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6th October 2022

The couchsurfing crossroads

For nearly two decades Couchsurfing.org has been synonymous with couchsurfing. But amidst growing disillusionment over its direction, Couchers.org is emerging as an alternative platform. To find out how its vision for the couchsurfing movement differs, we spoke with Co-Founder Itsi Weinstock.

6th October 2022

Searching for dolphins

Emily Alice Spivey returns to Sarn Bach, to her late grandma’s house, and walks the land with grief and future stewardship in mind.

Authors

Amanda Thibaut

Amanda Thibaut

Amanda Thibaut is the Marketing and Communications Execusitve at Ocean Independence: a full-service superyacht brokerage company.

Sam Firman

Sam Firman

Sam is the Adventure Uncovered Editor. He's a freelance writer interested in outdoor culture, geography and social issues. He recently moved from the UK to Vancouver, for more mountain time, and spends much of his spare time sliding on snow and climbing on rocks.

Joseph Cobb

Joseph Cobb

Joseph is a freelance writer, videographer and editor living in Falmouth, Cornwall. Joseph's debut novel, Fat Boy, won the gold medal for Humour Fiction in the 2019/2020 Foreword INDIES competition and will be showcased at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair. The book also received a 5-star review by Readers' Favourite and was rated 8.5/10 by Publishers Weekly's BookLife. Joseph also has a strong background in screenwriting, having written and directed five highly acclaimed short films. He was nominated in Cork for the Young Filmmaker Award at the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival for his comedy caper GetAway, and his lucha libre themed short Corazón de León opened the All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival. Travelling the world is one of Joseph’s most sincere passions, as is writing about it.