HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I'm thinking of ways how to become more involved in this new community, perhaps volunteering and organizing meetings in my area. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE None. I learned to host from my parents who lodged local and international people back in Lima, Peru. However, since I first began traveling at 17, back in the provinces of Peru and later in the neighboring countries, then in Australia, India, Israel/Palestine, Greece, England, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Soviet Union, France, USA., Mexico and Bolivia. People usually gave me a place to sleep, from a corner in a room on a couch to a private room, invited me to their parties, introduced me to their friends, took me to their jobs and their schools, also to their places of worship.

Movies: La Strada, Nights of Cabiria & Amarcord by F. Fellini; A. Kurosawa films, I. Bergman films, Sacco & Vanzetti, "Z", Battle of Algeria, Missing, Shirley Valentine, Bread and Tulips(Pane e Tulipane), Like Water for Chocolate, Babette's Feast, Chocolat, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Gleaners & I, Emir Kusturica's films. Music: Smetana's Ma Vlast; Opera: Carmen; Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata; Finlandia; Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez; El Cid soundtrack; Edith Piaf; Jacques Brel; Nino Roti; Ennio Morricone's soundtracks; Django Reinhardt's Gypsy Jazz; Ladino/Klezmer; Bhangra; Northern Exposure theme; Loui Loui; What a Wonderful Life; I Feel Good; The Mammas & the Pappas' California Dreaming; The Eagle's Hotel California; The Rolling Stomes' Satisfaction; El Condor Pasa and Todos Vuelven. Books: Flora Tristan; Jose Carlos Mariategui; Cesar Vallejo; Pablo Neruda; Jose Saramago; Ernesto "Che" Guevara; Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America; Carlos Paz and Leon Chomsky.