hi guys welcome back to my channel I'm gonna be talking about couchsurfing best
experience you can do for yourself while you're traveling even if you're travelling
for ten days and you just couchsurf for three of those days it's such a great
experience just do already so ever since I made that video about four years ago
solo traveling using couchsurfing I've gotten tons of questions usually from
other female travelers that are just terrified from using the platform
because they read some article about some serial killer in bumfuck nowhere
is a very valid fear to have especially as a solo female traveler I will
actually be going to the Philippines and I thought why don't I just take you guys
with me step-by-step what happens on couchsurfing from day one day by day
until the end and of course every single couchsurfing experience is different but
just so you can get an idea of what you're getting yourself into as a solo female traveler
and with that you can decide if you want to do it or you don't want to
do it and it's not for you so let's go the Philippines so when I started my
journey to the Philippines I was a little nervous because my friends just
told me about the recent terrorist attacks in the area but that wasn't
gonna stop me once I arrived to the airport I grabbed a motorcycle taxi to
meet up with my host quite an interesting experience because there are
no doors no seatbelt literally just a little seat connected to a motorcycle
but I highly recommend it I just receive a message from my host that he would be
also hosting other couples so I got in contact with them to meet at a
local market so we can get some food before we went over to his house I was
in vegan paradise they had so many exotic fresh fruits everywhere just look
at those colors I don't know about you guys but the first thing I do when I'm
on an island its look for the coconut man I was on a mission to find some big
ol coconut
they were so good we just decided to buy ten so this is Divine by the way and
this is Eugene okay enough playing around time to meet our host our host
message just the location where to me and we were heading there okay
moment of truth and I gotta meet a serial killer Oh I'm Kat I'm Rex
nice to meet you let's go that wasn't so bad so the only way to get to Rex's
house is by boat so I hope you don't get boat sickness
so long story short is Rex loves adventure and when trekking up a
deserted mountain and through the wilderness in search of the last
traditional tattoo artis Fang odd in the Philippines it came out pretty cool
in the time it took to get to his house we really got to know each other since
it took about two hours to arrive where the heck is your house Rex we finally
arrived in his house he lives on a tiny deserted island off the coast of Coron
umm you forgot to say you own an entire island. Kat, what did you just get yourself
into well we're already here so we might as well check the place out
welcome to contine hun island okay now to see where we're gonna sleep for
the week let's see what we're working with
Wow look at that view
this is where Devine and Eugene
will be staying I would not mind waking up to that every morning okay so my turn
Rex gave us an option to put up a pop-up tent here if it doesn't rain so I can
also wake up to the beautiful views he showed me another room similar to the
one of Devine and Eugene and then he gave us this option
can you guess which one I chose um yes queen waking up to the ocean under my
feet and the sunrise every morning now this is effing paradise this is what my
mornings usually look like Wow good morning sunshine it was a very relaxing
experience to be woken up by their family rooster the waves the light
breeze and the Sun instead of an alarm clock yes I'm dumb I know I mean are you
kidding me look at that view this was my favorite spot to run away to to read
meditate or just to be well with nature so let me tell you how I ended up here
this is Rex his grandfather was one of the first
doctors in the area and just decided to buy an island now in his free time he
comes here to relax and get away from the concrete jungle and hang out with
his friends and this is Eugene and Devine he is Russian and she's Filipino
they met when they were both working as English teachers in Vietnam when they
couldn't see together because of the visa they didn't know what to do and
after nine months of intense love divine decided to propose seven years later
they have been all over the world working and traveling so this is what
couchsurfing is all about sharing your culture sharing your favorite dishes
sharing experiences and enjoy like-minded people
welcome to cotton bum Island