Here we are, over one month into our journey and three quarters of the way into a 12 hr train ride from Danang to Nha Thrang. So far, not flying feels like a good decision. Some of the travel has been uncomfortable, but mostly we've enjoyed the slowly ... Read more >
Tags: castles, hot springs, japan, trains
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 | By klynne | Views [821]
L was very
kind to make us a packed lunch for our trip to Nagoya. JN was brilliant in navigating through
the bus/subway/train system to get us to our destination. We are now staying at
V’s place in Nagoya.
This is her first home exchange ... Read more >
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [763]
We decided to take a walk up a holy mountain, Ishizuchi-san, the highest mountain in western Japan (1982 metres), whilst we were in Shikoku. A cable car takes you up part of the way, then a stepped path leads up past shrines to the summit. There ... Read more >
Tags: ishizuchi, trekking in japan
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 | By ladydowse | Views [700] | Comments [1]
Ok, hello. I’m going
to be all post-modern now and blog about my insufficient blogging. Wooo- using
my degree! (I feel like this is a fairly unique statement in the current
climate- go me!)
So. No blogging. Well,
I’m afraid to say I’ve ... Read more >
Tags: bubbles, chanting bugs, love, rice, snow domes
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 | By demilo | Views [308] | Comments [1]
I've only been talking about the BIG TRIP for about, oooo, 10 years now so it's kind of a shock that I am now actually here. Travelling. Overseas. Despite the six months of planning, twelve months of saving and ten years of procrastinating it's still ... Read more >
Tags: glass blowing
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By naokokensaku | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
It was the second time I had been to Kiyomizudera. This was one of the places my office spouse and I had decided that no one should miss in Kyoto, and so we took my adopted sister here. Coming here in summer was quite a different deal to visiting Kiyomizu ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 12 May 2014 | By katliger | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
I'm holding on for dear life as the car careens around another bend up the mountain road. My host mother sings along to Avril Lavigne as she drives us to a Welcome BBQ being hosted by the town's mayor. On the surface, the party seems like any other ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Mon, 27 Apr 2015 | By hannahboots | Views [175] | Scholarship Entry
In Japan, they say Osaka is the home of comedy, and you see that in the streets. They are quicker to laugh than their Tokyo counterparts, and always ready with a trick or a joke. Even the language in Osaka differs from the rest of the country; slang is ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By caessar_aug | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 23 Dec 2012 | By aspiringnomad | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My names Daniel, a 23 year old Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with a passion for travel and photography. Taken abroad for the first time at the age of 6, the travelling bug bit hard and since starting my full-time working career, have continued my dream ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 | By gremblin | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I have always had a passion for photography and travel. Combining the two is my idea of utter bliss!
I carry my camera everywhere with me and take any opportunity to capture a photograph.
This year in particular I have tried to test myself and my ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By chipsnpeas | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I've made my living as a graphic designer for the past 15 years, but creatively, it's photography that pushes my buttons most, something I try my hand at at every opportunity, and never more so than when I'm travelling, an obsession that drives my wife ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012