Russian Totality: Couchsurfing the Trans-Siberian
This was my first experience Couchsurfing in another country.  I'd been hosting for two years, but never actually surfed outside Australia.  Combined with the epic Trans-Siberian railway and my pilgrimage to see the Total Solar Eclipse, this turned into a much greater journey than I thought when I set out.  I think I travelled as much internally as my body moved across the country.