I used couchsurfing for the first time in France about 5 years ago and made friends I still have today. I found my amazing Strasbourg share house through couchsurfing and had a super year there I spent a summer surfing a heap of couches around Europe. Some fantastic, some creepy, some mediocre experiences but always interesting ones. People are great and meeting new ones is the best way to travel

Working in a clinic in a traditional Aboriginal community was pretty cool. As was climbing an active volcano in the Congo