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Around the World with Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes

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Australian author David McNamara has spent almost a decade and a half circumventing the world, capturing raw nature, characters, emotions, adventures & hedonism of international budget backpacking. Along the way he collected a suitcase of arresting slices of life on the road which he put into a book titled, 'Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes.'

Sharing a chapter in the book, 'Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes' is a candid account exposing the raw edge of international budget travel. It distils the risks, adventure, fun and romance of more than a decade on the road - where the main stage for backpackers on the open road is kerbsides. They are backpackers’ theatre, to meet & re-connect, share our lives, fall in love, party & say goodbye. They’re travellers’ platforms to perform & catchments for unrequited love & abandonment.

Not to be out down David’s book has caught the same incurable wanderlust which has propelled the author around the globe! Using the backpack space dedicated to the avaricious reading needs of a budget backpacker, and with the help of the incredible Couchsurfing community we want to see how far a book about travel can travel – and document the stories of each bearer of the book along the way, to see if a book about travel book can create its own stories travelling the world.

Each week we will nominate a different city and give copies to Couchsurfing hosts who join the respective event and write a short message describing the best, worst or most peculiar gift received or given on the open road, or through the Couchsurfing community. By re-gifting the book after reading it to another backpacker we want to see how far 'Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes' can travel.

To help us to do this we ask each person who comes into possession of the book to participate by completing three simple tasks:

#01 Join this Couchsurfing Group Page & the Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/LovesKerbsidesandGoodbyes

#02 Show where in the world you are by uploading a photo of you with the book

#03 Share how you came into possession of the book by posting about the experience and the person that gave it to you

And lets see if the Couchsurfing community and backpacking fraternity can help a book about travelling adventures can create its own travel story.

Members: 25
Posts: 51
Created: Feb 9, 2012
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Name		Joined
	David McNamara moderator	02/09/2012
	Ana Lattur Because I want to be part of this project!	03/29/2012
	Ellen Hookey Because it seems interesting	02/13/2012
	Lesley Pain I love this sort of things! Plus, I'd like to read the book :-)	02/13/2012
	Ivan Chianese for inspiration	02/26/2012
	Pankaj Gupta To participate in "Around the World with Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes"	03/13/2012
	Alexander Nucera because it seems exciting to participate in this book project, and also, I want to read the book!	02/20/2012
	Rain Campanilla David and I, we share the same insatiable passion for writing and traveling <3	04/01/2012

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Title	By	Replies	Date
Am among the millions... but unique	Pankaj Gupta	13	04/22/2013
Well done Rain! Our 1st New Zealand representative to send LK&G around the world	David McNamara	3	05/15/2012
Where's Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes?	David McNamara	-	05/15/2012
Congratulations Darren: Our next ambassador to send LK&G around the world	David McNamara	-	04/10/2012
I find a new way of life...	Ana Lattur	2	04/04/2012
Ambassador for "L, K & G"	Tim Reynolds	1	03/22/2012
Jewish Symbol of Protection in MidWestern America.	Sophia Andes	2	03/19/2012
Angels in Mostar	Ellen Hookey	3	03/13/2012
this is what the road is giving me...	Ivan Chianese	2	03/08/2012
Serbia to Bulgaria......Meeting a life long friend!!!	Chris Molony	2	03/01/2012
Kindness	MAGICALMARILYN	3	02/27/2012
A great experience in Santiago, Chile	Tim Reynolds	4	02/20/2012
A beautiful gift from a stranger on a bus...	Lesley Pain	3	02/20/2012