HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I host when I can, join meet ups every now and then and hopefully get hosted when I travel. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE My first experience for CS started was during my solo trip to Spain, I attended a few CS meets, was hosted by really nice people and so it began. Hosted by, 1. Rachel- Pamplona , Spain 2. Natalia & Edu- Girona, Spain 3. Dao- HCMC, Vietnam Since then I have not really got chance to stay as a guest but I have hosted some of the travelers 1. Adrian - Barcelona, Spain (hosted in Bangalore) 2. Hamid- Depok, West Java,Indonesia 3. Vittor- Rio, Brazil 4. Olenka- Lviv, Ukraine 5. Raj & Sunny- Melbourne, Aus 6. Gereon- Andernach, Germany 7. Laurie & Laurence- Montreal, Canada 8. Cora & Caro- Bamberg, Germany 10. Nicole & Shadi- Munich, Germany 11. Josue - Guadalajara, Mexico 12. Sofia - Chile 13. Gaby- Madrid/Caracas 14. Irina- Russia 15. Namrata- USA/Nepal 16. Kira - Russia 17. Charlene- France 18. Michalina- Poland/ Taipei 19. Martina- Holland 20. Irena - Russia 21. Febryna & Grace- Jakarta 22. Diane- Minnesota US 23. Alina &Nina - Munich, Germany 24. Jessica- England 25. Elif- Fetiye, Turkey 26. Fyodor- Russia 27. Kate- USA 28. An - Vietnam 29. Dao & Nha - Vietnam It is a great way to meet people from diff walks of life, and share the little that we know with each other.

Movies: Huge List Here but to name a few October Sky, Beautiful Mind, Forrest Gump, Rocky Series..... Music: Hindi has a huge list, Haven't heard english much still -GNR,Coldplay,Pink Floyd,Metallica,U2,Beatles... Books: Not a very big reader but from whatever I have read- Zahir by Coelho & Fountain Head by Ayn Rand. I also like all the novels of Khalid Hosseini.