Have couch, will travel By Aditi De Fabio and Giselle in Sao Paulo, Brazil Ingeborg and her family in Valparaiso, Chile Carla, who took me to the End of the World. Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia. Argentina. Fabio and Giselle at a Cha Garden outside Sao Paulo that we visited on my last day in South America. Brazil. Milagros and her daughter Agustina. Mendoza. Argentina. The wonderful Biancos, my first ever Couchsurfing hosts. Buenos Aires. Argentina. The Holz Bustamante family made me feel completely at home. Valparaiso. Chile. ''Nobody from our family has ever been to South America. You should go. But where will you stay?’ asks Ma anxiously in early 2013. ‘Did you say seven countries in 99 days? Have you found good hotels? Do you have friends in that continent?’ The answer is clear: no, many times over. Ma knows I wander to recharge my creative batteries as a writer. Not as a luxury vagabond or a tourist, but as a traveller seeking the human touch. Faces and stories
