HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Couchsurfing has (oh-so-cliche) changed my life. Over the past 10 years, I have laughed, danced, cried, climbed, fallen, eaten, drank, slept, hugged, kissed, run, walked, cooked, discussed, dreamt, and loved with Couchsurfers. Thank you to all the Couchsurfers who have graced my life all across the globe. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE My travelling is largely couchsurfing with locals - in South America, all over Western Europe, the US, Middle East, and West Africa - it's the best - great home cooked food (or yummy food in restaurants!), local language, daily life, and tips on best places to go that aren't swarming in tourists...Through this site I've surfed in a dozen countries and counting!

Music - I love anything with passion, beautiful stuff that makes you want to cry...or dance like crazy :) Movies - I am a movie junkie but haven't watched as many movies these last few years since I was living in India - have some catching up to do ;) : Baraka, Mar Adentro, Amores Perros, Central Station, City of God, Leon, Red, Fight Club, anything Tarantino, Dreams by Akira Kurosawa, Amelie, anything Miyazaki, Almodovar, too many... Books - anything by Haruki Murakami, Kafka, Goethe, Kite Runner, and I adore South American literature - Pablo Neruda, Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Cien Anos and Love in the Time of Cholera are among the best books of all time for me), Jorge Luis Borges, Horacio Quiroga, Ernesto Sabato...etc...