I had a great time with all of my hosts, whether I had met them previously, or through Couchsurfing. I highly recommend this social network. Before my trip, I hosted two people and wrote a 3-part piece about the experience. It has remained one of the most popular articles on the blog the whole time!
I would like to recognize the following hosts for being so generous with their time, and often money:
Sam – Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Beni – Brisbane, Australia
Michael and Anne – Trinity Beach, Australia (the uncle of my friend Michele)
Bonnie – Syndey, Australia
Ian – Singapore
Charlie – Chengdu, China (friend from home, and longest couchsurf at 2 weeks)
Hannes – Cape Town, South Africa
Cristal – Cape Town, South Africa (met on the plane from Doha, and she invited me to stay with her)
Geraldine – Brussels, Belgium
Laura – Paris, France
Stefan – Bern, Switzerland
Calen – Geneva, Switzerland
Magali and Sebastien – Biganos, France
Yair – Madrid, Spain
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2 Comments
Hi!
Wow – you are one experienced couchsurfer! I write a blog about slow travel called slowmoves and just posted an article about the wonders of couchsurfing:
http://slowmovesblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/couchsurfing-your-way-around-world.html
Would love to hear more about your couchsurfing adventures – let me know if you ever want to write something for our blog.
Cheers,
Slowmoves
Hi!
Wow – you are one experienced couchsurfer! I write a blog about slow travel called slowmoves and just posted an article about the wonders of couchsurfing:
http://slowmovesblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/couchsurfing-your-way-around-world.html
Would love to hear more about your couchsurfing adventures – let me know if you ever want to write something for our blog.
Cheers,
Slowmoves