I’m in BSD City, a relatively newly constructed city on the outskirts of Jakarta in Zuky’s room, my CouchSurfing host. It was hard to find good accommodation at a fair price here, so I decided to give CouchSurfing another chance (I didn’t quite like my first CouchSurfing experience in Hong Kong).

I was glad I did because Zuky was a great host. She’s very conscientious, always making sure that I’m alright. She even let me have her room while she sleeps in her flatmate’s room. She would text me every so often to check that I’m not lost, and she would quickly reply to my questions about how to go from one place to another.
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The flight from Manila to Hong Kong was smooth enough. Because of the limited selection of shows that I can watch on PAL’s personal AVOD system, I was able to nap on the short flight across the South China Sea. I awoke to see nothing but fog outside my window, as the captain announce that we will be landing shortly. We land smoothly, and excitement replace the exhaustion that I was feeling.

First foggy view of HK

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Sounds too good to be true, eh?

I got this topic alert from Couchsurfing.com.

I’m launching a new backpacker company in the comming months and looking for 30-50 of the right people to work with me.

What do you do?
Throw parties and go on do attractions and activities.. white water rafting etc

What do I get paid?
Nothing

You pay for your food, I cover your flights and attractions, activities.

You get to backpack around the world, AROUND THE WORLD and I pick up the tab for you throwing parties and representing the brand.

Whats the catch?
Look at my profile, I do social things and if your lucky…. very lucky, you can come to a private Island next year for some time…. until the school is built.

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