Perhaps, this is the best out of numerous social networking sites on which billions of people try to make a virtual world around them. I heard of virtual friends turn into real-life buddies, guys who have found their life partners on the Net, but never I came across such a space, which gives you a different perspective about friends and strangers around you!
Couchsurfing was a new term till one of my colleagues told me about this over a dosa at a south Indian restaurant in central Calcutta on a hot summer afternoon earlier this year. Since then, I chalked out numerous plans to visit different places. The best plan that I could think was at an altitude of 14,500ft at a tent on the Himalayas for a trek to the Alps!
Last month, two CS — as Couchsurfing is commonly known — friends flew down from Bangkok for a month’s tour to India. It was a great experience to listen to their side of story — particularly the discussions on environmental policies of Bush and Obama at a Calcutta café. It was something unimaginable to me to have an exchange of ideas just like that!
Through this short piece of blog, I request all of my friends to join CS, and enjoy surfing!
© Supratim Pal, 2009
