Garrett Reynolds and Dylan White are biking from Victoria BC to St John’s, Nfld., filming a documentary on Canadian watersheds along their route (see their website).
Garrett just completed his masters in systems and control engineering, and Dylan just finished his undergraduate studies in environmental science. We had a grand time, and great chats over beer last night at St James’ Gate. These guys are really smart, have insightful life experience and were an all around pleasure to have around. Good luck for the last leg of your trip, gents.
So far, I’ve learned loads from almost every hosting experience I’ve had. I’ve hosted about 20 surfers so far(?). I’ve been getting a huge number of couch surfing requests lately—I’ve refused 5 surfers this weekend alone. It’s a busy time of the year to be traveling, I guess.
I have a lot of friends who find I trust these strangers too much. I understand what they mean, but the type of people who are willing to just crash at people’s houses during a trip, instead of booking hotels, are usually the more friendly, trustworthy, and interesting strangers. I would argue that Couchsurfing is a great way to filter out the weirdos, especially with a referral-based system.
I’m telling you, try this shit out. You’ll have a h00t.
But Andrew, has any of them ACTUALLY tried to SURF your couch yet? haha :P
Posted by Mathieu on July 30th, 2009.
I’m planning on joining it. I have a friend who’s a surfer but I dont think (or dont know) that she hosts.
But this would require me to get a coach first hehe.
Posted by Val A on July 30th, 2009.
coach being couch…
Posted by Val A on July 30th, 2009.
ive had only good experiences couchsurfing. very good experiences :)
but it is a good idea to check out peoples referrals first. i hope many of your readers check it out!!!!
Posted by central_european on August 2nd, 2009.