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Outdoor restaurant in busy Penang
It was 11pm on a typically humid Malaysian night. Motorbikes were racing alongside the cars which sped, leaving trails of blue light hovering for a moment above the road. Blink and you'd miss it - but my camera caught it all. Locals parked their motorbikes and bartered with proprietors for a good meal; spicy food which would make your mouth water at the smell. I looked at this photo a good few times before I noticed the boy behind the counter giving me the peace sign.
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Teenager crossing Shibuya Square
I stumbled across the Shibuya square with the film 'Lost in Translation' in mind. Remembering scenes of Scarlett Johansson wandering crowded Tokyo streets I held onto the mystique of being alone in a foreign place. But as soon as I saw the crowds of Tokyoites cross in all different directions en masse, it became clear what was more interesting: the people who do this everyday. I steadied my camera and focused on faces, trying to capture a life in an expression. Maybe I didn't quite achieve that, but it was a nice attempt.
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The Japanese Colonel Sanders
During my trip to Japan my friend and I did bump into one major celebrity - Colonel Sanders. Only he wasn't dressed all-American like we were used to. Standing outside a KFC in Kyoto he was decked out Japanese style, Samurai sword and all. We had to get a photo!
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Bamboo tree
The day I reached the Bamboo Groves in Arashiyama in Kyoto it was stinking hot. Clutching desperately at my empty bottle of Pocari Sweat I was near point of collapse from the heat and a severe overdose of sightseeing. But then I stepped out of the sun and into the shady groves. The cool air swept over me, refreshing like a wet towel and all I could see for miles was green. Rows and rows of green. I have never been so seduced by nature, until then.
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Shinkyogoku-dori shopping strip in downtown Kyoto
It's often said, that when travelling to Kyoto, you have to work hard to find the beauty. Travellers pull out their maps and start hunting for impressive temples and shrines that scatter intimately throughout the former imperial capital of Japan. But in this process downtown Kyoto is often ignored. Stunning in it's simplicity and ordinariness it's not quite Tokyo but the town is a bustling hub of food, colours and happy people. Beauty is small here, but it's everywhere you look.
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Rose Press has been a member since 8 July 2008 and goes by RosePress.
Currently in Melbourne.
I am 19 and from Melbourne. I can't stop writing, and I love to travel, so travel writing seems like a pretty good fit for me.
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