My word to sum up couchsurf(ing/ers) is “Wholesome”! It really did change my life and is likily the best thing that happened to me in my life. The notion that you can go anywhere in the world and you’ll have a local friend there. The sociocultural exchange inspires and encourages me to travel more. If generic hotels, gringo filled hostels and sterile airbnb’s were my only option, I wouldn’t have been to half as many places on earth 🌍 🌎. I love the authenticity of CS, to really feel what it’s like to live somewhere as a local. When surfing I appreciate that I no longer have any judgement or expectations, shanty towns or private jets, you never know what to expect, and I love the element of surprise )) When hosting it is a pleasure to express true hospitality and bring the spirit and positive energy of travel and freedom into your home 🏡 TEDx [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7vmHGAshi8&list=WL&index=3] I love meeting new positive people from different backgrounds and cultures. When I moved to Melbourne in 2013 I met the majority of my new friends from over 20 different countries through CS. I hosted every now and again, regularly attended meetups in the city and really felt part of the community. I contribute by organising events and often conduct tours (predominantly graffiti or architecture related). Have until now found it a struggle to host, whether it being that I’m constantly on the move, or mainly that I houseshare with individuals that are unable to understand the concept of ‘having random people in the house’… I'm hoping to find a house share with other couchsurfers or a least a house that is open to me hosting every now and again. I was introduced to couchsurfing by a colleague in late 2012, now I'm totally hooked!. In 2012-2014 I surfed my way across the USA, Canada, Australia, South East Asia and Europe and met some incredible people on the way, just recently embarked on my most ambitious trip from Vancouver BC, North America, all the way south through Central and South America to Santiago de Chile, hope to meet and possibly travel with lots of new surfers and hosts along the way! When I left my small town in the UK with plans to independently adventure and see the world, I felt so alone with my aspiration, but meeting so many CS'rs all over the world made me realise there are thousands of people like me, that don't stand for the norm, travel, open their minds and expect more from life. It might sound soppy, but I hold CS responsible for a total revolution in my life. It changed attitude towards travel and has significantly transformed my outlook on life, enabling me to become completely open, free of judgement, accepting of all people and added to the altruistic and optimistic facets of my character. Whilst the road I absorbed how travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and that one of the most important decisions we’ll make in life is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe. This revised attitude has subsequently brought so many wonderful, authentic, people and so much joy and positivity into my life. Enabling me to grow, love and become genuinely happy. -EUROPE; Austria (Vienna, Innsbruck) Croatia (Zagreb, Plitvice, Zadar, Split, Brac, Dubrovnik) Cyprus (Limassol, Larnaca), Denmark (Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus, Billund. Vjele, Rønde), England (Manchester, London, Oxford, Bristol, Cambridge, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bath, so on), Estonia (Tallinn), Finland (Helsinki), France (Lyon, Paris, Nice, Marseille, Aix en Provence, Montpellier), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Wiesbaden, Leipzig, Essen, Dresden, Frankfurt, Munich, Kassel, Alt Rosentaal), Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Evia, Meteora, Rhodes), Hungary (Budapest), Iceland (Reykjavík), Italy (Como, Milan, Naples, Rome, Vatican City, Venice) Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Vilnius, Kaunas, Alytus), Norway (Oslo, Kristiansand, Bergen, Stavanger, Preikestolen, Trolltunga, Alesund, Kristiansund), Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Szczecin), Romania (Bucharest, Transfăgărășan, Sibiu, Transylvania, Râșnov, Brașov) Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Skye), Sweden (Stockholm, Malmo), Switzerland (Zurich, Basel, Lausanne, Geneva, St Gallen, Anzere). -BALKANS; Montenegro (Herceg Novi, Perast, Kotor, Tivat, Budva, Bar, Podgorica, Niksic, Zabljak), Albania (Shkodër, Durres, Tirana, Vlore, Himare, Vuno, Sarande, Gjirokaster, Berat), North Macedonia (Skopje, Bitola, Krushevo, Prilep, Lake Ohrid, Mavrovo), Kosovo (Prishtina, Prizren), Bulgaria (Sofia,Plovdiv) -MIDDLE EAST; Armenia (Yerevan), Turkiye (Istanbul, Ankara, Bodrum, Kusadasi, Izmir, Marmaris, Altinkum, Cappadocia, Izmir, Datça, Mesudiya), -AFRICA; Morocco (Marrakesh, Casablanca), -AUSTRALIA; VIC: Melbourne, WA: Perth, QLD: Adelaide, TAS: Hobart. -ASIA; Singapore, Malaysia (KL, Penang), Laos (Vientiane, Don Det), Thailand (Bangkok, Chang Mai, Pai, Krabi), Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat), China (Hong Kong). -NORTH AMERICA; USA; New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan), Boston, Detroit, Chicago, LA (Hollywood, Downtown, Silverlake, Venice), San Francisco, Reno, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, San Diego. Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver) CENTRAL AMERICA: Mexico (CDMX, Guanajuato, Lyon, San Luis Potosi, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo), Belize, Guatemala (Guatemala City, , Honduras (San Pedro Sula, Utila, Peña Blanca, Tegucigalpa), Nicaragua (Managua, Ganada, Masaya), Costa Rica (San Jose), Panama (Panama City, San Blas). -SOUTH AMERICA: Columbia (Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Pasto), Ecuador, Peru (Mancora, Lima, Cusco, Ica, Arequipa), Bolivia (La Paz, Uyuni), Chile (San pedro Atacama, Santiago, Patagonia), Argentina (Mendoza, Córdoba, Buenos Aires), Uruguay (Colonia, Montevideo), Paraguay, Brazil (Florianapolis, Sao Paulo, Rio). 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇦🇹 🇮🇹🇨🇭🇻🇦 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇭🇺 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 🇹🇷 🇦🇲 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇸🇬 🇲🇾 🇹🇭 🇱🇦 🇰🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇹 🇧🇿 🇭🇳 🇳🇮 🇨🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇪 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇦🇺 🇲🇦 🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇦🇲🇪🇽🇰🇲🇰🇦🇱🇧🇬

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