I'm on Couchsurfing 'cause life is short and we should travel as much as we can but as an university student you often can't provide for a hotel and sometimes even for a hostel. Besides when you stay at a hotel you won't meet that many people and it doesn't really make sense traveling without getting in touch with the locals, does it? To get to know really a culture you have to talk to and spend time with people and Couchsurfing is a perfect place to do so..

Cliff jumping and backpacking through a country which language I don't speak..