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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

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During a photo tour in Bali we visited a local market where I captured a picture of this shopkeeper.

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Hiking along a railway track through the Borneo Jungle, we came across lots of subsistence settlements only connected to the nearest town by a train once a week. Every morning when we set off we would be joined by kids going to school and people going to work on their land. They were as fascinated b...

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Whilst on exchange in France, a group of friends and I travelled to Morocco for a week. During this time, we went quad biking in the desert, an experience - and a group of people - that I will never forget.

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Bridge on the walk from uni from Väderleden halls. With the boys who spent everyday together and travelled to 6 countries together in a year!

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After a 7 hour roadtrip from Lódz to Vienna, the view was worth it from the top of these Austrian Mountains!

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Here is a picture of myself and some other exchange students i made friends with from Brock University, on our trip to Niagara Falls.

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This photograph is my favourite from my time spent in Hong Kong. I was incredibly proud to be selected and chosen to start for Hong Kong Polytechnic University Rugby team and we managed to secure a bronze medal, which is the best result the university have had for 4 years. This photograph was captu...

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Beyond the romantic, grandiose and polished surface of Paris, there’s another reality, a perpetual shadow that unveils the daily routines and struggles of the so-called “normal’’ people - the ones I met - which did not shop from les Champs-Élysées boutiques nor hanged around the Eiffel tower. This i...

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In Poland, Krakow. One of my flatmates at the time, Sasza, had a job as a waitress at a nice small restaurant. They were having an exhibition night, trying to promote cocktails they were adding to the menu and she invited us all along to play games, meet her co-workers and of course try some free co...

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Taken in Zielona Gora, Poland. During the world youth days in Poland, when the pope visited Krakow, around 2 million visitors from around the world were expected. For this reason I got a week off work and decided to leave Krakow to explore Poland. During the end of my travels after visiting Warsaw,...

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This photo was taken in Kingston (the town in which the University I went to was). It was taken at Lake Ontario as the sun was setting. This picture captures the unforgettable experience I had while on exchange, while surrounded by the people who made it so enjoyable. Going to the Lake to watch the ...

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I met hundreds of people during my exchange at Indiana University in the USA, some of them I may never meet again and some of them will be friends for life! My friends in this picture are from countries including France, Germany and Hong Kong. But regardless of who and where they're from, in that mo...

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It's Saturday, that means a champagne breakfast (André is $5). Out to the parade grounds by 9AM otherwise you're tailgating wrong. The games at 6PM, do the maths and you have nine hours of competitive flip cup and beer pong ahead of you. Flaunt your Scottish accent to get the best homemade gumbo, ja...

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A group of friends from Sweden, Scotland, France, Germany and Argentina! We all met in Barcelona whilst studying abroad and shared several memorable moments like this one.

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Taken in Tiger Stadium. Filled with roughly 103,000 fans.

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I volunteered as a photographer for the annual football game. The Homecoming is a big celebration at Queen's... The university students and alumni gather together and wear colourful University outlet which represents decades of traditions. In this picture you can get a glance of that massive crowd o...

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The past year was a particularly difficult one for France and the darkness of the terrorist attacks against the Bataclan hung over the country. But one of the positives that came from this awful attack was the way that all of Paris, France and the world came together to get through it. People made g...

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Exchange is all about making friends. My advice is to stay in halls of residence to meet locals, get involved with the university's exchange club/society to meet people who will be experiencing similar things to you and to join a sports team to meet people with similar interests to you....

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The friends I made through the Scope Productions student organisation are people that I will remember for the rest of my life. They were so welcoming and I'm going to miss them a lot. Scope is an entirely student-run organisation that puts on gigs for the students at University of Iowa. They're a re...

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Teammates from the UNCG soccer team exploring around Duke University, North Carolina. Joining the soccer team was an incredible experience. I saw so many amazing places and met people I will never forget.

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This is a photograph of me and the friends I met during my time in Australia which have now became best friends for life. On one of the initial weeks during my time in Brisbane we went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and met many animals including koalas, wallabies, wombats and this kangaroo who became...

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I felt like I had transported hundreds of years back in time as I was watching the local Burmese villagers head back home to their remote village with their ox-carts after a long day's work.

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In one of my adventures while on exchange I encountered this curious fellow on the Rock of Gibraltar. The gentleman in the picture was photographing the view when he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder. This interested monkey was very keen on capturing everyone's attention to show off his climbin...

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The photo was taken on the way to Kalanggman island(Philippines) which was a 2 hour journey across the Visayan sea. The crew of the small boat was a philipino fishermen and his son. During the sail, I got to know these amazing people, the father told me that he earned his living mostly from fishing ...

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Getting the opportunity to get out and travel whilst on exchange allowed me to visit some pretty unique places with a bunch of like-minded people. While I was away, I was lucky enough to get a chance to hire a 4x4 and drive out on to an enormous salt flat with some friends. It's essentially an ancie...

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This photo was taken during a trip with my closest friends on exchange during a trip to a remote town in Brazil called Serra do Cipo. We spent 3 days here swimming in the natural pools, eating local food and having a great time. Here's a photo of us all sitting under one of the waterfalls we found a...

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Taken atop the clock tower in Prague on a road trip from Germany to the Czech Republic with exchange students from across Europe this photo represent some of the best aspects of exchange life; meeting new people and visiting new places.

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Scottish, English, French, Brazilian and Australian represented in one picture. We took a road trip and confused anyone who asked us where we were from!

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Singapore exchange students at an elephant sanctuary in Chaing Mai, Thailand.

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One of the many glorious sunsets we encountered on our East Coast camper van trip from Brisbane up to Cairns.

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In case anyone didn't believe we'd been on exchange we couldn't leave without a photo at the NTU sign, even if it was just to prove we did spend some time at university in amongst the rest of the travelling!

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I met the most amazing group of friends from all over the world, varying states of the United States, other international students from Spain and Australia and other Scottish exchange students.

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The most hilarious group of people who I shared some incredible times with while travelling. Will have to meet up with them in Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Japan. Davide, Chrigu, Sandro, Kat and Gessica. What a bunch!

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