{"id":3211,"date":"2008-07-23T11:38:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2008-07-23T11:38:17","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T17:38:17","slug":"a-sustainable-way-to-travel-couchsurfingcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/a-sustainable-way-to-travel-couchsurfingcom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sustainable Way to Travel: CouchSurfing.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, possibly. \u00a0No one yet knows what role quality sleep plays in one’s life, or whether one could die from sleep deprivation.<\/p>\n
But if it weren’t for the Couchsurfing.com<\/a> network, I would be–more or less–homeless.<\/p>\n Since I gleefully waved goodbye to my soggy, moldy tent<\/a> in mid-July, I’ve been faced with the dilemma of… well, now where do I sleep? \u00a0For a week or so, I was wearing out my welcome at my friend’s houses and at my boyfriend’s place (whose sleep schedule is around 5 hours off of mine). \u00a0Realizing that this was causing inordinate stress, both on me and on the parties involved, I knew I had to find a semi-permanent solution.<\/p>\n With no cash and no lease, where would I stay? \u00a0Enter: Couchsurfing.<\/p>\n When I first heard about CouchSurfing, I had the same instant, emotional reaction I had when I heard about Free Ride<\/a>: the oh,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>this is way too cool to be true!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0feeling. \u00a0Of course, as with the other projects that I have blissfully filled my life with, it was<\/em> true… and so cool I felt compelled to participate.<\/p>\n