HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Several couchsurfers have stayed with my colleagues and I in Somaliland and New York. I've been to CS parties in Manila and Sofia. Still getting used to the New York scene but I'll probably participate here too. My best travel experıences have only been possıble because of the hospıtalıty of CS hosts. There are a lot of thıngs that I could never afford to do ıf ıt weren't for them and for that I am thankful. I enjoy meeting surfers when I'm on the road and trying new foods especially. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have really enjoyed hosting in the past, but when I'm on the road it's nice to meet and stay with people who know more than guidebooks and forums. Countries I have surfed in: France Egypt Tanzania Tunisia Rwanda Iraq Portugal Switzerland England Armenia Turkey Bulgaria Albania Kosovo Serbia Bosnia Hungary We have hosted surfers from: New Zealand Canada United States Spain China Ireland Holland Germany Spain Italy Britain Slovakia Slovenia France Latvia Czech Republic Uruguay Argentina Singapore

Les Miserables (book), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Thomas Sowell books, Malcolm Gladwell books, Michael Lewis books, Ayaan Hirsi Ali books, On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurter, Born to Run by Chris McDougal, Letters from the Pacific by Russell Stroup, general non-fiction Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Ridley Scott films, Nicolas Cage films, The Blues Brothers, Children of Men, V for Vendetta, The Godfather, Jerusalema, The Battle of Algiers, James Bond films, anything with Marlon Brando, anything with Humphrey Bogart, anything with Kevin Spacey, anything with Patrick Swayze, Indiana Jones, The Mighty Boosh, The Thick of It U2, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Heavy Glow, Billy Joel, John Denver, Cat Stevens, other rock n roll, Wyclef Jean, Jay Z, K'naan, This American Life, anything considered "classic", 1970s Somali music, 1980s American music, whatever my roommates play