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Vicky Baker
Freelance journalist from London, currently based in Buenos Aires. Vicky regularly writes on her blog at goinglocaltravel.com and shares tips, advice and news on travelling the local way: covering couchsurfing, hospitality tourism, travel networking and home exchanges.

From Fridgesurfing To Pottysurfing

Written on February 4, 2009
Photo by Vicky Baker

Photo by Vicky Baker

Couchsurfers and the cynics been arguing the merits of travel networking in response to an article on MLive.com. I must admit the cynics make for a better read.  

“Just what I want, someone I don’t know staying at my home. Might as well pick up a hitchhiker and invite them home for dinner,” says one of the commenters. “If anyone is interested, I am start a fridgesurfing site. I’m sure it will become all the rage.”

It’s shortly followed by this suggestion…

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