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Thank You For Hosting Me

Modified: Mar 4, 2020 · Published: Mar 23, 2009 by Dave Lee |

I had a great time with all of my hosts, whether I had met them previously, or through Couchsurfing.  I highly recommend this social network.  Before my trip, I hosted two people and wrote a 3-part piece about the experience.  It has remained one of the most popular articles on the blog the whole time!

I would like to recognize the following hosts for being so generous with their time, and often money:

Sam

Sam - Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Beni - Brisbane, Australia

Michael and Anne - Trinity Beach, Australia (the uncle of my friend Michele)

Bonnie - Syndey, Australia

Ian - Singapore

Michael, my host in Trinity Beach, is the port manager of Cairns

Charlie - Chengdu, China (friend from home, and longest couchsurf at 2 weeks)

Hannes - Cape Town, South Africa

Cristal - Cape Town, South Africa (met on the plane from Doha, and she invited me to stay with her)

Megan - Cairo, Egypt

Geraldine - Brussels, Belgium

Christal reaches the top of Lion's Head at sunrise

Laura - Paris, France

Stefan - Bern, Switzerland

Calen - Geneva, Switzerland

Magali and Sebastien - Biganos, France

Yair - Madrid, Spain

Laura - Bogota, Colombia

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Dave is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Go Backpacking and Feastio. He's been to 68 countries and lived in Colombia and Peru. Read the full story of how he became a travel blogger.

Dave at Ahu Ko Te Riku on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile.

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