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Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1671]
Tokyo at last! I’ve finally reached Japan, as my 30th country a week before my 30th birthday! Getting here was no easy feat though. It was my first experience flying with JetStar and my first time on the Boeing 787, better known as the ... Read more >
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By lex | Views [1582] | Comments [2]
So last night ventured into Roppongi (kind of a mad bar / club area - a bit like the bigg market but without the fighting!!!) with a guy from Belgium i`d met earlier in the day... It was quite a good crack, although possibly not traditional Japanese ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By roxyfish | Views [968]
Well so many exciting things have happened since I last wrote on this page. It is hard to know where to start! Well lets start in May... My Mum came over and visited me for 12 days. It was lovely to see her and catch up. We did a lot of going to ... Read more >
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By snowlindsay | Views [888]
The food in Japan. Coming from Australia a Japanese lunch of sushi, sashimi, tempura and chicken katsu were the norm. Sushi train! What a great idea... I have now been living in Yokohama for 10 months and to be honest... I am a bit over the food. ... Read more >
Tags: japanese food, minatomirai, motomachi, restaurants, yokohama
Sun, 4 Aug 2013 | By fujihiker | Views [587]
Hi! It has been an exhausting two days. Two days ago Sachiko and I helped a missionary weed an elderly man's garden. It was so overgrown that you could barely see the ornamental trees and statues. We loaded up 7 large Hefty bags of cuttings and weeds.... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By vespertine | Views [543]
Turtle pyramid - a major battle for the best rock spot in the pond!! Although, it all happened in such slo-mo it was hard to follow the action . . . < Toji temple gardens > We are finding Kyoto to be such an amazing city. We`ve been constantly ... Read more >
Tags: gardens
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 | By kpow | Views [501]
I'll make the JR Pass the first story, even though I've told most of you about it by now. I still haven't posted many pictures or really given details so here they are! Well, basic ones anyway, there are too many places to give you a full account of ... Read more >
Tags: japan, railpass
Sun, 6 Sep 2015 | By ecb-films | Views [374] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My name is Esperanza Benavides, and the Columbia Travel Scholarship is the optimal path to my career in as diverse Film Director. After graduating Columbia College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film & Video, I was an Independent Director and freelancer.... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
Last year, my mother suggested a mother-daughter bonding trip and we chose to venture to Japan, a country I love for its great food and culture! We started off with Kyoto. It has a rustic charm, and every shrine had its own unique characteristic. Some ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By shannarchy | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 | By jakasantri | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm 22 years old man, a young, wild and free energetic person, who lived his life as fun as he can.
I want to get more experience as a photographer, and absolutely, travel around the world and taking pictures while travelling it's my dream.
And ...
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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 | By kansai | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Yu Cheng Liang(Alex). I'm an engineer in Taiwan. I take pictures with my DSLR about a year and half, and it’s fascinating to reserve beautiful moment in my trip. I like experience different cultures and visit beautiful place; photography is ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2013
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 | By | 
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Okay. So I have this internal confession that I believe that I'm this utterly inept photographer. Correction. I'm an utterly inept freelance photographer. The shortcomings in my skills, or knowledge, or most likely my ego are exasperating this belief ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By irinaearnshaw | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Outside the bathroom in my family home are shelves of National Geographics, bowing under the weight of nearly 100 years of issues. I don’t think that my parents could have predicted the hunger for travel and photography that they would give me – there’s ...
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Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By caessar_aug | Photo Gallery
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